Strategic Sourcing Manager - Healthcare

JLL•San Diego, CA

3d•$95,000 - $115,000•Remote

About The Position

JLL is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager for their Sourcing and Procurement team, managing a national healthcare client portfolio. This role involves executing initiatives, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring contracting and procurement standards are met. The manager will be a member of the account leadership team and will oversee one direct report. The position requires a blend of strategic thinking and tactical execution, with a focus on building trusted relationships with client stakeholders and driving efficiency and compliance within the supply chain.

Requirements

Degree in Purchasing & Supply Chain Management and/or 3+ years of strategic sourcing experience.
Excellent Inter-personal skills.
Organization skills.
Strong Analytical Ability.
Proven ability to lead teams in a decentralized environment.
Excellent communication skills – oral and written.
Hands-on role requiring willingness and ability to be both the strategist and tactician.
Expertise in sourcing with demonstrated ability to manage change.
Success implementing multiple procurement strategies.
Proven ability to deliver results in challenging environments.
Excellent PC skills, proficient in MS applications.
Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

MBA preferred.
Professional certification preferred (i.e. ISM, LEED).
IFM/Facilities sourcing experience (healthcare preferred).

Responsibilities

Maintain a meeting cadence with key client stakeholders and account leadership to build trusted relationships, provide critical thinking, support relationship management, and deliver reporting and data for strategic planning.
Develop strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management programs to manage client and account risk, leverage controllable spend, standardize products/services, and rationalize the supplier base.
Build and manage staff to meet account deliverables, including recruiting, developing, and leading high-performing teams.
Ensure SCMP staff perform key functions such as developing sourcing strategies, managing analytics, standardizing supplier agreements, and ensuring compliance with client flow downs and JLL templates.
Serve as the primary communication liaison with the client procurement team.
Integrate systems and documents across service lines, utilizing a single methodology and repository for risk management and compliance.
Engage active diversity and sustainable sourcing programs, developing plans for consistent application and randomly inspecting programs for compliance.
Engage service line leadership to develop and execute a vision for a sourcing platform that meets business and client expectations.
Maintain strong supplier relationships to support high supplier performance and favorable negotiation environments.
Document disparate processes and recommend solutions for consistency and risk mitigation.
Assess and build detailed sourcing strategies, including objectives, category-spend assessments, and milestone timelines.
Execute sourcing plans.
Communicate and coordinate national and regional sourcing initiatives with senior managers and project/account personnel.
Develop and host supply chain content related training seminars twice a year, focusing on key contract details, compliance challenges, bidding protocols, and organizational support structures.
Drive field compliance to sourcing and contracting policies and procedures, identifying and resolving non-compliance in concert with internal audit.
Coordinate with Director of Supply Chain Management, Legal, Risk Management, Property, and Project Management groups to ensure consistency in contracts.
Conduct Preferred Supplier performance review meetings, manage supplier scorecards, contract compliance, and service obligations.