Strategic Healthcare Procurement Lead

EmblemHealth, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 78,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

EmblemHealth, Inc. is seeking an experienced procurement professional to partner with business areas, develop category strategies, and drive value across EmblemHealth, AdvantageCare Physicians and ConnectiCare.

You will manage supplier relationships, negotiate complex contracts, and align procurement with organizational goals. The role requires 5–8+ years in procurement within healthcare, strong financial acumen, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare, Business, or related field.
• 5–8+ years of relevant procurement and healthcare experience.
• Ability to understand business and financial models.
• In-depth knowledge of procurement processes, business area(s), and of requirements analysis, category management, negotiation, contracting, and spend management.
• The ability to leverage interpersonal skills to establish rapport and develop relationships with all key stakeholders: suppliers, customers & colleagues.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, presentation) with all types/levels of audience.
• Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Outlook).

Responsibilities

• Partner with assigned business areas for strategy development and relationship management.
• Maintain strategic planning routines with business leaders to holistically evaluate and maximize the end-to end value chain as well as the individual contracts.
• Assist business leaders in solving problems and meeting business objectives by ensuring procurement solutions support the organization’s short-term and long-term business goals/strategy.
• Identify opportunities, assess, and provide recommendations based on business relevance, appropriate timing, cost, risk and quality.
• Challenge and review key practices and decisions with the business to drive improvement.
• Gather business needs and document business requirements; translate business requirements into a process and cost structure for design and development of solutions.
• Negotiate agreements and commitments by facilitating communication between business stakeholders and procurement from initial requirements to final implementation.
• Communicate with procurement business leaders and project managers, and third party partners and other stakeholders to drive results and ensure awareness of progress and risks.
• Recap (monthly, quarterly, and annually, as needed) procurement performance and produce and communicate regular category dashboards to the business.
• Prepare sole source and/or high-risk justification and facilitate the associated governance process and controls
• Identify and mitigate potential problems and conflicts with procurement delivery
• Perform analysis of all category spends; utilize Category Management tools and techniques to deliver optimum category strategy, inform optimum procurement strategy, continually reduce costs, and drive value
• Work with the business to develop category strategies based on key recommendations from the analysis team which drive opportunities for EmblemHealth, AdvantageCare Physcians and ConnectiCare
• Measure the success of outcomes achieved through the implementation of category plans
• Define supplier relationship management requirements and approach for assigned categories and/or suppliers, including SLAs, KPIs, relationship governance, etc as required.
• Analyze reports and market trend information to understand and communicate the impact of procurements goals
• Advocate recommendations for solution options in conjunction with procurement resources
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and provides recommendations based on business relevance, appropriate timing, cost, risk and quality
• Advise on supply chain options and the associated risks, costs versus benefits, and impacts on products and services and business processes

Skills

Procurement experience

Healthcare industry knowledge

Business/financial modeling

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

MS Office proficiency

Requirements analysis

Category management

Negotiation

Spend management

Relationship management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare, Business, or related field

Tools

MS Office

Job description

EmblemHealth, Inc. is seeking an experienced procurement professional to partner with business areas, develop category strategies, and drive value across EmblemHealth, AdvantageCare Physicians and ConnectiCare.

You will manage supplier relationships, negotiate complex contracts, and align procurement with organizational goals. The role requires 5–8+ years in procurement within healthcare, strong financial acumen, and excellent communication.