Description
We are seeking a Senior Director of Category Management & GPO Relations to lead our Pharmacy and Children’s Health Category Management team. As a Senior Director, you will be responsible for the daily managerial and strategic aspects of the Category Management teams with the greatest GPO portfolios to effectively manage all non-labor spend of the company.
You will lead and manage a team of supply chain professionals, work within the Procurement Supply Chain Organisation (SCO) function, cross-functionally with other hospital organisations, and with the broader SCO to meet goals and improve processes and outcomes.
The successful Senior Director will leverage prior work experience to advance the strategic GPO partnership in order to drive maximum savings on the $1.6B+ of Intermountain Health (IH) annual GPO spend, ensure IH meets our contractually binding compliance spend thresholds, influence the GPO portfolio strategic direction for IH benefit, and to represent IH for strategic projects to enhance the value of the GPO for the broader membership with IH as an industry leader among peers.
Responsibilities:
- Have strong, positive, engaging people management skills that will drive change management and continuous improvement efforts with the unilateral ability to handle tough situations in accordance with corporate policies
- Manage, support and maintain final decision rights on contracting deliverables, deadlines, and contract terms and conditions while ensuring customer satisfaction
- Interpret and analyse data, then use this insight to develop strategies and tactics which will influence suppliers for contract offerings
- Initiate continuous quality improvement by evaluating and enhancing the operations of the division to provide efficient and responsive reports and services to internal and external customers
- Have end-to-end project management capabilities for the high-visibility projects that need executive oversight to ensure that the anticipated goals and objectives are being met
- Be responsible for accuracy and completeness of internal and external communications to provide maximum supplier awareness and utilisation
- Present industry information clearly and effectively to suppliers, members, company executives and department team members
- In conjunction with Human Resources, maintain a high-performance work environment
- Travel as required and participates in organisation programs and events which are valuable to organisation growth
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in business or related field is required
- Highly prefer prior PBM (Pharmacy Benefit Manager), pharmacy operations, and/or payer contracting and payer negotiations experience
- Experience leading large-scale procurement teams (3-5 years of managing 10+ employees including managing of people managers), proficient capability with GPO operations, integration, and collaboration, mastery of procurement multiple functions (Category Management, GPO relations, Contracting, Purchasing, Sourcing) is required
- Mastery of operationalising and coaching large teams, establishing operating model structures, standardising processes, facilitating transformational change management, and communications
- Have a proven talent to lead a team of professionals to effectively achieve the organisation’s goals and objectives
- Superior proven analytical, problem solving, interpersonal, and communication skills required
- Proven decision-making, communication, and leadership skills
- Ability and drive work towards best in class processes to deliver significant financial, quality, and service results
- Demonstrated negotiation, customer service, and collaboration skills
- Capability in motivating a team, public speaking, leveraging data, and adoption of technology
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Healthy Living program to address holistic health
- Financial wellness tools and retirement planning
- Annual pay-for-performance opportunity
- Sign-on and/or relocation bonus when applicable