Senior Category Management Executive - Clinical

Vizient•Nashville, TN

22h•$88,900 - $155,500•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Category Management Executive – Clinical provides strategic sourcing, contracting, market intelligence, and category expertise in support of complex category initiatives. In partnership with cross-functional stakeholders, the role helps develop and execute category strategies intended to deliver measurable financial, operational, and quality outcomes for clients. The position serves as a trusted advisor throughout the sourcing lifecycle, conducting market and spend analyses, supporting stakeholder engagement, facilitating sourcing events, and contributing to contract negotiations and implementation. It develops deep category expertise and collaborates with clinicians, physicians, supply chain leaders, value analysis teams, and suppliers to identify opportunities that improve value and client satisfaction. The role follows a hybrid work model requiring three days per week in the office. Listed office locations are Irving, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Centennial, Colorado; Nashville, Tennessee; and Charlotte, North Carolina. Willingness to travel is required.

Requirements

Five or more years of relevant experience in strategic sourcing, category management, supply chain, consulting, healthcare operations, contracting, and/or a related field.
Experience supporting sourcing initiatives, supplier negotiations, or category management activities across clinical, medical-surgical, and physician preference item categories.
Strong analytical skills, including experience using spend, utilization, supplier, and market data.
Ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
Demonstrated AI fluency: ability to independently use AI tools for day-to-day work, critically evaluate AI-generated content, identify potential limitations or inaccuracies, and apply human judgment to business recommendations and decisions.
Willingness to travel.

Nice To Haves

Relevant degree preferred.
Experience with contracting and value analysis initiatives.
Healthcare, group purchasing, consulting, or highly regulated industry experience.

Responsibilities

Support the development and execution of category strategies for assigned product and service categories.
Partner to manage sourcing initiatives from opportunity identification through implementation.
Conduct category, market, supplier, utilization, and spend analyses to support sourcing recommendations and strategy development.
Assist in developing sourcing plans, project timelines, stakeholder engagement strategies, and implementation approaches.
Research market conditions, emerging technologies, supplier capabilities, and industry trends affecting assigned categories.
Collaborate with client sourcing representatives, clinicians, physicians, value analysis leaders, and operational stakeholders throughout sourcing initiatives.
Support stakeholder committees through agenda development, meeting facilitation, documentation, and follow-up activities as needed.
Gather business requirements and identify opportunities to improve quality, standardization, service, and cost performance.
Provide category insights and recommendations to support stakeholder decision-making.
Support development of RFIs, RFPs, supplier evaluations, and sourcing event deliverables.
Conduct supplier negotiations, contract development activities, and implementation planning.
Analyze supplier proposals and contract opportunities to identify savings, value-added services, and operational improvements.
Coordinate communications and activities associated with contract implementation and ongoing supplier management.
Evaluate client spend, utilization, and contract performance data to identify savings and optimization opportunities.
Develop analyses and presentations that support strategic sourcing recommendations.
Monitor industry trends, market dynamics, and supplier developments that may affect category strategies.
Support achievement of annual operational, financial, and category performance objectives.
Use approved AI tools to enhance productivity, research and analysis, stakeholder communications, summarization, and work quality; validate outputs for accuracy, relevance, and business appropriateness.