Director, Clinical Category Strategy & Sourcing

The Aspen Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus incentives

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with match

Job summary

The Aspen Group (TAG) seeks a Director to lead Clinical Category Management across its portfolio, driving enterprise sourcing strategy for clinical goods and services and aligning initiatives with brand growth and M&A plans.

The leader partners with executive stakeholders to optimize patient outcomes, scalability, and financial performance while delivering enterprise savings targets and strategic supplier partnerships.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.
• 10–15+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, category management, or procurement.
• Significant healthcare, dental, or multi-site clinical environment experience.
• Proven success leading large-scale enterprise sourcing transformations.
• Ability to influence at the executive level in a matrixed organization.
• Strong financial acumen and experience managing large spend portfolios.
• Experience tracking and reporting KPIs for savings and value delivery.
• Experience with contract compliance and spend under management.
• Demonstrated leadership in building high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the long-term strategy for clinical goods and services across all TAG brands.
• Identify enterprise-wide opportunities for standardization, consolidation, and innovation.
• Align category strategies with TAG growth objectives, M&A activity, and clinical priorities.
• Own and deliver against enterprise savings targets and value creation goals.
• Drive total cost of care optimization, not just unit cost reduction.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership across clinical, operations, and finance.
• Lead governance forums for sourcing decisions and category performance.
• Build and manage executive-level supplier relationships.
• Drive strategic partnerships, innovation, and joint value creation initiatives.
• Lead complex negotiations involving enterprise agreements, rebates, and risk-sharing models.
• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing category management team.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations and internal policies.
• Develop risk mitigation strategies for critical clinical supply categories.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Procurement

Executive stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA or advanced degree

Job description

The Aspen Group (TAG) seeks a Director to lead Clinical Category Management across its portfolio, driving enterprise sourcing strategy for clinical goods and services and aligning initiatives with brand growth and M&A plans.

The leader partners with executive stakeholders to optimize patient outcomes, scalability, and financial performance while delivering enterprise savings targets and strategic supplier partnerships.