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UPMC · 2 weeks ago

Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager

Pittsburgh, PA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

12+ years exp

UPMC is committed to changing healthcare for the better and is seeking a Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager to lead sourcing functions across its supply chain. This role involves driving competitive advantage and cost savings through strategic sourcing plans and collaboration with internal leaders.

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Responsibilities

Consulting/Utilization Analysis

Lead and coordinate respective sourcing team activities

Build a strong sourcing team and supervise, develop, and manage staff goals and objectives

Build strong relationships with internal business owners to understand product and service requirements and develop strategic sourcing plans

Assign sourcing projects within sourcing team appropriately and lead sourcing projects within assigned business areas/categories

Lead, drive and deliver competitive advantage and cost savings for UPMC by managing the execution of a comprehensive commodity management approach that includes in-depth global market analysis as part of the overall detailed strategic sourcing plan

Establish a strategic commodity group structure and corresponding category strategies, fiscal plans and performance metrics to monitor and execute UPMC requirements in the supply market and deliver the highest value through total cost of ownership solutions to the business

Develop methods to track and analyze and drive improvement in cost, quality, delivery, reliability and responsiveness key performance indicators (KPIs)

Serve as a key contact to interface with business leadership to develop collaborative service line and sourcing strategy

Maintain a partnership with shared services such as Legal, Risk, Insurance

Provide input for UPMC Strategic Sourcing policies and procedures

Develop and document sourcing processes through work instructions, project dashboard and job aids in conjunction with senior leadership

Foster and maintain key stakeholder relationships to reduce clinical variance through standardization and to ensure that effective spend management of the spend portfolio occurs at all levels of the organization and that business requirements and needs are met

Lead the developing of new programs, training efforts, product trials, departmental or organization goals and projects, etc

Identifies and supports product standardization initiatives across UPMC that aligns with quality/safety/financial goals

Drive adoption of SCM technologies to enhance Sourcing's performance in categorization, analytics, contracting

Maintain compliance to regulatory requirements and UPMC policies

Responsible for onboarding of new hires

Communication/Advocacy

Manages and edits communications and clinical literature research to support product utilization, product conversions and additions, trials and committee activities

Monitors, implements and support utilization of electronic product request system (MedApproved) across UPMC entities

Assists sourcing leads in preparing product and service utilization reports and updates

Support end-users and Inventory and Logistics in remediation of supply availability disruptions (backorders/recalls)

Participates and provides guidance during regular business reviews with key vendors and assesses vendor performance (score cards) and impact on UPMC operating goals

Promotes UPMC philosophy for implementing supply chain cost improvement initiatives, new product introductions and organizational goals

Plans, coordinates and facilitates meetings, work groups, and committees within various levels of staffing and management

Negotiations/Product Screening

Assist sourcing leads in establishing intermediary between vendors and end users, helping to screen and analyze new product introductions

Participates and provide oversight to sourcing leads for Supply Chain initiated new product introductions, trials and product conversions

Collaborate with Group Purchasing Organization(s) to identify cost savings opportunities, program initiatives and best practices

Qualification

Strategic SourcingFinancial AnalysisMarket AnalysisSupply Chain ManagementTeam LeadershipConsulting SkillsOffice SuitePower BISmartSheetAribaNegotiation SkillsCommunication SkillsPresentation SkillsProject Management

Required

Bachelors degree in relevant fields. i.e. Supply Chain Management, Finance, Nursing, Health Care Management, or other healthcare related fields and 12 years of relevant experience

Associates degree in relevant fields. i.e. Supply Chain Management, Finance, Nursing, Health Care Management, or other healthcare related fields and 14 years of relevant experience required

High school diploma and 16 years of relevant experience

Previous supervisory or management experience required

Understanding of financial analysis and quantitative/qualitative assessment data

Advance skills in spreadsheet, word and presentation computer applications (PowerPoint)

Consulting or group presentation skills

Ability to organize workload and set priorities

Adept communication skills, negotiating skills a plus

Deliver presentations to a variety of audiences at various levels

Demonstrated ability to facilitate change and achieve savings goals

High level of expertise in UPMC's toolset including Office Suite, Power BIo, SmartSheeto, Aribao, Categorization and Analytics/Premier ABI