DaVita Kidney Care · 3 weeks ago
Director, Category Management
Denver, CO
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$114K/yr - $181K/yr
8+ years expDaVita Kidney Care is a leading healthcare company focused on dialysis treatment. They are seeking a Director of Category Management to lead a team in developing strategies for sourcing and managing capital equipment and supplies for Home and Hospital Services, ensuring quality, cost efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
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Responsibilities
Lead and develop category managers, sourcing analysts, and procurement specialists
Foster a culture of accountability, digital first, continuous improvement, and collaboration
Coach the team in advanced category management, supplier negotiation, and market intelligence capabilities
Oversee development and execution long-range category strategies for Home and HSG products
Define category-level KPIs and performance dashboards aligned to cost, quality, continuity, and compliance
Establish standardization strategies and product rationalization approaches across clinics
Lead the sourcing lifecycle: RFI/RFP creation, supplier evaluation, financial modeling, total cost of ownership analysis, and award recommendations
Negotiate complex contracts for capital equipment and supplies, including pricing, warranties, service levels, spare parts, maintenance, and risk provisions
Partner with legal to ensure contract terms align with regulatory standards and enterprise policies
Manage strategic suppliers, including machine manufacturers, disposable providers
Lead quarterly/biannual business reviews, reviewing quality, delivery, service, cost trends, recalls, and continuous improvement actions
Maintain strong knowledge of supplier risk factors and implement mitigation plans (dual sourcing, inventory buffers, safety stock, qualification of alternates)
Partner with Home and Hospital Services teams to enable strategic imperatives
Partner with clinical leaders to ensure products support patient safety, clinical protocols, and treatment outcomes
Collaborate with biomedical engineering on equipment qualification, maintenance agreements, technical evaluations, and lifecycle planning
Work with finance to build business cases, assess capital spend, analyze ROI, and forecast budget impact
Identify cost-saving and value-creation opportunities across the category through volume leverage, standardization, innovation, contract optimization, and supplier consolidation
Manage annual cost improvement targets and report progress to senior leadership
Evaluate alternative equipment platforms, consumables, and technologies that enhance efficiency, cost control, or patient experience
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Healthcare Administration, Engineering, or related field
8–12+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or category management
Proven success managing medical device, capital equipment, or healthcare supplies categories
Strong negotiation skills with experience leading multi-million-dollar sourcing events and contract structures
Experience working in regulated healthcare environments
Advanced analytical abilities, including financial modeling and total cost of ownership analysis
Preferred
CPSM or equivalent Supply Chain certifications are a plus
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.
Company
DaVita Kidney Care
DaVita means “to give life,” reflecting our proud history as leaders in dialysis—an essential, life-sustaining treatment for those living with end stage kidney disease (ESKD).
10001+ employees
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Funding
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$2.5B2025-05-20Post Ipo Debt· $750M
2024-08-08Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2021-02-24Post Ipo Debt· $750M
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Javier Rodriguez
CEO
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Chief Financial Officer
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