Principal Contract Sourcing Administrator *Remote*

Providence Health & Services; Portland (OR); Remote; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Supply Chain Management professional to enhance their Resource Engineering & Hospitality department. This role involves managing contracts and supplier relationships, ensuring operational efficiency, and supporting strategic initiatives that impact over $1 billion in services. With a focus on collaboration and innovation, you will play a vital role in optimizing non-medical services across a vast healthcare network. If you are passionate about making a difference in healthcare and thrive in a dynamic environment, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Benefits

Best-in-class benefits

Professional growth opportunities

Inclusive workplace

Support for family well-being

Qualifications

• 6+ years of supply chain management experience in healthcare.
• Experience in strategic sourcing and contract management.

Responsibilities

• Manage strategic supplier relationships for non-medical services.
• Develop and implement programs for REH strategic plan.

Skills

Supply Chain Management

Strategic Sourcing

Contract Management

Process Improvement

Analytics for Cost Comparison

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business or Finance

Master's Degree in Business Administration

Tools

RFI and RFP Management

Job description

Description

Providence is one of the nation's leading non-profit healthcare systems with 119,000+ caregivers/employees serving more than 5 million unique patients across 51 hospitals and 800+ clinics. Our locations range from metropolitan centers to rural settings across seven states: Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, and Washington. As a mission-based, not-for-profit healthcare provider, our commitment to providing compassionate care to all lives on through our five core values: Compassion, Dignity, Justice, Excellence, and Integrity.

Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team at Supply Chain Management and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.

This position is accountable for the collaborative support of development, integration, implementation, and optimization of the Resource Engineering & Hospitality (REH) department for non-medical and purchased services which exceed $1 Billion annually. This role works in support of key business and operational stakeholders across Providence, leading, and partnering on REH strategic integration efforts; developing and executing strategic plans around Providence-wide Non-Medical and Purchased Services initiatives; ensuring a compliant, effective, and streamlined operational REH experience for internal business partners.

The position is responsible for initiating and supporting the strategy and resulting contracts for non-medical and purchased services as assigned. This includes promoting cost effectiveness and operational efficiency in contracting, purchasing, and utilization and for performing other duties and responsibilities in support of the programs, activities, and staff of the REH strategy. Primary responsibilities include managing strategic supplier relationships with regard to Non-Medical and Purchased Services sourcing, developing and implementing specific programs in support of the REH strategic plan for Purchased Services, negotiation and administration of contracts for REH; supporting departmental staff and resources to achieve REH contracting goals; coordinating and facilitating resource sharing and consensus building processes and programs in collaboration with Health System administrative, clinical and non-clinical staff.

Providence welcomes 100% remote work for applicants who reside in one of the following States:

• Alaska

• Washington

• Oregon

• Montana

• California

• Texas

Essential Functions:

• Transaction based contracts

• Ability to run RFI, and RFP independently

• System level and regional contracts

• Analytics for cost Comparison

• Identify risk within contract

• Generate Savings

• Develop KPIs

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or Finance -OR- a combination of equivalent education and relevant experience

• 6 or more years of supply chain management experience

• 3 or more years of region or enterprise level strategic sourcing experience in a healthcare setting

• Experience creating and successfully executing strategic plans for highly complex issues

• Healthcare business operations and/or financial management experience in a healthcare setting

• Experience standardizing complex and disparate processes within a large healthcare organization

• Experience in process improvement methodology, change management, and operational improvement in complex systems

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Public Administration, or another related field of study

• Enterprise level experience with Purchased Services strategy development and contract management

• Experience conducting and managing RFP's and RFI's

• Experience developing service level standards or KPI's

Why Join Providence?

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

Requisition ID: 357708
Company: Providence Jobs
Job Category: Sourcing
Job Function: Supply Chain
Job Schedule: Full time
Job Shift: Day
Career Track: Business Professional
Department: 4012 SS REH STRAT SOURC 1
Address: OR Portland 4400 NE Halsey St
Work Location: Providence Office Park Portland Bldg 1-Portland
Workplace Type: Remote
Pay Range: $48.27 - $76.22