[Remote] Senior Category Manager - Supply Chain Management

🌍 Remote, USA 🎯 Full-time 🕐 Posted Recently

Job Description

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Mayo Clinic Rochester is a leading healthcare organization, and they are seeking a Senior Category Manager in Supply Chain Management. This role involves negotiating contracts, leading teams, and ensuring high standards of customer service throughout project lifecycles.

This position generates value through negotiating pricing discounts and protecting Mayo Clinic from various types of risk
In addition they may lead, mentor and collaborate in work units within SCM
Work will be assigned and monitored by team leaders based upon current business needs
This position may serve on multiple teams
This position may lead medium or higher risk teams or projects as directed
When in a leadership role they are expected to provide day-to-day oversight for personnel and projects
The person in this role should be able to meet the minimum expectations in the Category Manager job description Position Overview
At a minimum, this role must engage and advise departmental leadership and management throughout a project lifecycle to understand sourcing needs, opportunities, and priorities
The role must maintain the highest standards of customer service throughout the project, communicating high-level project status, obtaining critical decisions and guidance, and ensuring continuous organizational commitment
Provides leadership for the day-to-day management of contracting activities and personnel
Independently negotiates medium-to-higher complexity and medium-to-higher risk contracts
This role will develop presentations for report outs, including leading the creation of relevant visual presentation materials, and preparing written narrative as needed
If in a team leader role, this person will serve as Subject Matter Expert for team, seek ways to provide mentoring and training, introduce process improvements and eliminate work-flow inefficiencies
Performs other special projects as assigned

Bachelor's degree in relevant field with a minimum of eight (8) years' of supply chain management experience or experience associated with supply chain activities in other relevant roles such as project management, contracting, business agreement analysis and negotiation, nursing or other related clinical positions, technology or healthcare management; which may include skills or activities such as managing third party service providers, ongoing clinical or operational engagement that interfaces with suppliers, product selection, coordination of conversion of products and services, or managing quotes or bids
Overall requires strong personal computer skills, communication skills, problem solving, continuous improvement and teaming skills in order to ensure exceptional customer service
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work in a team-oriented environment
Must be adaptable and flexible in an ever-changing work environment
Able to handle/prioritize tasks simultaneously
Works as a team to provide support to all departments
Ability to manage difficult vendor relationships
Comprehension of customer requirements at Mayo and other business collaborations in order to provide solutions to product/service needs
Experience using project management skills
In depth experience applying analytical skills and understanding of accounting principles
Experience that shows increasing responsibility in negotiating, interpreting and establishing contracts and coordinating closely with financial experts and legal counsel
Experience that shows increasing ability to work in and manage agile teams
Ability to successfully interact with department chairs and their management teams
At a minimum must have documented experience developing a simple/tactical negotiation strategy and leading a negotiation team
Advanced academic degree in business administration, healthcare management, finance, law or a related field preferred
Some experience relevant to the market or responsibilities of teams or role (e.g. Capital equipment, Pharmacy, IT) that will initially be supported is preferred
If in a team leader role, some experience successfully supporting multiple priorities in an ambiguous environment

Mayo Clinic Rochester is a hospital & health care company based out of 1025 Marsh St, Mankato, MN, United States. It was founded in undefined, and is headquartered in Mankato, MN, US, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org.

Apply tot his job

Apply To this Job