Sr. Category Management Consultant -Indirect

OhioHealth; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

OhioHealth is seeking a Senior Consultant, Category Management to identify cost and quality opportunities across mid-level complex categories, develop supplier agreements, and drive value through strategic sourcing practices.

You will own assigned spend categories, collaborate with internal customers and Category Managers, and lead data-driven negotiations to maximize contract value and supplier performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 3-6 years of progressive RFx, sourcing, negotiating and contracting experience.
• Master’s Degree may be acceptable with 3 years related experience.

Responsibilities

• Support Category Managers strategies and opportunity assessments for specific categories.
• Recommend sourcing plans to Category Manager for assigned spend categories addressing cost drivers using contracting, competitive bidding, value analysis and financial analysis to meet cost savings targets.
• Analyze service usage patterns to identify waste and reduce usage for cost savings.
• Collaborate with suppliers and internal clients to improve integrated processes.
• Lead cross‑functional sourcing initiatives with market and competitive analysis to secure best value for services.
• Ensure contracts are up-to-date and compliant.

Skills

Category Management

Sourcing

Negotiations

Contracting

Data analysis

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

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Job Description Summary

The Senior Consultant, Category Mgmt identifies cost and quality opportunities across a broad array of mid-level complex categories and provides support for Category Managers. Responsible for various clinical or indirect products and services across multiple business lines, while collaborating with internal customers and Category Managers to understand their requirements. Develops supplier agreements and provides strategic decision support and recommendations to stakeholders to maximize and ensure the value of contracts and supplier performance. The Senior Consultant, Category Specialist is responsible for owning and optimizing the assigned spend categories via extensive cross-functional collaboration and mastery of all total cost of ownership (TCO)/strategic sourcing best practices

Responsibilities And Duties

1. Category Management:
   • o Support Category Managers strategies and opportunity assessments for specific categories
   • o Recommend sourcing plans to Category Manager for assigned spend categories addressing cost drivers using contracting, competitive bidding, value analysis and financial analysis to meet cost savings targets
   • o Handles category issues in absence of Category Manager
   • o Aggregate and analyze usage across OhioHealth enterprise
   • o Analyze service usage patterns in order to make recommendations for eliminating waste and/or reduction of usage for cost savings
   • o Work jointly with suppliers and internal clients to improve integrated processes
   • o Facilitates and coordinates activities with appropriate committee s
   • o Facilitates cross-functional agreement to standardize services such that TCO is minimized but quality is maintained
   • o Supports standards for diversity supplier program
   • o Enhance supply chain performance by benchmarking and implementing best practices
   • o Help evaluate competitive offerings to determine the overall best value for services
   • o Provide status reports related to category/contracting activities to Category Managers
2. Relationship Management and Project Management:
   • o Build professional, effective, collaborative relationships with internal customers, supply chain colleagues, process partners and suppliers
   • o Promote innovation and continual improvement in working practices
   • o Accountable for the successful implementation and execution of assigned sourcing and supplier performance strategies and the subsequent delivery of value creation to the company for assigned categories.
   • o Assist in the development and review of specifications, statements of work, performance terms and/or acceptance criteria
   • o Lead cross-functional stakeholders through fact/evidence-based, data-driven sourcing initiatives with strong market and competitive analysis, creation of leverage, and professional negotiations to secure the best quality, service and cost to meet OhioHealth's needs
   • o Advocate and enforce the OhioHealth policy on competitive bidding as well as the importance in establishing a competitive supplier environment
   • o Collaborating cross-functionally to optimize service specifications
   • o Influence internal clients to adhere to policies, best practices, and work towards OhioHealth's culture of spend optimization, standardization
3. Administration
   • o Manages the data input for vendor and item accuracy, system builds
   • o Complete and submit project trackers to quantify savings, status updates
   • o Guide match exception resolution
   • o Ensures contracts are up-to-date

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree (Required)

Additional Job Description

Degree Years of experience: 3-6

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE Related field such as business administration, finance, operations research, materials management, supply chain management, economics or related discipline; With Bachelor’s Degree, a minimum of 3 -6 years related Experience required of progressive RF(x), sourcing, negotiating and contracting Experience , including extensive Experience developing and executing strategic souring plans; with Master’s Degree, a minimum of 3 years ’ Experience related Experience acceptable.

DESIRED ATTRIBUTES

Preferred Skills and Qualifications: Master's Degree Supply Chain related certification Strong organizational and follow-up skills; ability to accomplish multiple tasks within the agreed upon timeframes through effective prioritization of duties and functions in a fast paced environment. Self-motivated; able to work both independently to complete tasks and respond to department requests and with others to utilize their resources and knowledge to identify high quality solutions. Moderate to advanced proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, data analysis, business case development, ERP systems. Bachelor's Degree in related field such as business administration, finance, operations research, materials management, economics ore related discipline; With Bachelor's Degree , a minimum of 3-6 years related experience required of progressive, sourcing and contracting experience, including extensive Experiencedeveloping and executing strategic souring plans; with Master's Degree , a minimum of 5 years experience related experience acceptable.

Work Shift

Day Scheduled Weekly Hours : 40

Join us!

if your passion is to work in a caring environment ... if you believe that learning is a life-long process ... if you strive for excellence and want to be among the best in the healthcare industry

Equal Employment Opportunity

Equal Employment Opportunity OhioHealth is an equal opportunity employer and fully supports and maintains compliance with all state, federal, and local regulations. OhioHealth does not discriminate against associates or applicants because of race, color, genetic information, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, ancestry, national origin, veteran status, military status, pregnancy, disability, marital status, familial status, or other characteristics protected by law. Equal employment is extended to all person in all aspects of the associate-employer relationship including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, compensation, discipline, reduction in staff, termination, assignment of benefits, and any other term or condition of employment

WE Are Inspired to Do Our Best. OhioHealth is a nationally recognized, innovative healthcare system delivering world-class patient care in a supportive, professional environment filled with limitless opportunities to learn and grow. We are a unique organization in the healthcare field. Our model system of facilities encompasses a wide scope of expertise and care. For professionals, we are a place where people committed to doing our best are given the tools and resources to accomplish our mission every single day. OhioHealth is recognized as a Great Place to Work CertifiedTM organization. The Great Place to Work® is a global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. This recognition is one measure of our success in achieving a part of our vision