Category Manager

City/State:

Tarrytown, New York Grant Funded:

No Department:

MSS - Sourcing 2 Work Shift:

Day Work Days:

MON-FRI Scheduled Hours:

8:30 AM-5 PM Scheduled Daily Hours:

7.5 HOURS Pay Range:

$138,400.00-$173,000.00

Job Summary

As the academic medical center and University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center is nationally recognized for clinical excellence—breaking new ground in research, training the next generation of healthcare leaders, and delivering science-driven, patient-centered care.

Montefiore is ranked among the top hospitals nationally and regionally by U.S. News & World Report . For more than one hundred years we have been innovating new treatments, new procedures, and new approaches to patient care, producing stellar outcomes and raising the bar for medical centers in the region and around the world. As we build on this momentum, we continue to advance the practice of medicine and set the standard for excellence.

Montefiore is recruiting seasoned Supply Chain leaders to provide expertise, create efficiencies, realize financial savings, take full advantage of System technology, and add value for our Clinicians and Associates.

The Category Manager Medical Surgical position requires an experienced sourcing professional with a background in clinical materials and services contracting with superior analytic and problem-solving skills supporting a fast-paced, transformation-oriented work environment.

The ideal candidate will have experience in contract spend areas such as, but not limited to, medical-surgical products, respiratory, critical care, nursing and procedural supplies, pediatrics, and clinical capital purchasing acquisitions.

This position will be the primary point of contact for all issues related to medical surgical distribution, and distribution contracting at the GPO and local level. The Category Manager will work across all Supply Chain and Clinical departments to ensure appropriate performance and value from Montefiore’s contracted medical surgical distribution partner and direct vendors . .

This position is responsible for the end-to-end process of source-to-contract for a clinical category(s) within a health care setting utilizing sourcing best practices. The Category Manager will develop sourcing strategies in collaboration with stakeholders that achieve cost, quality, and outcomes. The Category Manager will be responsible for identifying initiatives, developing market/spend analysis, benchmarking comparisons, and competitive procurement documents (RFP/RFI). This position will lead supplier negotiations, contract development/management, vendor management, and the identification/realization of savings opportunities. The ideal candidate is skilled at creating presentations and presenting/discussing complex Supply Chain initiatives to all levels of leadership.

Qualifications

• •BS Science or Business Administration Degree Required - Masters Preferred
• •4+ Years of Contract Management and/or Hospital Supply Chain Management Distribution experience within Medical Surgical, inpatient, or ambulatory settings Required
• •ERP, Contract Management Software, Inventory Systems
• •Healthcare spend contract management.
• •GPO utilization
• •Accounting principles, cost analysis, budgeting, forecasting, market and supplier research and analysis
• •Value Analysis
• •MS office suite
• •ERP and current supply chain information systems
• •Contract Management Software
• •GHX/EDI
• •Inventory Management Software

Montefiore Health System, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Health System, Inc. will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.