Senior Category Manager - Supply Chain Management

Mayo Clinic•Rochester, MN

2d•$107,453 - $150,426•Hybrid

About The Position

Mayo Clinic is a top-ranked healthcare provider dedicated to patient needs and employee well-being. They offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career advancement. This Senior Category Manager position focuses on generating value through negotiating pricing discounts, protecting Mayo Clinic from risk, and potentially leading, mentoring, and collaborating within Supply Chain Management (SCM). Work is assigned based on business needs, and the role may involve leading medium to higher risk teams or projects, providing day-to-day oversight, and advising departmental leadership on sourcing needs. The position requires maintaining high customer service standards, managing contracting activities, negotiating complex contracts, developing presentations, and potentially serving as a Subject Matter Expert for teams, providing mentoring, and driving process improvements. The role also involves performing special projects as assigned. The selection process may include an OnDemand interview. This is a hybrid position requiring candidates to be located within 100 miles of a Mayo Clinic campus.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a 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.
Experience managing third-party service providers.
Ongoing clinical or operational engagement that interfaces with suppliers.
Experience with product selection.
Coordination of conversion of products and services.
Experience managing quotes or bids.
Strong personal computer skills.
Strong communication skills.
Strong problem-solving skills.
Strong continuous improvement skills.
Strong 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.
If in a team leader role, some experience successfully supporting multiple priorities in an ambiguous environment.

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 is preferred.

Responsibilities

Generates value through negotiating pricing discounts and protecting Mayo Clinic from various types of risk.
May lead, mentor, and collaborate in work units within SCM.
Work will be assigned and monitored by team leaders based upon current business needs.
May serve on multiple teams.
May lead medium or higher risk teams or projects as directed.
When in a leadership role, expected to provide day-to-day oversight for personnel and projects.
Engages and advises departmental leadership and management throughout a project lifecycle to understand sourcing needs, opportunities, and priorities.
Maintains 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.
Develops 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, serves as Subject Matter Expert for team, seeks ways to provide mentoring and training, introduces process improvements and eliminates work-flow inefficiencies.
Performs other special projects as assigned.