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Summary:

In this role, you will serve as the Senior category expert for an assigned portfolio of products and services related to digital healthcare for internal and external stakeholders. You will manage a competitive contract portfolio by driving the strategy and development of the agreements to help providers elevate cost performance and achieve operational efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a portfolio of contracts for digital technologies.
• Develop a deep understanding of the products, suppliers, and industry trends that impact the portfolio through market research, attendance at industry events, and continuous learning opportunities.
• Provide expertise to providers, suppliers, Vizient field team, advisory solutions, legal, finance, and other internal and external stakeholders regarding the spend categories managed.
• Support provider strategic sourcing engagements by providing category leadership and expert insights for assigned portfolio to drive and optimize spend management.
• Partner with Vizient marketing to produce category marketing approaches for providers and suppliers that align with the overall marketing strategy.
• Create category-specific collateral to share insights, expertise, and best practices with internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead periodic business reviews and strategic planning meetings with suppliers for categories in the portfolio, with support from leadership.
• Prepare budgets, forecasts, and revenue plans to measure contract performance against category objectives.
• Identify and fill gaps in the portfolio with suppliers or categories not on national agreement by presenting the value Vizient can bring to their organizations, where applicable.

Qualifications:

• Relevant degree in healthcare, public health and/or pre-med preferred.
• 5 or more years of healthcare strategy consulting relevant experience required.
• Expertise or working knowledge of medical digital technologies or digital technologies in a healthcare setting is highly preferred.
• Strategic sourcing or category management experience related to digital technologies in a healthcare environment preferred.
• Ability to develop content and present category knowledge in front of both large and small audiences.
• Must be financially savvy in working with expense and revenue budgets.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Willingness to travel.

Estimated Hiring Range:

This position is also incentive eligible.

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