Strategic Healthcare Procurement Leader

Texas Children's; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children's is seeking a Category Manager to lead a strategic portfolio spanning supplies, technology, facilities, operating room, pathology, pharmacy, and related services. You will develop sourcing strategies, negotiate with suppliers, manage contracts, and drive savings while ensuring high-quality products and services for our healthcare operations.

The role requires collaboration with stakeholders to define scope, timelines, and expectations, plus responsibility for KPI setting and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain management, or a related field.
• Five years of experience with contracts, requests for proposals, or requests for bids.
• Health care procurement experience preferred.
• Certified Purchasing Manager, Certified Professional in Supply Management, or Certified Materials and Resource Professional certification preferred.
• Previous healthcare Request for Proposal/Request for Bids experience highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Develops and executes category sourcing strategies in collaboration with stakeholders and category leadership teams
• Establishes annual savings goals and vendor management plans for assigned spend categories
• Develops competitive procurement documents, including requests for proposals and requests for information
• Collaborates with end users, reviewing parties, and stakeholders to define scope, specifications, timelines, roles, and expectations
• Coordinates bid meetings, distributes procurement documents, evaluates vendor responses, and recommends supplier awards
• Develops negotiation strategies and leads negotiations related to pricing, contractual terms, and supplier performance
• Reviews, drafts, redlines, and negotiates procurement business terms for contracts, amendments, and related agreements
• Identifies opportunities to leverage existing contracts and internal resources to meet business needs
• Prepares complete contract packages for legal review, approvals, signature routing, and records retention
• Monitors supply markets and conducts market intelligence, price benchmarking, and financial analysis to identify savings opportunities
• Develops reports and presentations related to savings, budgets, supply usage, productivity, contract performance, and benchmarking
• Performs complex financial analyses, including total cost of ownership, lease-versus-buy, and economic value models
• Calculates and reports actual and projected sourcing savings by spend category
• Identifies off-contract spend, contract opportunities, and vendor performance concerns
• Establishes key performance indicators and service-level expectations with vendors
• Conducts business reviews, develops improvement plans for underperforming vendors, and guides stakeholders on vendor management practices
• Maintains policies and procedures related to strategic sourcing, procurement, negotiations, contract processing, pricing, and compliance
• Represents the department at internal and external meetings and delivers presentations to stakeholders and leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain management, or a related field

Job description

Texas Children's is seeking a Category Manager to lead a strategic portfolio spanning supplies, technology, facilities, operating room, pathology, pharmacy, and related services. You will develop sourcing strategies, negotiate with suppliers, manage contracts, and drive savings while ensuring high-quality products and services for our healthcare operations.

The role requires collaboration with stakeholders to define scope, timelines, and expectations, plus responsibility for KPI setting and