Program Manager, Strategic Sourcing, Lab

Sutter Health•Sacramento, CA

About The Position

This position supports contracts and category management for laboratory products and services. It develops and executes cost-containment and performance-improvement opportunities for goods and services used across Sutter Health. Using expertise in purchasing strategies, the role defines and implements strategies to optimize total cost of ownership through sourcing and product, service, or vendor standardization. It collaborates with and influences contracting, value analysis, and analytics resources to drive results for assigned spend segments. The position interfaces with senior clinical and Sutter Health leaders and external vendor-community resources.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business/Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
Eight years of recent relevant experience.
Experience facilitating collaboration among clinicians, supply chain, and other stakeholders to advance strategic initiatives and value capture.
Strong negotiation skills and ability to balance business objectives with stakeholder interests.
Demonstrated project-management skills in a customer-service-oriented environment.
Effective written and oral communication, timeline management, and organizational skills.
Ability to write formal position papers for Sutter leadership contract approvals.
Experience building and maintaining relationships with senior decision-makers, including physician and C-suite leaders, clinical staff, and vendors.
Project-management and leadership abilities, including experience mentoring and developing team members.
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities effectively.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, including conveying complex information to diverse audiences.
Strong customer-service orientation and consistent, timely follow-up on issues.
Ability to inspire confidence, diffuse tension, and act as a change agent.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Visio.
Ability to synthesize data, create meaningful presentations, and assess opportunity-analysis data and its quality.
Strong knowledge of healthcare products and equipment, inventory and alternative supply sources, purchasing and distribution systems, contract administration, and emerging industry trends.
Ability to manage complex, varied situations; adaptability and tolerance for ambiguity.
Ability to facilitate team meetings involving competing objectives.

Responsibilities

Support contracts and category management for lab products and services.
Develop and execute cost-containment and performance-improvement opportunities for goods and services across Sutter Health.
Define and implement strategies to optimize total cost of ownership, including sourcing and product, service, and/or vendor standardization.
Collaborate with and influence contracting, value analysis, and analytics resources to drive impact for assigned spend segments.
Build and maintain relationships with clinical and organizational leaders, including physician and C-suite leaders, clinical staff, and vendors.
Lead multidisciplinary groups, facilitate team meetings, and present to different levels of the organization.
Manage projects, timelines, and multiple responsibilities; provide mentoring and development for team members.
Prepare formal position papers for Sutter leadership contract approvals.
Synthesize and assess data, evaluate the quality of opportunity analyses, and create presentations.
Provide timely customer-service-oriented follow-up and help manage complex situations and competing objectives.