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Summary:
In this role, you will serve as a category expert for Vizient’s Beds, Surfaces, and Patient Handling portfolio, providing strategic direction for national agreements across capital equipment and related healthcare categories. You will lead category strategy, strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, contract implementation, and portfolio optimization. You will apply market intelligence, financial analysis, and healthcare industry expertise to strengthen contract performance, build effective supplier relationships, and deliver value that supports clients’ clinical, operational, and financial goals.
Responsibilities:
Manage a moderate- to high-complexity portfolio of national agreements to optimize quality, value, utilization, and financial performance.
Develop category strategies, negotiation plans, RFP approaches, and sourcing initiatives based on client needs, financial analysis, market dynamics, emerging technologies, and healthcare industry trends.
Lead supplier negotiations and support agreement implementation and portfolio optimization to deliver differentiated value for clients.
Serve as a category expert by providing clients, suppliers, and cross-functional teams with market intelligence, strategic insights, and contract guidance.
Analyze pricing, utilization, spend, market intelligence, and industry trends to identify opportunities and inform category strategies.
Manage supplier relationships and business reviews to improve performance, identify portfolio gaps, and develop value-focused initiatives.
Partner with marketing, legal, finance, field teams, and advisory solutions to align category strategies with client needs and market opportunities.
Facilitate client and supplier engagement to gather input, communicate contract developments, support conversions, and advance contracting initiatives.
Develop budgets, forecasts, revenue plans, and performance measures to evaluate category and contract performance.
Create and deliver category communications and presentations that share industry trends, strategic insights, contract enhancements, and best practices.
Qualifications:
Relevant degree preferred.
5 or more years of relevant experience required.
Experience in strategic sourcing, category management, contracting, supply chain, or supplier relationship management.
Demonstrated ability to develop category strategies and lead sourcing and negotiation initiatives.
Strong financial, analytical, and market research skills with the ability to translate data into actionable strategies.
Knowledge of healthcare supply chain, capital equipment, or related healthcare markets preferred.
Strong relationship management and collaboration skills with the ability to engage clients, suppliers, and cross-functional teams.
Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and make informed decisions in a complex business environment.
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 $88,900.00 to $155,500.00.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
- 5 or more years of relevant experience
- Experience in strategic sourcing, category management, contracting, supply chain, or supplier relationship management
- Ability to develop category strategies and lead sourcing and negotiation initiatives
- Strong financial, analytical, and market research skills
- Ability to translate data into actionable strategies
- Strong relationship management and collaboration skills
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and make informed decisions in a complex business environment
- Willingness to travel
- Relevant degree
- Knowledge of healthcare supply chain, capital equipment, or related healthcare markets
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
