Director, Clinical Category Management

The Aspen Group•Chicago, IL

About The Position

The Director, Clinical Category Management – Goods & Services sets the enterprise-wide strategy for clinical sourcing across The Aspen Group’s portfolio, including Aspen Dental, ClearChoice, WellNow, and emerging brands. The position drives long-term value creation through category transformation, supplier innovation, and cross-brand standardization. The Director partners strategically with executive leadership and clinical stakeholders to ensure sourcing strategies support patient outcomes, scalability, and financial performance. The role leads a category management team, oversees enterprise savings and value-creation goals, and develops supplier partnerships and risk mitigation strategies. It also ensures compliance with healthcare regulations and internal policies. Performance is measured by enterprise cost savings and total value delivered, clinical standardization and adoption, supplier outcomes, contract compliance, spend under management, and team capability development.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
10–15+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, category management, or procurement.
Significant experience in healthcare, dental, or multi-site clinical environments.
Demonstrated success leading large-scale, enterprise sourcing transformations.
Proven ability to influence at the executive level in a matrixed organization.
Strong financial acumen and experience managing large spend portfolios.

Nice To Haves

MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the long-term strategy for clinical goods and services across all TAG brands.
Identify enterprise-wide opportunities for standardization, consolidation, and innovation.
Align category strategies with TAG’s growth objectives, M&A activity, and clinical priorities.
Own and deliver enterprise savings targets and value-creation goals.
Drive total cost of care optimization, not just unit cost reduction.
Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, including clinical, operations, and finance leaders.
Lead governance forums for sourcing decisions and category performance.
Build and manage executive-level supplier relationships.
Drive strategic partnerships, innovation, and joint value-creation initiatives.
Lead complex negotiations involving enterprise agreements, rebates, and risk-sharing models.
Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing category management team.
Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations and internal policies.
Develop risk mitigation strategies for critical clinical supply categories.