Sr Supply Chain Contract, Mgr

Emory•Atlanta, GA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Contract Manager is part of the Supply Chain Contracting and Analytics Team. Senior Contract Manager will be the team lead of the contracting department and will provide guidance to Contract Managers. This position is responsible for the leading the development, coordination, negotiation, and management of a broad spectrum of Clinical and Non-Clinical Supply, Physician Preference Item (PPI), and Purchased Services contracts. To be an effective part of the team: must be a self-sufficient person who can interpret needs, think strategically, be able to effectively manage the contracting process from beginning to end, translate objectives, execute outcomes and present contract deliverables.

Requirements

A Bachelors degree in business administration, accounting, healthcare administration, supply chain, or a related field, with a strong understanding of contracts and agreements OR the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
7 years combination of healthcare, contract analysis/negotiation/drafting, and/or indirect procurement/sourcing experience.
A combination of education and experience that demonstrates the required skills and knowledge may be considered.

Responsibilities

Act as a Team Leader and lead negotiations with the Contract Managers in Purchasing.
Works with the Director of the Contracting Team to identify, formally propose, evaluate, negotiate, and implement system contracting opportunities for Emory Healthcare.
Manages portfolio of contracts for supplies, equipment and services in assigned area of responsibility such as commodities, PPI, clinical trials and purchased services.
Evaluates and analyze responses to requests for information, requests for proposals, and competitive bids.
Acts as Lead on contract negotiations with Vendors.
Independently assess, analyze, and negotiate contracts for all hospital and professional entities within Emory Healthcare.
Creates and issues requests for information, requests for proposals, and competitive bids as needed.
Manages information for loading and maintaining contracts in EHC Supply Chain and Contract Management Systems.
Maintains the contracts database by entering new agreements and renewals, and ensure that complete, fully executed contract documents are included with each contract record.
Uploads all contract related documents including but not limited to fully executed contracts, price files, spend impact analysis, etc documents into contract management system and spend analytic systems.
Supports the Contract Managers in the Contracting Team to audit and review the database to ensure all contracting processes are being maintained.
Reviews contracts for legal and business terms, facilitates through legal, and follows signature authority rules.
Works directly with Compliance Office and Office of General Counsel (OGC) to ensure contract/agreement language and requirements are appropriate and complies with Emory University and Emory Healthcare policies and procedures, and federal and state laws, to resolve compliance issues and develops contract templates and checklists for the Contract Managers to use as part of their contract reviews.
Ensures contract content supports adherence to healthcare regulatory agency requirements identified as applicable to a particular contract.
Supports Supply Chain goals to increase contract versus noncontract volume and to increase overall savings while maintaining quality.
Maintains a current working knowledge of GPO and Emory Healthcare negotiated contracts.
Identifies opportunities for standardization and cost reduction via analyzing purchase history, industry benchmarks, contract compliance data and utilization information.
Interviews users, physicians and peers to identify possible standardizations and cost reduction opportunities.
Benchmarks practices and utilization against others to identify improvement opportunities.
Collects Contracting Team savings and expense results in monthly dashboards to be presented to Contract Team Leadership and EHC Administration.
Investigates and follows-through on contract issues managing all portions of the contract workflow.
Acts as Lead in all contract pricing issues that cannot be resolved by Purchasing Staff and Contract Managers.
Engages with vendor to resolve contract price discrepancies when in dispute.
Manages relationships with vendors and/or outside consultants.
Conducts periodic business reviews with major vendors.
Identifies and implements strategic alliances when advantageous per direction of Supply Chain Management Team.
Resolves vendor representative issues as needed.