Dental Procurement Strategic Sourcing Manager

Star Dental Partners • Plano, TX

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About The Position

Star Dental Partners is seeking a Dental Procurement Strategic Sourcing Manager for its high-growth, fast-paced dental services organization. This high-volume role sits at the intersection of procurement, operations, and vendor management, supporting day-to-day operations across the network. The position focuses on strategic sourcing, vendor and contract management, preferred dental lab performance, and implementation and support of a company-wide dental lab management system. The manager also analyzes spending, identifies savings and process improvements, and provides operational and cross-functional procurement support.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• At least 5 years of strategic sourcing or procurement experience; dental-field experience is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience running requests for proposals, independently negotiating contracts, and consolidating contracts after acquisitions or integrations.
• Strong negotiation skills and experience closing multi-year agreements.
• Experience supporting multi-site organizations with multiple points of contact.
• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and spend analysis.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite, including Outlook, SharePoint, Word, PDF, and PowerPoint.
• Strong multitasking and prioritization skills, with the ability to adapt quickly in a dynamic environment.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of the dental industry, including dental equipment, dental labs, procurement, and service and repair in a dental or DSO environment.
• Familiarity and experience with Dentira or other dental supply platforms.

Responsibilities

• Support the Vice President of Procurement in planning and running requests for proposal and sourcing events across clinical supplies, equipment, services, labs, and other categories.
• Prepare for and support negotiations on pricing, terms, volume commitments, and renewals.
• Review agreements for risks such as auto-renewals, exclusivity, termination, and change-of-control clauses, and escalate legal questions appropriately.
• Maintain a calendar of contract renewal and notice dates.
• Manage vendor relationships and performance reviews, escalating missed commitments as appropriate.
• Manage the preferred dental lab network and lead regular business reviews covering quality, turnaround times, and billing accuracy.
• Hold lab partners accountable to key performance indicators, including on-time delivery and first-time quality.
• Support rollout of the dental lab formulary and encourage adoption of preferred dental lab partners across the network.
• Monitor dentist ordering patterns and address non-compliant trends through education, communication, and escalation as appropriate.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for dentists and office teams regarding lab selection and utilization.
• Help roll out the company-wide dental lab management system across all offices.
• Administer the lab management system day to day, maintaining data integrity, pricing accuracy, and system performance.
• Identify opportunities to streamline lab ordering workflows and improve the experience for offices and clinicians.
• Troubleshoot lab management system issues and answer system questions from offices and staff.
• Support clinical supply and equipment orders, service requests, and office email as needed during peak periods.
• Analyze spending data across categories to identify cost savings, pricing variances, and consolidation opportunities.
• Report on spending, contract compliance, vendor performance, and lab metrics to procurement leadership.
• Track utilization of awarded contracts across categories and set targets with leadership.
• Cross-train in other procurement functions, including clinical supplies and labs, to provide coverage as needed.
• Support special projects and cross-functional initiatives, and take on ad hoc projects and other assigned duties.

Benefits

• Competitive annual salary, including an annual bonus.
• Paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and their households.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance through BCBS.
• Paid time off and company holidays, bereavement leave, and jury duty leave.
• Voluntary disability, life, AD&D, and pet insurance.
• Accidental injury, critical illness, and hospital indemnity plans with wellness incentives.
• 401(k) with pre-tax and Roth employee participation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager