Senior Category Manager, SCM

Mayo Clinic • Rochester, MN

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

This is a hybrid position and must be located within 100 miles of a Mayo Clinic campus for occasional on-site expectations based on business needs. This position generates value through negotiating pricing discounts and protecting Mayo Clinic from various types of risk. In addition, they may lead, mentor and collaborate in work units within SCM. Work will be assigned and monitored by team leaders based upon current business needs. This position may serve on multiple teams. This position may lead medium or higher risk teams or projects as directed. When in a leadership role they are expected to provide day-to-day oversight for personnel and projects. The person in this role should be able to meet the minimum expectations in the Category Manager job description. Position Overview: At a minimum, this role must engage and advise departmental leadership and management throughout a project lifecycle to understand sourcing needs, opportunities, and priorities. The role must maintain the highest standards of customer service throughout the project, communicating high-level project status, obtaining critical decisions and guidance, and ensuring continuous organizational commitment. Provides leadership for the day-to-day management of contracting activities and personnel. Independently negotiates medium-to-higher complexity and medium-to-higher risk contracts. This role will develop presentations for report outs, including leading the creation of relevant visual presentation materials, and preparing written narrative as needed. If in a team leader role, this person will serve as Subject Matter Expert for team, seek ways to provide mentoring and training, introduce process improvements and eliminate work-flow inefficiencies. Performs other special projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field
• Minimum of eight (8) years' of supply chain management experience or experience associated with supply chain activities in other relevant roles such as project management, contracting, business agreement analysis and negotiation, nursing or other related clinical positions, technology or healthcare management
• Skills or activities such as managing third party service providers, ongoing clinical or operational engagement that interfaces with suppliers, product selection, coordination of conversion of products and services, or managing quotes or bids
• Strong personal computer skills
• Communication skills
• Problem solving skills
• Continuous improvement skills
• Teaming skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a team-oriented environment
• Must be adaptable and flexible in an ever-changing work environment
• Able to handle/prioritize tasks simultaneously
• Works as a team to provide support to all departments
• Ability to manage difficult vendor relationships
• Comprehension of customer requirements at Mayo and other business collaborations in order to provide solutions to product/service needs
• Experience using project management skills
• In-depth experience applying analytical skills and understanding of accounting principles
• Experience that shows increasing responsibility in negotiating, interpreting and establishing contracts and coordinating closely with financial experts and legal counsel
• Experience that shows increasing ability to work in and manage agile teams
• Ability to successfully interact with department chairs and their management teams
• Documented experience developing a simple/tactical negotiation strategy and leading a negotiation team
• Authorization to work and remain in the United States, without necessity for Mayo Clinic sponsorships now, or in the future (for example, be a U.S. Citizen, national, or permanent resident, refugee, or asylee)
• Not participating in the F-1 STEM OPT extension program

Nice To Haves

• Advanced academic degree in business administration, healthcare management, finance, law or a related field
• Some experience relevant to the market or responsibilities of teams or role (e.g. Capital equipment, Pharmacy, IT) that will initially be supported
• If in a team leader role, some experience successfully supporting multiple priorities in an ambiguous environment

Responsibilities

• Negotiating pricing discounts
• Protecting Mayo Clinic from various types of risk
• Leading, mentoring, and collaborating in work units within SCM
• Providing day-to-day oversight for personnel and projects (in a leadership role)
• Engaging and advising departmental leadership and management throughout a project lifecycle to understand sourcing needs, opportunities, and priorities
• Maintaining the highest standards of customer service throughout the project
• Communicating high-level project status
• Obtaining critical decisions and guidance
• Ensuring continuous organizational commitment
• Providing leadership for the day-to-day management of contracting activities and personnel
• Independently negotiating medium-to-higher complexity and medium-to-higher risk contracts
• Developing presentations for report outs, including leading the creation of relevant visual presentation materials, and preparing written narrative as needed
• Serving as Subject Matter Expert for team, seeking ways to provide mentoring and training, introducing process improvements and eliminating work-flow inefficiencies (in a team leader role)
• Performing other special projects as assigned

What This Job Offers

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