Category Specialist

Intermountain Health•Kent, WA

3d•$28 - $44

About The Position

The Category Specialist is responsible supporting the Category Leader teams that bring value and reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) to Intermountain. Category Specialist will work with Category teams in a variety of ways that provide support to the teams. The Category Specialist is also expected to work with our Category teams, Buyers, Operations team, problem solve product discrepancies, pricing discrepancies and help with supply assurance. Schedule: Full-time - Days Hours: 8:00am - 4:00pm

Requirements

Experience in project management, purchasing or sourcing.
Strong verbal and written communications.
Advanced experience with Word, Outlook, Excel

Nice To Haves

Associate's degree, bachelor's degree, relevant licensure, or 1-3 years equivalent experience.
Healthcare experience preferred
Experience working in supply chain procurement (sourcing, contracting, purchasing)
Familiarity with strategic eProcurement platforms (eSourcing, Contract Lifecycle Management, and Supplier Performance Management modules) and implementation of modules to improve efficiency of the team
Results-driven and self-motivated.
High level of integrity and professionalism.
Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team.

Responsibilities

Provides standard process and procedure support across multiple portfolios of Category Management related to contract pricing, onboarding new locations, 340B site paperwork, rostering of distributors and GPO.
Ensures appropriate governance is in place and followed for our systems (PeopleSoft, Workfront, Document Center).
Standardizes and implements process improvement ideas, ensuring continuity in contracting and data management.
Ensures tier alignment within our GPO contracts.
Identifies, documents, and facilitates recovery efforts of lost savings and rebate auditing.
Develops a proactive process and structure to capture lost savings.
Supports contract lifecycle management by generating expiring contracts reports and identifying opportunities to optimize contract portfolios within a category.
Responsible for making key updates to the sourcing calendar.
Monitors and facilitate pricing discrepancies and incorrect pricing between Intermountain Health and its suppliers.
Organizes and manages routine to moderately complex project to completion.
Develop category strategies while working with service line leaders.
Assists in training and education of the department functions, including the development of standard operating procedures.