Description

This position is incentive eligible.

Introduction

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a Senior Contract Manager? At HealthTrust, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Benefits

HealthTrust, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.

• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.

• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing

• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock

• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.

• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more

• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts

• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships

• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)

• Colleague recognition program

• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

You contribute to our success. Every role has an impact on our patients’ lives and you have the opportunity to make a difference. We are looking for a dedicated Senior Contract Manager like you to be a part of our team.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Senior Contract Manager is responsible for negotiating industry leading national agreements for HCA. The objective is to ensure best in class industry pricing and contract terms and conditions.

Position's key area of focus will be sourcing initiatives that are primarily categories with low to medium spend, complexity, risk and sensitivity. Position may have some responsibility for other types of categories for the purposes of development and workload allocation.

Individual must possess knowledge or prior experience in principles and concepts related to sourcing and contract management. Individual has knowledge of the industry or organization, processes, suppliers, customers, and contract terms/conditions. Individual will follow standard practices and policies in analyzing situations and data and solve a range of straightforward problems.

administration, etc).

What you will do in this role includes:

• Plan and execute project timelines for assigned categories, with guidance from manager.

• Demonstrate high level of organizational ability and attention to detail

• Translate objectives into project planning priorities, create and manage work plans and timelines for multiple projects and priorities, and finalize negotiations in the time-frame designated for the project.

• Operate in a highly efficient and productive manner without sacrificing quality

• Demonstrate an understanding or aptitude to learn the product categories assigned and how end-users’ interface with the products.

• Demonstrate ability to learn in-depth aspects of portfolio including product features and benefits, product comparisons between supplier offerings, operational impact to provider, Interpretation and use of market information provided by global sourcing team, future product pipe-line and impact on market, interpretation of current and new FDA 510k filings.

• Individual must be able to develop and use knowledge about supplier to develop strategies, create leverage, mitigate risks, anticipate direction of the market and potential supplier direction, including, but not limited to: Discuss future product pipelines with suppliers; Review current or future technology; Investigate new supplier entrants to market; Future product pipe-line and impact on market

• The individual will develop the strategy with the guidance of their manager and in collaboration with HCA Service Lines and Supply Chain leadership.

• Individual will seek guidance of manager for risk issues and agreed upon risk mitigation strategies. For these categories, the individual will develop the strategy, identify risks, and develop a risk mitigation plan.

• Demonstrate a thorough understanding and accountability for the sourcing process for their assigned portfolio, including market research, bid preparation, RFI, Strategy Development & Validation, RFP, Contract Negotiations, and contract launch.

• Oversee supplier relationship during the sourcing process. Participate in supplier business reviews and review new products/technologies as they arise in assigned categories.

• Build strong relationships with senior level supplier contacts

What qualifications you will need:  

• Accredited College Bachelor's Degree required (Supply Chain, Healthcare, Business, Finance) - Required

• 3+ years of relevant work experience preferred. - Required

• Strategic sourcing - Required

• Contract management and negotiation – Required

• Contracting financial analysis - Required

• Healthcare knowledge - Required

• Strategic sourcing and negotiating a variety of contract categories - Preferred

• Supply chain operations - Preferred

• Materials management/purchasing - Preferred

HealthTrust Supply Chain (https://healthtrustpg.com/) is a critical part of HCA Healthcare's strategy. Our focus is to improve performance and reduce costs. We do this by joining non-clinical and administrative functions. HealthTrust Supply Chain best practice methodologies. We develop, apply and monitor cost-efficient initiatives and programs for HCA Healthcare. By improving facility efficiency, medical professionals can focus on our mission - patient care.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Senior Contract Manager opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your resume today to join our community of caring!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.