Category Administrator | OR Surgical Areas

Location:

Integrated Services Center

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Pay Range:

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$58,240.00 - $87,360.00

Position Highlights

The Category Administrator for OR/Surgery serves as a key member of the supply chain team, responsible for driving product standardization, strategic sourcing, and value-based procurement across perioperative and surgical services within Avera entities and affiliates. This role works extensively with OR clinical leaders, surgeons, sterile processing teams, and supply chain stakeholders to evaluate surgical equipment, robotics, and other related products and services for clinical efficacy, cost efficiency, and operational impact. Given the complexity of perioperative workflows, this position prefers prior clinical experience in the surgical environment—such as work as a surgical technologist, OR resource nurse, or sterile processing professional—to effectively support product assessments, vendor selection, surgical trials, and contracting decisions. Success in this role relies on strong analytical, communication, negotiation, and project management skills to enable informed decision making and seamless implementation of systemwide surgical supply chain initiatives. 

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

The Category Administrator serves as a key member of the supply chain team, responsible for driving product standardization, strategic sourcing, and value-based procurement across Avera entities and affiliates. This role collaborates extensively with assigned stakeholders, supply chain teams, vendors, and functional departments such as finance, IT, and legal. The position involves evaluating products and services for clinical efficacy, cost-efficiency, and operational impact, while facilitating data-driven decisions on vendor selection, product trials, and contracting. Success in this role requires strong skills in analytics, communication, negotiation, and project management to support effective decision-making and system-wide implementation of supply chain initiatives.

What you will do

• Drive large-scale product standardization efforts by selecting and implementing products that balance value and cost-effectiveness across all applicable divisions and affiliates.
• Collaborate with clinical and administrative leaders to gather input, present findings, and build consensus for sourcing and standardization initiatives. Serve as a resource on clinical implications of sourcing decisions and advocate for operational alignment.
• Support and coordinate value analysis processes using evidence-based practices and data to review and adopt new products, services, and equipment. Translate sourcing and standardization decisions into actionable plans, ensuring system-wide deployment and compliance.
• Manage and interpret data sets, including purchase order data, clinical outcomes, and financial metrics, to inform sourcing decisions.
• Lead RFI/RFP/RFQ processes to evaluate vendors and optimize procurement strategies.
• Partner with legal, finance, and contracting teams to ensure business terms are accurately captured and executed in agreements.
• Present technical and strategic information clearly and confidently to both clinical and administrative audiences.
• Identify opportunities for cost savings, efficiency improvements, and outcome enhancements across product lines and services.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Associate's in Business, Healthcare, Logistics, Public Health, or related field and/or 4+ years equivalent of experience and education.
• 4-6 years of rele