Senior Category Manager - Supply Chain Management

Mayo Clinic•Rochester, MN

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

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 the 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 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
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
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
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
Understanding of accounting principles
Documented experience developing a simple/tactical negotiation strategy
Documented experience leading a negotiation team

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
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
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
Leading the creation of relevant visual presentation materials
Preparing written narrative as needed
Serving as Subject Matter Expert for the team (in a team leader role)
Seeking ways to provide mentoring and training (in a team leader role)
Introducing process improvements (in a team leader role)
Eliminating work-flow inefficiencies (in a team leader role)
Performing other special projects as assigned
Managing difficult vendor relationships
Interacting with department chairs and their management teams