Senior Sourcing and Contracting Manager

Presbyterian System Services; Santa Fe (NM); Hybrid; MXN 1,642,000 - 2,796,000; Full time

Job summary

Presbyterian System Services in the United States remote office is seeking a Senior Sourcing and Contracting Manager to lead enterprise-wide perioperative spend optimization, focusing on physician preference supplies and services. You will chair the Periop VAT, manage RFIs/RFPs, and drive cost savings while safeguarding clinical outcomes.

This self-directed role requires strong leadership, analytics, and cross-functional collaboration with surgeons, physicians, and executive stakeholders,

Responsibilities

• Lead the Periop VAT and coordinate with clinicians, physicians, and leadership to develop strategic plans for perioperative category management.
• Direct negotiations with suppliers and oversee RFIs/RFPs, analytics, and reference checks to support supplier decisions.
• Draft contracts and plan implementation/conversion for new suppliers, products, or services.
• Collaborate with executive leadership to drive cost savings, improve patient outcomes, and standardize perioperative supplies.

Job description

Location Address

Remote OfficeSanta Fe, NM 87501

Compensation Pay Range

Minimum Offer $87,526.40Maximum Offer $149,032.00

Now Hiring: Senior Sourcing and Contracting Manager

Summary:

Build Your Career. Make a Difference. We are seeking a skilled Senior Sourcing and Contracting Manager. The Sourcing and Contracting Manager Senior position is responsible for strategic planning for all supplies and purchased services categories utilized by PHS enterprise-wide perioperative operations, which mainly impacts physician preference supplies and physician effectiveness and satisfaction. The position is responsible for proactively identifying opportunities for improved clinical outcomes and cost savings opportunities; forecasting supply and services utilization; addressing new supplies and services requests from PHS surgeons, physicians, and clinical staff; coordinating critical process changes related to supplies and purchased services; managing expiring contracts; and is accountable for utilizing and enforcing the VAT seven-step process to optimize each initiative and achieve the highest value and return for PHS Perioperative departments. This position is also responsible for Chairing the Periop Value Analysis Team (VAT) which requires significant leadership and communications skills to lead the critical thinking and strategic planning necessary to engage employee and non-employee physicians and gain their consensus for implementing initiatives that result in cost savings or improved patient care. This position provides considerable leadership and enterprise-wide coordination to engage Perioperative clinical and operational leadership to drive consensus and standardization for perioperative supplies and clinical purchased services.

This role is self-directed and responsible for executing the VAT initiatives in a timely and cost-effective manner which requires conducting analytics; gaining knowledge of industry trends and market conditions; engaging users and stakeholders to validate specifications and expectations; drafting and managing RFIs and RFPs; analyzing results; conducting reference checks; providing summary analyses and recommendations to the VAT members, users/surgeons, stakeholders, and physician leaders; and driving consensus for appropriate decision-making. Once a selection/decision has been made this position drafts the contract, negotiates with the suppliers, and plans the implementation/conversion of the new supplier, supply, or service. The position is also responsible for managing new products/services requests, conducting industry research and clinical studies, coordinating product/service trials, and engaging the President, PMG, and VP, Population Health, and Value Transformation to review the clinical need and to lead discussions with physician requesters for more information/justification or to convey the denial of the request. This role has high visibility and will profoundly impact business-critical projects and processes across the PHS enterprise and is responsible for supporting Senior Executive Leadership to drive cost savings and quality enhancement initiatives, optimize opportunities and mitigate risks, support physician satisfaction and retention, and ensure PHS policies and procedures are enforced.

Type of Opportunity: Full time

Job Exempt: Yes

Job is based: Remote Workers New Mexico

Work Shift: Weekday Schedule Monday-Friday (United States of America)

Responsibilities

As Chair of the Periop VAT, utilizes critical thinking and communication skills to lead and coordinate with clinicians, physicians, and operational and physician leadership to develop strategic plans for the Periop VAT, and how key initiatives will be prioritized and addressed. Leads the enactment of the strategy and implementation of the agreed upon tactics for each initiative.

Leads conversations and interactions with surgeons and physicians on the high-cost, physician-sensitive / physician-preference supplies and implants that require detailed knowledge of the products and their use, market situation, service line landscape, industry trends and best practices, FDA approval status, and the patient disease state and use of the product. Conveys opportunities for cost savings and process/outcomes impact and solicits physician/surgeon input and feedback regarding supplier offerings and options.

Responsible for understanding and articulating the financial aspects of high-cost supplies and their impact on revenue and margin for specific DRGs. Coordinates with PHS Population Health to conduct analyses and scenario modeling.

Develops and documents strategy for Perioperative supplies and services category management, selection and decision-making process for each category including selection criteria, market share options/conditions, supplier negotiations, and physician interactions and consensus building. This requires extensive knowledge of the products, key suppliers, physician relationships with specific supplier