Category Manager Med/Surg

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75062, Irving, TX, USA
In-Office
77K-135K Annually
Junior
Analytics • Consulting
The Role
The Category Manager Med/Surg manages medical and surgical product portfolios, oversees supplier negotiations, and enhances supply chain efficiency to support patient care and healthcare institutions.
Summary Generated by Built In

When you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.

Summary:

In this role, you will be managing a portfolio of products, shaping contracting strategies, strengthening supplier partnerships, and leading negotiations to reduce costs, boost efficiency, and ensure reliable access to products that advance patient care. Your work will help hospitals and health systems secure these vital products while optimizing costs and supply chain performance. You’ll join a collaborative, forward-thinking team recognized for innovation in healthcare sourcing.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage a high complexity portfolio of medical and surgical agreements.
  • Conduct product and market assessments and market research for assigned categories.
  • Develop contracting strategies that will deliver unique value to support individual members, supply networks, academic medical centers as well as customers and clients in non-health care markets.
  • Manage the competitive bid process by negotiating favorable terms and conditions.
  • Implement new programmatic offerings while maintaining practical knowledge of the health care industry, market dynamics and new technology.
  • Develop and manage relationships with members, suppliers, and alliances to ensure satisfaction through effective, timely communication and problem resolution.
  • Effectively navigate market volatility and supply disruptions to consistently deliver portfolio performance and meet member needs.
  • Co-Chair for the Respiratory, Critical Care, Anesthesia council.

Qualifications:

  • Relevant degree preferred.
  • 2 or more years of relevant experience required.  Healthcare and supply chain operations preferred.
  • Financially savvy with working with expense and revenue budgets preferred.
  • Effective communicator with the ability to develop and present insights, reports, and collateral to diverse audiences.
  • Experience with Requests for Proposals (RFPs), contract negotiations, and supplier relationship management strongly preferred.
  • Excellent Microsoft Office and Outlook skills as well as written communication and verbal presentation skills preferred.
  • Based in Irving, TX, this hybrid role includes three days per week in the office.
  • Willingness to travel.

Estimated Hiring Range:

At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $77,400.00 to $135,400.00.

This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:

http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer:   Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.

Skills Required

  • Relevant degree preferred
  • 2 or more years of relevant experience required
  • Experience with RFPs, contract negotiations, and supplier relationships preferred

Vizient Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vizient and has not been reviewed or approved by Vizient.

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time off allowances are generous, with ample PTO and holidays available from day one. Separate paid volunteer days add additional protected time away.
  • Flexible Benefits Flexibility to work from anywhere for part of the year and hybrid options support work-life balance. Policies enabling remote periods complement the broader PTO structure.
  • Retirement Support Retirement benefits include a competitive 401(k) company match alongside HSA contributions on eligible plans. These elements strengthen long-term financial security within the total rewards package.

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The Company
HQ: Irving, TX
5,661 Employees
Year Founded: 1977

What We Do

Vizient, Inc., the nation’s largest health care performance improvement company, serves more than 50% of the nation’s acute care providers, which includes 97% of the nation’s academic medical centers, and more than 20% of ambulatory care providers. Vizient provides expertise, analytics and advisory services, as well as a contract portfolio that represents more than $130 billion in annual purchasing volume. Vizient is based in Dallas and has offices in 20 metropolitan areas across the United States. We have 4,000 employees with a breadth of expertise, experience and compassion, who are eager to develop and implement solutions that advance health care for the greater good.

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