Category Manager
MUSC Health
Summary
The Strategic Sourcing Category Manager is a highly visible position with accountability at the system level to develop and execute sourcing initiatives for medical devices and supplies. This position is responsible for assessing opportunities and formulating sourcing strategies, co-leading a system-wide value analysis team, and interacting with business partners and key stakeholders.
Job description
Job Description Summary
The Strategic Sourcing Category Manager is a highly visible position with accountability at the system level to develop and execute sourcing initiatives for medical devices and supplies. This position is responsible for assessing opportunities and formulating sourcing strategies, co-leading a system-wide value analysis team, and interacting with business partners and key stakeholders.
Job Description
The Strategic Sourcing Category Manager is a highly visible position with accountability at the system level to develop and execute sourcing initiatives for medical devices and supplies. This position will assist in the management of $50M in aggregate spend. This position is responsible for assessing opportunities and formulating sourcing strategies, co-leading a system-wide value analysis team, and interacting with business partners and key stakeholders. This position is expected to build strategic alliances with key stakeholders as it relates to successfully executing our Supply Chain Strategy.
- Co-leads a system-wide value analysis team. This involves product research, cost/reimbursement analysis, and presentation development in support of value analysis process.
- Assists with the development and implementation of strategies and processes for reducing supply expense while not forfeiting quality of care.
- Monitors, communicates, and makes improvements to product utilization within assigned categories.
- Collaborates with physicians in identifying and implementing improvements and standardization in support of initiatives.
- Manage assigned sourcing initiatives including scoping analysis, RFP development, proposal evaluations, negotiations, communication of recommendations, contracting, and ongoing supplier management.
- Monitor and report compliance for system-wide contracts; identify recurring trends and key opportunities for vendor or internal improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree
- 3 years of relevant experience
- Relevant experience would include clinical practice and post graduate fellowship
Company overview
MUSC Health is the healthcare system of the Medical University of South Carolina, serving as the state's premier academic medical center and comprehensive healthcare provider. Founded in 1824 and headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, MUSC Health operates 14 hospitals with approximately 2,500 beds and has five additional hospital locations in development. The organization provides patient care through more than 350 telehealth sites and nearly 750 care locations across all regions of South Carolina, serving 46 counties throughout the state. For 11 consecutive years, U.S. News & World Report has ranked MUSC Health as the number one hospital in South Carolina, reflecting its commitment to clinical excellence and patient safety. As an integrated academic health system, MUSC Health combines clinical care with medical education and research, training more than 900 residents and fellows annually while conducting groundbreaking research with $360 million in research funding and 1,268 active clinical trials. The organization employs over 10,000 team members and handles approximately 3.21 million patient encounters each year, delivering specialized services in cancer care, cardiac services, digestive health, women's health, and numerous other medical specialties through its Hollings Cancer Center and other specialized institutes.