National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives · 14 hours ago
Category Management Specialist V
Pleasanton, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior LevelThe National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives is seeking a Category Management Specialist V who will lead the development of category/spend strategies and foster relationships with internal clients and suppliers. The role involves overseeing the RFP process, utilizing advanced analytics for data-driven decisions, and driving strategic programs aligned with organizational goals.
Health CareHospitalMedical
Responsibilities
Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds relationships with cross-functional stakeholders. Listens, responds to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentors junior team members. Practices self-leadership; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; influences team members within assigned team or unit. Adapts to competing demands and new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback. Models team collaboration within and across teams
Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promotes adherence to all procedures and policies. Partners internally and externally to make effective business decisions; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; coordinates and delegates resources to accomplish organizational goals. Recognizes and capitalizes on improvement opportunities; evaluates recommendations made; influences the completion of project tasks by others
Leads the development of category/spend strategies for all key categories by leveraging expert knowledge of the markets, suppliers and stakeholder needs; driving clear, informed decisions based upon a multi-year strategy; owning end-to-end delivery of business needs for categories under management; keeping current on external and internal influences that may impact the larger organization (e.g., Healthcare Reform, macroeconomic issues, etc.); and interacting with senior leadership to review and drive decisions
Builds and fosters long-term relationships with key internal clients and suppliers by building strong, collaborative relationships with internal clients across the business to gain buy-in and deliver value; identifying and understanding key initiatives of internal clients and short, medium, and long-term goals; partnering with suppliers to identify and pursue opportunities to drive improved quality and delivery performance; assuring alignment of initiatives and strategies with client expectations to drive value, innovation, service/supply resiliency, quality of care and governance; and partnering with key cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., Portfolio Leads, Sourcing, Procurement Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, etc.) to advance Category Management capabilities
Serves as an expert in the RFP process and/or supplier negotiations and facilitates contracting to deliver strategic value by leveraging advanced negotiation strategies, tactics, and processes in line with situational demands; leading contract negotiations in partnership with Legal; and leading the development and execution of RFPs to drive the strategic sourcing process
Leverages advanced analytics and insights to ensure data-driven decisions by analyzing category spend to understand price drivers and trends; applying cost and supply market analytics to create category strategies; and championing a digital mindset to adopt new technologies in the source to pay space
Drives the adoption of change practices with customers, suppliers and stakeholders throughout the implementation and/or modification of new or existing strategic programs (e.g., Source to Pay transformation, Category Management training programs, etc.)
Drives efforts to support KPs Sustainability and Environmental goals and serves as an advocate to further advance results in Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP)
Qualification
Required
Expert knowledge of the markets, suppliers and stakeholder needs
Ability to build and foster long-term relationships with key internal clients and suppliers
Ownership of end-to-end delivery of business needs for categories under management
Understanding of key initiatives of internal clients and short, medium, and long-term goals
Ensuring alignment of initiatives and strategies with client expectations
Driving the adoption of change practices with customers, suppliers and stakeholders
Interaction with senior leadership to review and drive decisions
Expertise in the RFP process and/or supplier negotiations
Leading the development and execution of RFPs to drive the strategic sourcing process
Leveraging advanced analytics and insights to ensure data-driven decisions
Analyzing category spend to understand price drivers and trends
Applying cost and supply market analytics
Championing a digital mindset to adopt new technologies in the source to pay space
Promoting learning in others by communicating information and providing advice
Building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders
Listening, responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback
Providing actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership
Mentoring junior team members
Practicing self-leadership and creating plans to capitalize on strengths
Adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities
Conducting or overseeing business-specific projects
Applying deep expertise in subject area
Promoting adherence to all procedures and policies
Partnering internally and externally to make effective business decisions
Determining and carrying out processes and methodologies
Solving complex problems and escalating high-priority issues or risks
Monitoring progress and results
Developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines
Coordinating and delegating resources to accomplish organizational goals
Recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities
Evaluating recommendations made
Influencing the completion of project tasks by others
Driving clear, informed decisions based upon a multi-year strategy
Keeping current on external and internal influences that may impact the larger organization
Partnering with suppliers to identify and pursue opportunities to drive improved quality and delivery performance
Assuring alignment of initiatives and strategies with client expectations
Partnering with key cross-functional stakeholders to advance Category Management capabilities
Facilitating contracting to deliver strategic value
Leveraging advanced negotiation strategies, tactics, and processes
Driving efforts to support KPs Sustainability and Environmental goals
Advocating to further advance results in Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP)
Company
National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives
The National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives is a hospital and healthcare organization.
Founded in 2005
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Jackie Sifuentes, MBA, LSSYB
Co-Founder La Mesa Emerging Leaders Mentorship Program for Early Careerists
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