Manager, Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain

Cook Children's; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Cook Children’s in Fort Worth, TX, is seeking a Manager, Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain. The role leads enterprise-wide sourcing, category strategy, and supplier relationships to meet clinical, operational, and financial goals.

Responsibilities include contracting, value analysis, and compliance, with a focus on analytics-driven decisions and risk mitigation. The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in a related field and 5+ years in strategic sourcing, preferably in healthcare, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, nursing, respiratory therapy, or related field.
• 5+ years in strategic sourcing, procurement, or contract negotiation, healthcare preferred.
• Experience with GPO strategy, supplier risk, and resilience planning is a plus.
• Contract lifecycle management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide strategic sourcing and category management.
• Develop multi-year category strategies and supplier plans.
• Drive cost savings, supplier innovation, and risk mitigation.
• Oversee contracting, procurement, value analysis, and compliance.
• Partner with Legal, IT, Risk, and clinicians to align governance.

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Business, Nursing, Respiratory Therapy, or related field

Tools

CLM software

Job description

Manager, Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain# Careers at Cook Children's## Manager, Strategic Sourcing Supply ChainApply: Fort Worth, TX: Full time: Posted Today: JR-119947**Location:**Medical Center - Fort Worth**Department:**Supply Chain Admin**Shift:**First Shift (United States of America)**Standard Weekly Hours:**40**Summary:**The Manager, Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain will lead and executes enterprise-wide strategic sourcing, category management, and supplier strategy across the organization. Responsible for developing and implementing multi-year category strategies, driving cost savings, supplier innovation, risk mitigation, and value creation, while ensuring alignment with clinical, operational, and financial objectives. Provides leadership over contracting, procurement, and value analysis functions, while advancing, analytics-driven decision-making and supplier performance management. Ensures compliance with all regulatory requirements and fosters strong internal and external relationships to deliver quality, safety, service, and cost outcomes. Knowledge of the end-to-end contract lifecycle, including intake, drafting, negotiation, approval workflows, execution, repository management, compliance monitoring, amendments, renewals, and terminations. Ability to partner with Legal, Information Security, Privacy, Risk, and business stakeholders to manage contractual, financial, regulatory, and cybersecurity risks; optimize contract value; ensure governance and compliance; and leverage CLM technology, analytics, and workflow tools to improve visibility, efficiency, and supplier performance.Education & Experience: * Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, Nursing, Respiratory Therapy, or related field required* 5+ years in strategic sourcing or procurement or contract negotiation, preferably in a healthcare sitting.* Experience with GPO strategy and optimization, supplier risk management, and resilience planning a plus.* Contract lifecycle management experience preferred.Hours: * **Monday to Friday.** 8:00am to 4:00pm **About Us:** Cook Children’s is an equal opportunity employer. As such, Cook Children’s offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class in accordance with applicable federal laws. These opportunities include terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including but not limited to hiring, job placement, training, compensation, discipline, advancement and termination. Cook Children’s is a Texas-only employer. If you are hired, you will need to maintain your primary residence within the state of Texas, along with all licenses and credentials required for your position throughout your employment.