Sourcing Specialist

Lehigh Valley Health Network•Philadelphia, VT

25d•Onsite

About The Position

Imagine a career at one of the nation's most advanced health networks. Be part of an exceptional health care experience. Join the inspired, passionate team at Lehigh Valley Health Network, a nationally recognized, forward-thinking organization offering plenty of opportunity to do great work. LVHN has been ranked among the "Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years. We're a Magnet(tm) Hospital, having been honored five times with the American Nurses Credentialing Center's prestigious distinction for nursing excellence and quality patient outcomes in our Lehigh Valley region. Finally, Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest, Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg, Lehigh Valley Hospital- Hazleton, and Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono each received an 'A' grade on the Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group in 2020, the highest grade in patient safety. These recognitions highlight LVHN's commitment to teamwork, compassion, and technology with an unrelenting focus on delivering the best health care possible every day. Whether you're considering your next career move or your first, you should consider Lehigh Valley Health Network. Summary Responsible for the timely and cost-effective strategic sourcing of complex goods and/or services. This position supports the category manager by advising and guiding business units regarding the application and integration of procurement philosophies and techniques to meet the needs of identified internal customer requirements using a global category view. This individual is responsible for supporting the process of sourcing, contracting, and procuring complex categories by influencing teams with various levels of employees and management to leverage buying power and recommend appropriate procurement strategies and tactics to obtain desired results. Extensive interaction with business units, leadership, finance, and suppliers is required to ensure that total costs are identified and optimal savings are realized when executing a contract. Goods and services are reviewed by this position and managed across the network for all locations. Job Duties With the support of the category manager, working on complex sourcing initiatives requires high technical, market impact, and supply-base competence. Actively driving assigned sourcing initiatives to accomplish project milestones in accordance with the project timeline. This includes coordination between Supply Chain Services teams and other Network colleagues and leaders. Developing sourcing initiatives, including requirements development, RFx, supplier recommendations, participating in scoring, and leading the scoring team through the process. Analyzing supplier proposals and facilitating fact-based supplier selection processes; preparing Deal Reviews for leadership. Reviewing supplier financial analysis and credential check and facilitating implementation activities for new and existing corporate contracts. Ensure savings are delivered promptly and achieve the realization of expected benefits. Balancing strategy development with the tactical execution necessary throughout all procurement processes. Gathering/analyzing customer requirements and facilitating buy-in to support the setting of category strategies for assigned categories. Meeting with members of the strategic sourcing teams to review the status of progress against the category plan. Driving continuous improvements. Interfacing with and managing business units for assigned strategic sourcing area(s) and working with business units to plan and set targets for sourcing activity for assigned complex categories. Actively participating in business strategy meetings to understand direction and offer supply trend impact. Ensuring high-quality customer service, including conducting sourcing analysis and addressing sourcing-related questions and problems. Developing technical and market expertise in assigned categories, including knowledge of changes in the industry. Performing market/supplier analysis at the base level, understanding key business drivers and translating into key supply arrangement and processes to fit business requirements. Leveraging market data, external expert resources, spend analytics, and cost modeling to drive fact-based decision-making. Supporting supplier diversity and sustainability goals by explaining them and advocating for diverse suppliers and sustainable options when they are viable.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, Healthcare or equivalent experience.
4 years in the facilitation and negotiating of contracts, managing stakeholder interests and expectations or 4 years developing, initiating, and managing sourcing strategies with tactical processing capabilities and building strategic supplier relationships or 4 years project management experience, applications of supply chain management and practices and facilitating day-to-day operational and strategic objectives or 4 years experience within Supply Chain capability areas relevant to Strategic Sourcing.
Problem-solving, financial, and analytical process skills.
Moderate experience in Personal Computing, including Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project.
Knowledge of healthcare industry market trends and dynamics.
Effective communication skills (verbal and written) with a wide range of customers and team members.
Must be able to Identify and implement sourcing objectives and goals that support organizational strategies.
Experience with ERP (Procure to Pay preferred), e-Procurement, and sourcing systems/tools.
Must be able to build/lead/influence effective cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA).
Dynamic influencing, communication, and facilitative skills across cultures and geographies.
Strong understanding of technical, business, and commercial concepts.
Solid analytical and problem-solving skills and external focus.
Excellence in supplier negotiation and both internal and external communication.
Proactive collaborator in a matrix organization.
Desire to achieve assigned results in a fast-paced environment and be a change agent.
Fluency with the 7-Step Strategic Sourcing Process, including tools and their application to the Process.
Ability to build and lead teams attaining cross-functional consensus.
CMRP-Cert Materials & Resource Professional AHACC - State of Pennsylvania Upon Hire

Responsibilities

With the support of the category manager, working on complex sourcing initiatives requires high technical, market impact, and supply-base competence.
Actively driving assigned sourcing initiatives to accomplish project milestones in accordance with the project timeline. This includes coordination between Supply Chain Services teams and other Network colleagues and leaders.
Developing sourcing initiatives, including requirements development, RFx, supplier recommendations, participating in scoring, and leading the scoring team through the process.
Analyzing supplier proposals and facilitating fact-based supplier selection processes; preparing Deal Reviews for leadership.
Reviewing supplier financial analysis and credential check and facilitating implementation activities for new and existing corporate contracts.
Ensure savings are delivered promptly and achieve the realization of expected benefits.
Balancing strategy development with the tactical execution necessary throughout all procurement processes.
Gathering/analyzing customer requirements and facilitating buy-in to support the setting of category strategies for assigned categories.
Meeting with members of the strategic sourcing teams to review the status of progress against the category plan.
Driving continuous improvements.
Interfacing with and managing business units for assigned strategic sourcing area(s) and working with business units to plan and set targets for sourcing activity for assigned complex categories.
Actively participating in business strategy meetings to understand direction and offer supply trend impact.
Ensuring high-quality customer service, including conducting sourcing analysis and addressing sourcing-related questions and problems.
Developing technical and market expertise in assigned categories, including knowledge of changes in the industry.
Performing market/supplier analysis at the base level, understanding key business drivers and translating into key supply arrangement and processes to fit business requirements.
Leveraging market data, external expert resources, spend analytics, and cost modeling to drive fact-based decision-making.
Supporting supplier diversity and sustainability goals by explaining them and advocating for diverse suppliers and sustainable options when they are viable.