Contract Manager - Supply Chain

Scripps Health•San Diego, CA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Contract Manager provides direct leadership and oversight for Category Managers and Strategic Sourcing Analysts responsible for sourcing events, vendor negotiations, contract renewals, market analyses, and supplier performance activities. The role establishes sourcing strategies, prioritizes workplan initiatives, guides complex negotiations, and ensures the team advances organizational objectives related to cost savings, quality, service, standardization, and supply continuity. The position partners with clinical, operational, finance, legal, and supply chain leaders to align contracting strategies with organizational priorities, with particular emphasis on physician preference items and high-impact performance improvement initiatives. The Contract Manager leads complex and enterprise-wide sourcing opportunities and oversees the end-to-end contract lifecycle, from opportunity assessment and RFP/RFI processes through financial analysis, negotiation, execution, implementation, and performance monitoring. The role also oversees team development and performance, supplier compliance, and continuous improvement of Supply Chain contracting processes. This is a full-time, benefit-eligible position located at the 4S Ranch office with partial remote work.

Requirements

Seven years of strategic sourcing experience, emphasizing physician preference items, vendor negotiations, and developing business relationships.
Problem-solving ability using creative and influential skills.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
Experience in an acute-care hospital, integrated healthcare delivery system, group purchasing organization, or similar healthcare environment.
Experience with contract management systems, e-sourcing tools, enterprise resource planning systems, and spend analytics platforms.
Leadership experience overseeing, coaching, or mentoring sourcing, contracting, procurement, or supply chain professionals.
Experience leading complex sourcing initiatives and negotiating supplier agreements that achieve measurable financial and operational outcomes.
Strong analytical skills, including interpreting spend data, market intelligence, vendor proposals, pricing models, and financial impact analyses.
Ability to influence diverse stakeholders and build consensus in a complex, matrixed healthcare environment.
Excellent problem-solving skills using creative, collaborative, and influential approaches.
Strong written, verbal, presentation, people leadership, and negotiation skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, team workloads, and deadlines while maintaining attention to detail.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership, guidance, performance management, and professional development for Category Managers and Strategic Sourcing Analysts.
Set team priorities, assign work, monitor project progress, and ensure sourcing and contracting initiatives meet timelines, savings targets, and organizational expectations.
Coach and mentor team members on sourcing methodologies, negotiation, stakeholder engagement, supplier management, financial analysis, and influencing strategies.
Review and provide strategic direction on sourcing recommendations, supplier proposals, negotiation plans, contract terms, financial analyses, and implementation plans.
Lead highly complex, high-value, and enterprise-wide sourcing opportunities, vendor negotiations, and contract escalations.
Oversee negotiations for contracts, renewals, pricing, terms and conditions, rebates, value-added services, and risk mitigation provisions.
Manage the end-to-end contract lifecycle, including opportunity assessment, RFP/RFI processes, financial analysis, negotiation, contract execution, implementation, and performance monitoring.
Lead Supply Chain performance improvement workplan initiatives and ensure projects are prioritized, tracked, and completed within timelines and savings targets.
Conduct and oversee market, vendor, spend, utilization, and commodity financial analyses to support sourcing recommendations and contracting strategies.
Evaluate supplier capabilities, market trends, pricing benchmarks, supply risk, and total cost of ownership to inform decisions and identify opportunities.
Partner with physician leaders, clinical stakeholders, department leaders, finance, legal, and operational teams to set objectives and execute complex sourcing opportunities.
Monitor supplier compliance with contractual obligations, service-level expectations, pricing commitments, and performance metrics; address performance issues and escalations.
Support continuous improvement of Supply Chain contracting processes, tools, templates, policies, and governance practices.