Clinical Sourcing Director: AI-Powered Value & Strategy (Hybrid)

Vizient, Inc.; Centennial (CO); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive plan

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. seeks a strategic sourcing expert to lead healthcare initiatives, manage enterprise sourcing, negotiate supplier agreements, and drive value analysis with clinicians and supply chain leaders to support evidence-based decisions.

You will collaborate with legal, contracting, finance, and operations to optimize supplier performance, present recommendations to executives, and ensure implementation success while leveraging advanced AI to enhance strategy and decision-making.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree preferred.
• 7+ years of relevant experience required.
• Experience leading Physician Preference Item (PPI)/Clinical sourcing, contracting, and value analysis initiatives preferred.
• Strong experience negotiating complex supplier agreements and commercial contracts.
• Experience facilitating cross-functional stakeholder committees and building consensus among clinical and operational leaders.
• Advanced analytical, communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
• Advanced AI fluency with ability to leverage AI solutions in complex business environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop sourcing strategies that align client priorities, objectives and market opportunities.
• Lead the complete sourcing lifecycle: requirements, market assessments, RFIs, RFPs, evaluations, negotiations, contracts, implementation planning, post-award activities.
• Negotiate complex contractual, operational, service, and financial agreements with suppliers for clients.
• Evaluate supplier capabilities, financial stability, innovation and market positioning to develop strategic sourcing recommendations.
• Partner with legal, contracting, finance and operational stakeholders to resolve complex issues.
• Lead multidisciplinary value analysis committees and facilitate stakeholder alignment.
• Present sourcing strategies, financial analyses, supplier recommendations and implementation plans to executive leadership.
• Analyze spend, utilization, supplier, operational, market and financial data to identify opportunities and mitigate risk.
• Measure and communicate sourcing outcomes including savings, value realization, quality improvements and supply assurance.

Skills

AI fluency

Analytical thinking

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Education

Relevant degree (Business / Supply Chain / Healthcare Administration / Finance / Operations Management)

Job description

Vizient, Inc. seeks a strategic sourcing expert to lead healthcare initiatives, manage enterprise sourcing, negotiate supplier agreements, and drive value analysis with clinicians and supply chain leaders to support evidence-based decisions.

You will collaborate with legal, contracting, finance, and operations to optimize supplier performance, present recommendations to executives, and ensure implementation success while leveraging advanced AI to enhance strategy and decision-making.