Healthcare Vendor Strategy Lead

HC1316 GE Precision Healthcare LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

GE HealthCare seeks a Strategic Vendor Operations Leader in the Chicago area to drive vendor service contract execution and data accuracy. You will manage scope, renewals, and terminations while enforcing service standards and coordinating cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities include advising clients on contracts, analyzing opportunities, and delivering cost-benefit assessments. Strong MS Office, CMMS knowledge, and Lean Six Sigma familiarity are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or minimum 5 years healthcare leadership experience.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, Outlook, and Access; analyze contract data and report performance.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills to coordinate vendor actions.
• Knowledge of CMMS and service contract systems; maintain data integrity and collaborate with IT.

Responsibilities

• Lead vendor service contract execution, managing scope, timelines, implementation, additions, changes, renewals, expirations, and terminations to maintain coverage.
• Enforce service standards, scheduling, and controls to meet customer needs within financial and commercial parameters.
• Recommend vendors and resolve vendor service contracts and service issues beyond established parameters.
• Advise customers on vendor service contracts, identify opportunities, and communicate them to build partnerships.
• Monitor vendor service levels, coordinate corrective actions, and exchange real-time data to improve forecasting and efficiency.
• Execute vendor dispatch, documentation, and service contract processes.
• Maintain installed base and vendor service contract data in Siebel and Nuvolo CMMS; design and improve systems with IT.
• Analyze and consolidate customers' vendor service contracts; deliver annual assessments and cost-benefit analyses.
• Report on vendor contract performance, cost savings, data accuracy, and service improvements.

Skills

Vendor management

Contract management

Lean Six Sigma

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelors degree

5+ years healthcare leadership experience

Tools

Siebel

Nuvolo CMMS

Job description

GE HealthCare seeks a Strategic Vendor Operations Leader in the Chicago area to drive vendor service contract execution and data accuracy. You will manage scope, renewals, and terminations while enforcing service standards and coordinating cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities include advising clients on contracts, analyzing opportunities, and delivering cost-benefit assessments. Strong MS Office, CMMS knowledge, and Lean Six Sigma familiarity are essential.