Contract Manager - Supply Chain

Scripps Health; Imperial Beach (CA); Hybride; USD 140 000 - 170 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Scripps Health is seeking a full-time Contract Manager for Strategic Sourcing at our 4S Ranch area office with partial remote options. This leadership role oversees Category Managers and Analysts, guiding sourcing events, negotiations, contract renewals, and supplier performance to meet cost, quality, and continuity goals.

The position emphasizes physician preference items, enterprise-wide sourcing, and cross-functional collaboration with clinical, operational, finance, legal, and supply chain

Qualifications

• Seven years of strategic sourcing with an emphasis on physician preference items, vendor negotiations, and developing business relationships.
• Problem solving abilities utilizing creative and influential skills.

Responsabilités

• Provide direct leadership, guidance, performance management, and professional development for Category Managers and Strategic Sourcing Analysts.
• Establish team priorities, assign work, monitor project progress, and ensure sourcing and contracting initiatives are completed within established timelines, savings targets, and organizational expectations.
• Coach and mentor team members on strategic sourcing methodologies, negotiation tactics, stakeholder engagement, supplier management, financial analysis, and influencing strategies.
• Review and provide strategic direction for sourcing recommendations, supplier proposals, negotiation plans, contract terms, financial analyses, and implementation plans prepared by Category Managers and Strategic Sourcing Analysts.
• Lead highly complex, high-value, and enterprise-wide sourcing opportunities, vendor negotiations, and contract escalations.
• Oversee supplier negotiations for contracts, renewals, pricing, terms and conditions, rebates, value-added services, and risk mitigation provisions.
• Manage the end-to-end contract lifecycle, including opportunity assessment, request for proposal/information processes, financial analysis, negotiation, contract execution, implementation, and performance monitoring.
• Lead and manage Supply Chain performance improvement workplan initiatives, ensuring projects are prioritized, tracked, and completed within established timelines and savings targets.
• Conduct and oversee market, vendor, spend, utilization, and commodity financial analyses to support sourcing recommendations and contracting strategies.
• Evaluate supplier capabilities, market trends, pricing benchmarks, supply risk, and total cost of ownership to identify opportunities and inform decision-making.
• Partner with physician leaders, clinical stakeholders, department leaders, finance, legal, and operational teams to establish strategic objectives and successfully execute complex sourcing opportunities.
• Monitor supplier compliance with contractual obligations, service-level expectations, pricing commitments, and performance metrics; address performance issues and escalations as needed.
• Support continuous improvement of Supply Chain contracting processes, tools, templates, policies, and governance practices.

Connaissances

Strategic sourcing

Vendor negotiations

Supplier management

Financial analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Contract management

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Business / Supply Chain / Finance / Healthcare Administration

Experience in acute-care hospital setting

Outils

Contract management systems

Spend analytics platforms

ERP systems

Description du poste

This is a full-time, benefit eligible position located at our 4S Ranch office and is partial remote.

Why join Scripps Health?

At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered and your abilities are appreciated:

Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.

Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2025.

Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.

Becker's Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2026 list of 150 top places to work in health care.

We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.

Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.

This role provides direct leadership and oversight for the Category Managers and Strategic Sourcing Analysts responsible for executing sourcing events, vendor negotiations, contract renewals, market analyses, and supplier performance activities.

The Contract Manager establishes sourcing strategy, prioritizes workplan initiatives, guides complex negotiations, and ensures the team achieves organizational objectives related to cost savings, quality, service, standardization, and supply continuity. This position partners closely with clinical, operational, finance, legal, and supply chain leaders to align contracting strategies with organizational priorities, with particular emphasis on physician preference items and high-impact performance improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct leadership, guidance, performance management, and professional development for Category Managers and Strategic Sourcing Analysts.
• Establish team priorities, assign work, monitor project progress, and ensure sourcing and contracting initiatives are completed within established timelines, savings targets, and organizational expectations.
• Coach and mentor team members on strategic sourcing methodologies, negotiation tactics, stakeholder engagement, supplier management, financial analysis, and influencing strategies.
• Review and provide strategic direction for sourcing recommendations, supplier proposals, negotiation plans, contract terms, financial analyses, and implementation plans prepared by Category Managers and Strategic Sourcing Analysts.
• Lead highly complex, high-value, and enterprise-wide sourcing opportunities, vendor negotiations, and contract escalations.
• Oversee supplier negotiations for contracts, renewals, pricing, terms and conditions, rebates, value-added services, and risk mitigation provisions.
• Manage the end-to-end contract lifecycle, including opportunity assessment, request for proposal/information processes, financial analysis, negotiation, contract execution, implementation, and performance monitoring.
• Lead and manage Supply Chain performance improvement workplan initiatives, ensuring projects are prioritized, tracked, and completed within established timelines and savings targets.
• Conduct and oversee market, vendor, spend, utilization, and commodity financial analyses to support sourcing recommendations and contracting strategies.
• Evaluate supplier capabilities, market trends, pricing benchmarks, supply risk, and total cost of ownership to identify opportunities and inform decision-making.
• Partner with physician leaders, clinical stakeholders, department leaders, finance, legal, and operational teams to establish strategic objectives and successfully execute complex sourcing opportunities.
• Monitor supplier compliance with contractual obligations, service-level expectations, pricing commitments, and performance metrics; address performance issues and escalations as needed.
• Support continuous improvement of Supply Chain contracting processes, tools, templates, policies, and governance practices.

Required Education/Experience/Specialized Skills:

• Seven years of strategic sourcing with an emphasis on physician preference items, vendor negotiations, and developing business relationships.
• Problem solving abilities utilizing creative and influential skills.

Preferred Education/Experience/Specialized Skills/Certification:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
• Experience in an acute-care hospital, integrated healthcare delivery system, group purchasing organization, or similar healthcare environment.
• Experience with contract management systems, e-sourcing tools, enterprise resource planning systems, and spend analytics platforms.
• Demonstrated leadership experience overseeing, coaching, or mentoring a team of sourcing, contracting, procurement, or supply chain professionals.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex sourcing initiatives and negotiating supplier agreements