Indiana University Health · 3 days ago
Portfolio Manager-Contract
Plainfield, IN
Full-time, Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expIndiana University Health is seeking a Portfolio Manager-Contract to join their Strategic Sourcing team. This role involves managing contract portfolio categories, leading strategic sourcing initiatives, and ensuring optimal cost positions through effective contract strategy development and supplier relationships.
EducationHealth CareHospital
Responsibilities
Responsible for the overall management of assigned contract portfolio categories, including development and implementation of category strategy in coordination with key stakeholders
Leads strategic sourcing initiatives, typically resulting in negotiation of multi-million dollar contracts with local, national, or international corporations
Ensures the best possible cost position through contract strategy development using market tools, supplier negotiations, product standardization, contract implementation, and contract performance review
Assesses suppliers’ ability to support organization’s goals for achieving diversity and local spend targets
Coordinates with clinical effectiveness councils and other clinical stakeholder groups by providing data relevant to given initiatives by product category
Identifies and supports opportunities such as standardization, utilization and new emerging technologies related by category to the appropriate key stakeholders
Coordinates new product, capital, purchase service and technology requests related to contract category
Works under limited guidance on projects and problems of a complex nature using tools and independent judgment to make decisions, build relationships, serve as the product portfolio expert and ensure deliverables are met for assigned categories
Provides guidance to assigned Portfolio Specialist
Collaborates with group purchasing organization on strategy, benchmarking, and opportunities within their portfolio
Responsible for the appropriate implementation and retrospective analysis of initiatives by category
Owns supplier relationships with local, national, and international corporations on behalf of health system based on assigned categories, develops strategic plans, monitors vendor performance, and conducts business reviews
Responsible for collaborating with system-wide operational leaders for approval
Ensures alignment and acceptance of all contract terms by departmental stakeholders such as Legal, Finance, IIS, and Supply Chain Operations
Performs other duties as assigned to support the overall strategy of supply chain and clinical effectiveness
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required, preferably with a focus on healthcare management, business administration, supply chain management, or other analytical discipline
5-7 years of healthcare experience in focus area or related field is required, or equivalent combination of years, skills, and experience
Requires experience in project management, presentation development, analytics, customer service, contract management, navigating a complex organization, and obtaining buy-in for proposals
Strong verbal, written, leadership, business acumen, strategic thinking, relationship building, collaboration, negotiation, data analysis, and project management skills are required
Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint software applications
Must be proficient in the use of Supply Chain business systems and tools
May be required to travel to various locations as needed
Preferred
CMRP certification is preferred
Contract negotiation, sourcing strategy development, contract portfolio ownership, and contract lifecycle management experience preferred
Statistical software applications experience preferred
Company
Indiana University Health
Indiana University Health is an academic medical center and comprehensive healthcare system. It is a sub-organization of Indiana University Bloomington.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (15)
2022 (23)
2021 (11)
2020 (6)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.19MKey Investors
Ball Brothers FoundationHealth Resources and Services Administration
2024-11-02Grant· $0.01M
2023-07-21Grant· $1.17M
Leadership Team
Jennifer Alvey
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Kelly Whitaker
Program Manager (Supporting SVP/CFO)
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