Category Manager Medical Surgical – Medical Surgical Sourcing

Job Description

Category Manager | Montefiore Medical Center

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Montefiore Medical Center, located in Tarrytown, New York. As the academic medical center and University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore is recognized for clinical excellence, breaking new ground in research, training the next generation of healthcare leaders, and delivering science-driven, patient-centered care. This role is crucial for providing supply chain expertise, creating efficiencies, realizing financial savings, taking advantage of system technology, and adding value for clinicians and associates. The work directly contributes to Montefiore’s mission of advancing the practice of medicine and setting the standard for excellence.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time, MON-FRI, 8:30 AM-5 PM
• Location: In-person, USA (New York), USA – Tarrytown
• Team: MSS – Sourcing 2
• Mission: Responsible for the end-to-end process of source-to-contract for clinical categories, ensuring appropriate performance and value from contracted medical surgical distribution partners and direct vendors.
• Tech Stack: ERP, Contract Management Software, Inventory Systems, GHX/EDI, MS office suite

What You’ll Actually Do
• Lead: Drive the end-to-end source-to-contract process for assigned clinical categories within a healthcare setting, utilizing sourcing best practices.
• Develop: Craft and implement sourcing strategies in collaboration with stakeholders to achieve cost, quality, and desired outcomes.
• Analyze: Conduct market/spend analysis, benchmarking comparisons, and prepare competitive procurement documents (RFP/RFI) to identify savings opportunities.
• Negotiate: Direct supplier negotiations, manage contract development, oversee vendor performance, and ensure realization of identified savings.
• Oversee: Serve as the primary point of contact for all medical surgical distribution and contracting issues at both GPO and local levels.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor of Science or Business Administration Degree.
• Experience: 4+ Years of Contract Management and/or Hospital Supply Chain Management Distribution experience within Medical Surgical, inpatient, or ambulatory settings.
• Skills: Healthcare spend contract management, GPO utilization, accounting principles (cost analysis, budgeting, forecasting), market and supplier research and analysis, value analysis.
• Bonus: Masters Degree.