Contract Manager - Supply Chain

Scripps Health; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Scripps Health in San Diego, CA is seeking a Contract Manager to lead Category Managers and Strategic Sourcing Analysts. You will establish sourcing strategy, guide negotiations, manage end-to-end contract lifecycle, and drive cost savings and supply continuity.

You will partner with clinical, operational, finance, legal, and supply chain leaders to align contracting strategies with organizational priorities, including physician preference items and high-impact performance improvement

Job description

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.

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