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CommonSpirit Health · 3 hours ago

System Manager Supply Chain IT Contracts

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$49.78/hr - $74.05/hr

10+ years exp

CommonSpirit Health is a healthcare organization formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health, providing care across more than 700 sites in the U.S. The IT Contract Manager is responsible for managing IT contracts, ensuring compliance with policies, and collaborating with various stakeholders to achieve cost savings and effective contract management.

Health CareMedicalNon Profit

Responsibilities

Maintain solid working relationships with and facilitate coordination between IT, business, Legal, and vendor personnel

Proactively work with IT and business stakeholders to set appropriate expectations and guide contracting activities

Manage professional meetings and communications

Work collaboratively with IT, business leadership, finance, and Legal to ensure timely and well-coordinated development, negotiation, and processing of new contracts, contract amendments, renewals, and transactions

Lead large, complex RFX initiatives, including coordination of all stakeholder groups

Independently prepare all necessary contract documents (utilizing approved contract templates)

Oversee the required approval, signature, and storage processes to ensure adherence to CommonSpirit policies and procedures

Provide direction to contract specialists on current priorities and help them manage their workload

Develop and manage relationships with IT vendors to ensure effective development and handling of IT contracts, amendments, renewals, and transactions

Manage and coordinate communication between various CommonSpirit stakeholders and vendors

Resolve vendor issues regarding contracting activities

Work with IT and business customers to identify opportunities for cost savings and cost avoidance

Ensure that identified cost savings and cost avoidances are properly documented in IT contracts, amendments, renewals, and transactions

Ensure all IT transactions processed reflect pricing that properly reflects what is documented in our agreements

Participate in (or lead) projects to improve internal business processes

Simultaneously manage multiple IT contracting requests for a variety of stakeholders, vendors, and contract/transaction types. Provide status updates and information to various stakeholders throughout the life of each request. Ensure each request progresses at a reasonable pace, meeting IT Contracting SLAs

Qualification

Contract ManagementVendor Relationship ManagementRFP/RFI PreparationInformation Technology KnowledgeProject ManagementOrganizational SkillsCommunication Skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree preferred - focus in Information Technology, Information Management, Business Administration, or Healthcare Administration

10 years of work experience in Contracting and Program Management

5 years of work experience in Information Technology

High level of professional knowledge in preparation of RFPs/RFIs, contracts, negotiations, and legal terminology

Solid working knowledge of Information Technology and its use in business and/or healthcare settings

Strong organizational and communication skills

Company

CommonSpirit Health

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Common Spirit Health is a healthcare organization that provides research programs, home health programs, and virtual care services. It is a sub-organization of CommonSpirit Health.

Founded in 2019

Chicago, Illinois, USA

10001+ employees