Remote: Sr. Category Manager

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. 

Position Summary

The Senior Category Manager is responsible for developing and driving category specific strategies in their assigned category with a focus on "best value" and Total Cost of Ownership. Acting on own initiative, this position is responsible for driving strategic sourcing best practices, including RFx activities, establishing/maintaining supplier partnerships, and identifying supply risks and opportunities. Must be solution-focused, analytical, and have a strong bias for decision making rooted in data and analytics. Being comfortable with presenting data to stakeholders to promote the sourcing strategy is vital.

The Senior Category Manager will be part of a Strategic Sourcing team at a very well established, world-class cancer research and treatment organization.

As a successful candidate, you will:

Category Management

• Facilitates best in class Category Management fundamentals to optimize price, quality, delivery, service level, and overall value.
• Develops and maintains industry knowledge of assigned category and performs related sourcing functions
• Leads complex RFx, negotiations, supplier sourcing, contract negotiations, and compliance / legal management for defined categories.

Vendor Management

• Develops, implements and manages contractual Service Level Agreements (SLA) and Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) to hold Suppliers accountable.
• Facilitates quarterly business reviews with key suppliers and stakeholders.
• Enforces supplier compliance with standards, policies, and procedures of enterprise, procurement department, stakeholder department, and industry best practices.

Your qualifications should include:

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, or related field.
• Five (5) or more years of work experience, specifically in the areas of Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, consulting or comparable functional experience
• In-depth knowledge of procurement and supply chain related processes and systems.  

Preferred education experience and skills:

• Masters Degree
• Strategic sourcing, complex financial analysis, strong negotiation skills
• Certified Purchasing Professional (CPP),
• Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)
• Category Management of Direct or Indirect Spend in a Medical or Research Organization