Director, Clinical Category Management
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 role drives long-term value 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 position also leads and develops a high-performing category management team and ensures compliance and risk mitigation for critical clinical supply categories.
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, beyond unit cost reduction.
- Advise 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.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) savings plan with match
- Bonus incentives
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
