Sr. IT Category Manager

Owens & Minor

20h•Hybrid

About The Position

At Accendra Health, we understand that healthcare is complex, and we’re here to make it easier. We help deliver care beyond traditional settings, making essential products and services more accessible through every stage of life. As part of the care team, our teammates play a critical role in delivering personalized, long-term care for the patients we serve. With deep expertise promoting health outside the hospital and a presence in communities nationwide through our Apria and Byram Healthcare brands, Accendra Health does more than just deliver the essentials. If you’re interested in meaningful work with impact, explore our career opportunities and join us in our purpose of Bringing Care To Life™.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business or related discipline
7 or more years of relevant experience in Procurement
Operates with minimal business direction
Demonstrated knowledge and experience in procurement processes and driving business results through influence and leadership
Demonstrated experience managing complex sourcing needs for cloud applications, ERP platforms, infrastructure, and enterprise IT services.
Proven track record of large-scale contract negotiations (SaaS, ERP licensing, managed services).
Very strong negotiation skills
Experience in strategic sourcing of indirect materials and services including IT and IT Professional Services
Commercial awareness beyond Procurement
Strong quantitative, cost modeling, and data analysis skills
Strong Supplier Relationship Management skills
Strong project management and process improvement skills
Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
Excellent negotiation, interpersonal, and leadership skills
Strong time management skills and ability to meet deadlines and perform under pressure.
Change agent with ability to influence at all levels of the organization
Problem solving experience in reducing total cost, improving processes and reducing supplier risk
Financial acumen with ability to develop business cases and analyze total cost of ownership.

Nice To Haves

Procurement experience in a distribution and/or manufacturing business is a plus.
Experience with procurement tools (Ariba, Coupa, SAP, etc.) preferred.
Six Sigma, Lean, or equivalent training
CPM or CPIM (APICS) certification preferred.
Experience with procurement tools (Ariba, Coupa, SAP, etc.) preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop strategic approaches for indirect procurement categories for the Information Technology Shared Services business.
Develops thorough category strategies to drive value based on an understanding of business needs, the supply market, spend baseline, evolution and benchmarking. Effectively document, communicate and gain buy-in for the strategies.
Research, select, develop, and maintain adequate sources of supply to ensure the requirements of the categories are met with the optimum quality, service and cost to use.
Ability to successfully reach business objectives through supplier negotiations.
Analyzes market and supply dynamics related to supplier proposals to develop a matrix of negotiation scenarios. Engages business leaders to align on acceptable negotiation outcomes. Develops a negotiation plan, counterarguments, opening positions, and plan for executing negotiations.
Leads the development of risk analyses, assessments and mitigation plans for categories of spend.
Manage supplier network for assigned categories to provide sufficient goods and services to meet highest short-range requirements, protect against temporary supply interruptions and provide for long-range growth needs. Develop and execute a plan to quickly and effectively manage any supply interruptions.
Plan, prepare, and execute annual supplier business reviews that cover all aspects of the supplier-customer relationship.
Contribute to the annual Procurement Savings initiative through effective negotiations, sourcing changes, or specification changes with close collaboration with key internal stakeholders.
Interacts with stakeholders to develop, engage and lead supplier relationships for extracting the greatest value in cost, security of supply, risk management, sustainability and innovation.
Manage the ongoing performance of our suppliers including objective setting and supplier evaluations where warranted.
Comprehend and provide constructive input on legal contract documents related to purchasing terms, conditions, indemnification, intellectual property ownership, etc.
Knowledgeable about the markets and how they affect price, availability, or supply chain logistics. Will use specific market analysis to predict behavior and supply risks to the organization. Will adjust strategies to minimize effect of market change. May provide market analysis to customers and advice to others within procurement.
Forecast timely price and availability information on assigned categories to the various consuming businesses and communicate this information to appropriate personnel in the company so it is properly integrated into business strategy and decision-making.
Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of corporate policies and procedures, as well as related governmental laws and regulations to ensure purchasing activities are conducted within the parameters of each.
Contribute to an environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their individual differences and are motivated to improve both their individual and team contributions to achieve desired business results.
Communicate fully with superiors, subordinates and others who have need to know in a way that is timely, complete, concise; candid, accurate; clear, and responsive.