Senior Contracts Administrator
About The Position
Banner Health is seeking a strategic, results-driven professional to lead sourcing, contract negotiation, and supplier management initiatives across high-spend clinical categories, including Cardiology, Interventional Radiology, and Imaging. The role manages a $100 million portfolio of procurement contracts, outsourced services programs, and purchasing initiatives, with responsibility for maximizing organizational value and minimizing costs while providing high-quality procurement services to internal customers. The position leads sourcing strategies for products with significant physician preference and collaborates with physicians, clinical decision makers, and operational leaders to support financial stewardship and patient outcomes. The position oversees enterprise contracting for equipment, supplies, and services across company facilities. It develops cost-saving opportunities, supports ethical and compliant procurement practices, manages supplier relationships, and provides contracting expertise and consultation to facilities and other staff. The role is remote only for candidates living in Arizona, California, Nevada, Colorado, Nebraska, or Wyoming; Banner provides equipment. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Travel to company facilities may be required for meetings and product or service assessments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field, or the skills, knowledge, and ability normally demonstrated by that degree.
- Seven or more years of similar purchasing experience, including capital equipment purchasing, Request for Proposal development, bid analysis, contract negotiation, and contracting.
- Extensive knowledge of healthcare products, procurement, and contracting processes.
- Demonstrated skills in planning, directing, communications, negotiations, and statistical analysis.
- Effective organizational, communication, and human relations skills.
- Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously and meet multiple priorities effectively.
- Ability to travel to any company facility for meetings and product or service assessment.
- Proficiency with word processing and spreadsheet computer software applications.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Lawson or similar Materials Management information systems.
- Supervisory experience.
- Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) certification.
- Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management.
- Additional related education and/or experience.
Responsibilities
- Monitor, assess, rebid, or renegotiate existing contracts and vendor agreements as appropriate, generally every one to three years.
- Evaluate and revise company participation in medical supply, service, capital equipment, and pooled purchase agreements; monitor vendor and facility contract compliance and performance.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities and potential vendor agreements through market monitoring, product research, usage, source and cost analysis, and procurement association and education participation.
- Analyze products, prices, and usage opportunities; prepare spreadsheets and executive summaries, and present recommendations to the Supply Chain Governance Team.
- Manage contracting processes, including specification development, due diligence, research and financial analysis, Requests for Proposals, and contract document drafting and editing.
- Review complex terms and conditions, develop alternative language, conduct risk analysis and mitigation, make recommendations, and ensure compliance with legal and customer requirements; coordinate legal review as appropriate.
- Provide enterprise leadership and consultation to facilities on contracting, procurement, and utilization of supplies, products, and equipment for assigned service lines.
- Collect input from end users and purchasers, develop specifications, and build consensus among stakeholders.
- Facilitate implementation of procurement processes, policies, procedures, and agreements; develop and communicate work plans to affected parties.
- Provide contract, procurement, financial, supply utilization, and capital expenditure information to senior management through reports and analysis.
- Monitor usage of products under Contract Management Agreements and ensure accurate vendor rebate and dividend payments.
- Serve as a key contact for Supplier Relationship Management and coordinate ongoing business reviews with key suppliers.
- Provide technical and expert counsel to other staff members in assigned procurement areas.
- Manage enterprise contracts for equipment, supplies, and services across company facilities, with annual contracting exceeding $100 million.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
