Senior Category Strategy & Sourcing Leader

Vizient, Inc; Irving (TX); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. in Irving, TX seeks a Sr. Category Management Executive to lead category strategies and sourcing initiatives.

You will collaborate with clinicians, value analysis leaders, and operations to optimize quality, standardization, service, and cost performance, while guiding RFIs/RFPs and supplier negotiations. The role requires strong analytical and presentation skills, multiple project management capability, AI fluency, and willingness to travel.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant experience in sourcing, category management, or related field.
• Experience in strategic sourcing and supplier negotiations.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute category strategies for assigned product and service categories in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Manage sourcing initiatives from opportunity identification through implementation, including sourcing plans, project timelines, client engagement, and implementation activities.
• Conduct category, market, supplier, utilization, spend, and contract performance analyses to identify savings and optimization opportunities.
• Research market conditions, emerging technologies, supplier capabilities, and industry trends to inform category strategies and sourcing decisions.
• Collaborate with client sourcing representatives, clinicians, physicians, value analysis leaders, and operational teams to gather requirements and identify opportunities to improve quality, standardization, service, and cost performance.
• Facilitate client and project committees through meeting preparation, presentations, documentation, category insights, recommendations, and follow-up activities.
• Develop RFIs, RFPs, supplier evaluations, and other sourcing event deliverables and analyze supplier proposals to identify financial and operational value.
• Conduct supplier negotiations, support contract development, and coordinate contract implementation and ongoing supplier management activities.
• Monitor category and supplier performance and contribute to achievement of annual operational, financial, and category objectives.
• Leverage approved AI tools to enhance research, analysis, communications, and productivity while validating outputs for accuracy, relevance, and business appropriateness.
• Ideal candidate can be located in Oklahoma at our member site or Irving, TX

Skills

Analytical skills

Relationship building

Project management

Presentation & facilitation

AI fluency

Travel willingness

Education

Relevant degree

Job description

Vizient, Inc. in Irving, TX seeks a Sr. Category Management Executive to lead category strategies and sourcing initiatives.

You will collaborate with clinicians, value analysis leaders, and operations to optimize quality, standardization, service, and cost performance, while guiding RFIs/RFPs and supplier negotiations. The role requires strong analytical and presentation skills, multiple project management capability, AI fluency, and willingness to travel.