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    Strategic Sourcing Specialist - Atlanta, United States - Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

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    Note: If you are CURRENTLY employed at Children's and/or have an active badge or network access, STOP here. Submit your application via Workday using the Career App (Find Jobs).

    Work Shift
    Day

    Work Day(s)
    Monday-Friday

    Shift Start Time
    8:00 AM

    Shift End Time

    5:00 PM

    Worker Sub-Type

    Regular

    Children's is one of the nation's leading children's hospitals. No matter the role, every member of our team is an essential part of our mission to make kids better today and healthier tomorrow. We're committed to putting you first, and that commitment is at the heart of our company culture: People first. Children always. Find your next career opportunity and make a difference doing what you love at Children's.

    Job Description

    Assist the organization in evaluating and supporting the system in the development of strategies for the acquisition of products and services and assists the organization in the implementation of these strategies.

    Experience

    • 3 years of experience in Supply Chain/Materials Management and/or related field, including experience with competitive procurement practices, contract analysis, and negotiation of goods and services
    Preferred Qualifications
    • Experience in a healthcare setting
    • Experience in enterprise resource planning/procurement systems
    • Experience in the RFX process
    • Industry professional certification (CPM, CSCP, CMRP, CCCM)
    Education
    • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or related field or in lieu of degree, 5 years of Supply Chain experience
    Certification Summary
    • No professional certifications required
    Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
    • Ability to negotiate contractual agreements, including but not limited to, clinical and non-clinical equipment, clinical & non-clinical consumables, and services from a business deal perspective
    • Ability to develop total cost of ownership analysis and present to stakeholders and support personnel
    • Proven ability to lead teams and manage projects
    • Demonstrates the ability to develop and maintain good working relationships, and interact with teams across organizational lines including administrative and executive staff
    • Demonstrates well-developed and proven organizational, analytical, problem solving, and time management skills in a dynamic environment working on multiple projects
    • Must have proven written and oral skills
    • Must be proficient in Microsoft Office
    Job Responsibilities

    Contracting
    • Ensures contract compliance for clinical & non-clinical equipment, purchased services, and maintenance and negotiates improved pricing as well as other aspects of the business deal to develop a total cost of ownership, based on the current threshold levels as established by the organization.
    • Negotiates pricing and the business deal aspects of contracts in the categories listed above that includes, but is not limited to, terms and conditions, master services agreements, other master agreements, end user licensing agreements, statements of work, other IT related agreements, and alternative financing option agreements as requested by the organization.
    • Acts as a resource for departments to provide guidance on the business deal and legal process as it relates to Sourcing.
    • Reviews current contracts and provides analysis.
    Project Strategy Development (dependent on dollar amount)
    • Coordinating the formal RFX (Request for Information, Request for Quotation, or Request for Proposal) process as needed by the organization.
    • Guide organizational stakeholders through the process.
    • Conduct market intelligence, vendor financial, and performance research.
    • Evaluate findings and prepare the analysis for review by the Sourcing Supervisor, Manager, and stakeholder teams using a project charter.
    • Create and maintain the RFX documents and facilitate specification development with the stakeholder teams as well as leading internal and external meetings, analyze the vendor responses, compile the data, and present the responses and recommendation to the stakeholder team.
    • Create and maintain the scoring documents and lead the stakeholder team in the process in order to rank the vendors based on functionality.
    • Supports various projects designed to standardize and reduce overall cost through process improvement initiatives in order to drive change.
    • Utilizes benchmarking tools and resources in order to develop a strategy for total cost of ownership.
    • Supports and project manages the Sourcing process for FFE (Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment) as it relates to the opening of new facilities and renovations of current facilities by partnering with Planning, Design, and Construction as requested.
    • Analyzes and prepares data to identify sourcing opportunities and support the Supply Chain strategy for purchased services, clinical & non-clinical equipment, and maintenance for clinical & non-clinical equipment.
    • Bundles purchases with the top spend vendors per year as identified by the annual project plan in order to negotiate lower pricing for both capital clinical & non-clinical equipment, maintenance, and consumable items.
    • Supports stakeholders to troubleshoot issues with the implementation and work as the liaison to the vendors in order to drive the implementation of the determined strategy once identified and lead where appropriate.
    Value Analysis of Equipment
    • Coordinates equipment evaluations by conducting benchmarking, communicating with vendors, negotiating the evaluation agreements, determining the price impact to the organization as well as the value proposition related to the total cost of ownership.
    • Evaluates product usage, initial cost, contract impact, and negotiates pricing if the equipment is accepted by the stakeholder team.
    • Partners with Value Analysis team if the equipment evaluation has an impact to consumables and lead the negotiation on the initial purchase and set-up.
    Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic covered by applicable law.

    Primary Location Address

    1575 Northeast Expy NE

    Job Family

    Supply Chain

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