Lab Manager

MB2 Dental; Carrollton (TX); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

401(k)

Job summary

MB2 Dental is seeking a Procurement Lab Manager in Carrollton, TX to own the laboratory category strategy across the organization. You will manage spend, contracts, performance, and strategic initiatives, while partnering with Operations, Leadership, and Finance to optimize adoption and outcomes.

Ideal candidates bring 6+ years in procurement or lab management, strong negotiation and analytical skills, and the ability to influence multi-site stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, or lab management.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, and relationship-management skills.
• Ability to independently manage a significant spend category and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Healthcare, dental, or multi-site experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Owns and leads the laboratory category strategy across the organization.
• Manages lab spend, relationships, contracts, performance, and strategic initiatives.
• Develops and optimizes the preferred lab strategy to drive savings, quality, service, and adoption.
• Analyzes lab spend, utilization, pricing, and practice behavior for opportunities.
• Partners with Operations, Leadership, and Finance to drive adoption and outcomes.
• Leads laboratory partner selection, onboarding, and governance processes.
• Builds reporting, dashboards, and insights to measure category performance.
• Manages escalations, service issues, and accountability across the network.
• Executes strategic initiatives to improve quality, consistency, service levels, and TCO.
• Serves as SME for laboratory category and advises leadership on market trends.

Skills

Procurement

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

Relationship management

Spend management

Job description

Overview

MB2 Dental is seeking a Procurement Lab Manager to join our growing team!

MB2 Dental is a doctor-led Dental Partnership Organization (DPO) headquartered in Carrollton, TX. Since 2007, MB2 has partnered with more than 830 Dentist Owners and supports over 850 affiliated practices across 45 states. As one of the fastest-growing dental organizations in the country, MB2 is built on a culture of collaboration, innovation, and service.

We are seeking a Procurement Lab Manager to own and lead our laboratory category strategy across the organization. This role will manage lab spend, relationships, contracts, performance, and strategic initiatives.

We offer a competitive compensation package that includes medical/dental/vision/life insurance, long- and short-term disability, generous PTO, paid holidays, traditional and Roth 401(k) options, and more.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing the full laboratory category, including spend, performance, contracts, and strategic initiatives.
• Developing and optimizing our organizations preferred lab strategy to drive savings, quality, service, and doctor adoption.
• Owning relationships with all corporate laboratory partners, including executive business reviews, negotiations, and performance management.
• Analyzing lab spend, utilization, pricing, and practice behavior to identify opportunities for consolidation, savings, and operational improvement.
• Partnering closely with Operations, Leadership, and Finance to drive preferred lab adoption and improve outcomes.
• Leading laboratory partner selection, onboarding, and governance processes.
• Building reporting, dashboards, and insights to support decision-making and measure category performance.
• Managing escalations, service issues, and accountability across the network.
• Identifying and executing strategic initiatives that improve quality, consistency, service levels, and total cost of ownership.
• Serving as a subject matter expert for the laboratory category and advising leadership on market trends, capabilities, and strategic opportunities.

Ideal Candidate

• 6+ years of procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, or lab management experience.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, and relationship-management skills.
• Proven ability to independently manage a significant spend category and influence cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Dental, laboratory, healthcare, or multi‑site experience is a plus.

MB2 Dental Solutions, LLC is an equal opportunity employer.