Sourcing and Contracting Manager

Location Address: Remote Office
Santa Fe, NM 87501
 Compensation Pay Range: Minimum Offer $81,432.00
Maximum Offer $138,611.20
Now Hiring: Sourcing and Contracting Manager Summary: Build your Career. Make a Difference. Presbyterian is hiring a skilled Sourcing and Contracting Manager. Responsible for leading the Value Analysis process for assigned VATs by proactively identifying savings opportunities, managing expiring contracts, and addressing new supplies and services requests and process changes; responsible for utilizing and enforcing the VAT seven-step process in order to optimize each initiative processed and to achieve the highest value and return for PHS .

Type of Opportunity: Full time
Job Exempt: Yes
Job is based: Remote Workers New Mexico
Work Shift: Nights (United States of America)
 Responsibilities: Oversee and manage the Implementation process of all approved opportunities utilizing the VAT Decision/ Implementation Checklist to ensure all steps that apply to this opportunity are completed; e.g., PHS Contract Checklist (Legal Counsel review, Compliance Officer review, Administrative approval signatures); Contract Repository; notify all end users and stakeholders; schedule education/in-services; notify distributors/GPO; notify purchasing; Load contract; schedule product conversion/exchange stock; and ensure the MMIS Item File and Vendor Master File and other systems are updated. Lead Pursuit activities including improving current pricing, standardizing supplies, consolidating suppliers, improving contractual language and performance standards, improving utilization, processes, reducing inventory, and outcomes. Lead all efforts related to developing and issuing and RFP; analyzing RFP responses, benchmarking, trials, reference checks; developing negotiation strategy *Support VAT Chairs in leading their VATs, preparing for VAT meetings, engaging members, prioritizing initiatives, making assignments, recording minutes, and performing all related follow-up activities and communications for VAT action items. (lead from behind) Lead Opportunity Identification and documentation using VAT tools and methodologies (OIW) to analyze and address existing supplies and services, expiring contracts, and new supplies and services requests and process changes; and lead efforts to proactively identify opportunities. Responsible for managing and maintaining the Opportunity Tracking Report (OTR) to ensure its accuracy for VASC reporting and for annual budget preparation. Conduct Preliminary Analysis in order to validate assumptions, determine risks, and quantify the potential value of the opportunity; summarize analyses and make recommendations for Pursuit Strategy . Determine current obligations; establish a baseline (price, utilization, etc.); obtain current procedures, protocols, satisfaction levels, statistics, etc.; identify end users/stakeholders; identify related/comparable products; identify alternative suppliers, processes, protocols, etc.; conduct market research i.e. , websites, GPO, MD Buyline, and price benchmarking; and prepare Initiative Approval Worksheet (IAW). Prepare presentation of results of the completed preliminary analysis and pursuit for the VAT for consideration; and lead decision-making process. If decision is made to pursue the opportunity, Initial Approval , support the VAT in documenting the complexity, priority, and lead/champion and conducting negotiations; and contract development , review and approval processes to include Legal Counsel review and approval. Responsible for ensuring all phases of the VAT process are completed appropriately and presenting the completed information to the VAT for Final Approval , e.g., Contract Document/Letter of Commitment; associated exhibits, schedules, implementation plans, etc.; new procedures/ protocols; Initiative Approval Worksheet (IAW); spreadsheet analysis supporting financial impact; Pursuit Strategy, Negotiation