Strategic Sourcing Specialist I

Intermountain Health • Kent, WA

1d • $31 - $48

About The Position

The Strategic Sourcing Specialist is responsible for collaborating with internal stakeholders such as Category Management, Legal, Compliance, and others as necessary to gather information and requirements, using that information to inform negotiation strategy, take to market recommendations, contract template selection, drafting, and executing contracts that support Intermountain’s best interests and while mitigating risk. The Sourcing Specialist negotiates pricing and terms, manages project and work requests, and contract repository entries as relevant. This individual collaborates on business requirements, the content scope of initiatives, expectations of the requests, quality measures, and sets strategy and reasonable milestone timelines with internal customers.

Requirements

• Critical thinking
• Communication
• Sourcing
• Negotiation
• Time management
• Project management
• Contract drafting
• Active learning
• Stakeholder management
• Collaboration
• Business and financial acumen
• Demonstrated experience managing projects, prioritizing work in a fast-paced business environment, communicating effectively (verbal and written), providing high levels of customer service and working on a team.
• General digital dexterity and demonstrated mastery of office technology tools (including but not limited to: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree (business, healthcare, supply chain, law or equivalent)
• One year of experience in a role requiring industry expertise in healthcare contracting and sourcing.
• Experience with sourcing methodologies, negotiation strategies, and /or contract language and construction.
• Project Management experience
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Strong Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills (i.e. problem identification, research and resolution)

Responsibilities

• Frequently negotiates and manages low to medium complexity sourcing projects, to include statements of work, amendments, full agreements, etc. in the product and indirect services space.
• Comfortably manages up to 20 concurrent sourcing projects in various stages of completion.
• Periodically negotiates and manages high complexity sourcing projects.
• Assists in developing pricing strategies for sourcing projects, including competitive quotes and bids
• Collaborates with key stakeholders to the sourcing process.
• Identifies continuous improvement opportunities and participates in improvement initiatives
• Actively participates in team learning and growth exercises.

Benefits

• We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
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• Intermountain Health’s PEAK program supports caregivers in the pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by providing up-front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution. The program offers 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates. Caregivers are eligible to participate in PEAK on day 1 of employment.
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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level