Strategic Sourcing Contract Specialist

St. Elizabeth HealthCare; Erlanger (KY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage within 30 days

Generous PTO

Retirement match

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness programs

Internal mobility and mentorship

Job summary

St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Kentucky is seeking a Specialist, Contract Strategic Sourcing to apply value analysis to negotiate and maintain contracting processes for clinical and non-clinical products and services. You will partner with the SCM team to optimize vendor terms and drive cost savings while ensuring accurate data in MMIS and contract systems.

The role emphasizes collaboration, strategic planning, and robust contract administration to support hospital goals and patient care excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field is required.
• 3–5 years reading, interpreting, and writing contracts/agreements.
• 3–5 years of contract negotiations.
• 3–5 years of experience working with MMIS and proficient Excel, PowerPoint, and project tracking.

Responsibilities

• Develop contracting strategies and standardize evaluations to identify savings opportunities.
• Lead and manage contract terms, load contracts into tracking systems, and support MMIS integration.
• Partner with SCM to drive cost reductions and supplier performance.
• Create monthly/quarterly business reviews with top vendors.

Skills

Contracting/Sourcing

Spend analytics

Project planning

Contract negotiations

MMIS experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree (Business, Finance, I.T., etc.)

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Project tracking

Job description

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Job Type: Regular

Scheduled Hours: 40

Why You’ll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

Benefits That Support You

We invest in you — personally and professionally.

Enjoy:

• Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.
• Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules
• Retirement savings with employer match
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs
• Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility

Job Summary:

The Specialist, Contract Strategic Sourcing is responsible for the application of value analysis principles to negotiate, execute, and maintain the integrity for the contracting process aimed at all clinical and non-clinical supplies, equipment and purchased services as directed, consistent with hospital practices, goals, and standards. This position provides contract oversight within the scope of Supply Chain Management (SCM), including Group Purchasing Organizations/relationships, regional affiliations and/or service agreements and contracts pertaining to clinical and non-clinical products and services.

Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness, and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors, and other employees regardless of cultural background.

Job Description:

Strategic Planning

• The Specialist, Contract Strategic Sourcing will partner with members of SCM to gather, summarize, and prepare recommendations that result in a strong sourcing and contracting structure.
• Develop contracting strategies that incorporate the basics of contract review and analytics that result in increased contract utilization and product standardization.
• Develop embedded processes and standardize evaluations to identify, analyze, and implement savings opportunities. Create a consistent roadmap for replication.
• Implement timely pricing analysis and tracking.

Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with all members of the SCM team and others as appropriate to ensure that all contract terms and conditions are implemented in the Materials Management Information System (MMIS) and contracts are correctly loaded into contract tracking software.
• Support and assist in achieving the financial goals and strategic direction for SCM by assisting with the deployment/implementation of strategies related to reduction in supply cost.
• Willingly accept special projects as assigned.

Contract Administration

• Priority one for contracting will include leveraging St. Elizabeth Healthcare’s GPO relationships for contracting whenever possible.
• Priority two is to create, negotiate, manage, and facilitate the development of highly competitive contracts for both clinical and non-clinical products, equipment, supplies and purchased services as directed.
• Develop monthly, quarterly, semi-annual business reviews with the top 30% of vendors.
• Work collaboratively with the Strategic Sourcing team and others as appropriate to ensure that all contract terms and conditions are thoroughly reviewed prior to final legal review and leadership approval.

Coordination

• Work collaboratively with the Strategic Sourcing team, Senior Financial Analyst, and others as appropriate to assist with the PowerPoint presentations to the Value Analysis Steering Committee and various Value Analysis (VA) teams.
• Act as the catalyst to assemble appropriate parties essential to product and equipment evaluations.

Data Analytics

• Work collaboratively with the Strategic Sourcing team, Senior Financial Analyst, and others as appropriate to review the analysis of products and services and make recommendations that will aid in decision making and recommendations to VA teams for cost savings initiatives and to validate and track the financial impact of specific initiatives.
• Develop utilization and spend data with GPO and other tools.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education, Credentials, Licenses:

• Bachelor’s Degree (Business, Finance, I.T., etc.)

Specialized Knowledge:

• Contracting/Sourcing background
• Experience with spend analytics and related software
• Experience with facilitating projects including creating project plans

Kind and Length of Experience:

• 3-5 years reading, interpreting, and writing contracts/agreements
• 3-5 years of contract negotiations
• 3-5 years of experience working with Materials Mgt. Information Systems (MMIS) and proficient computer skills in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and project tracking

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Right Career. Right Here. If you're looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you'll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.

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Ref. Number
JR313174
Job Category
Facility Services and Skilled Trades
Job Type
Supply Chain
Department
Corporate Edgewood Strategic Sourcing
Shift
1st Shift
Hours
40 hours