Category Manager
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Sioux Falls, SD - USA
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Job Summary
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Day Shift (United States of America)Pay Range:
The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.
$67080.00 - $100880.00Position Highlights
You Belong at Avera
Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.
A Brief Overview
The Category Manager is responsible for developing and executing category sourcing strategies managing supplier relationships and delivering value across assigned categories within the enterprise procurement model. This role partners with clinical operational IT and business stakeholders to define requirements lead sourcing initiatives and ensure alignment to organizational standards contracts and performance expectations. This role is responsible for executing procurement contracts end-to-end within defined contract standards and guardrails. The Category Manager operates within a structured procurement model owning category strategy and supplier outcomes while collaborating with Sourcing Agents for intake and Managers for oversight and escalation.
What you will do
- Develop and execute category sourcing strategies that drive standardization cost optimization quality outcomes and supplier performance across assigned categories.
- Lead sourcing events and supplier negotiations owning commercial strategy pricing and service level expectations and executing procurement contracts within defined contract standards and guardrails.
- Partner with stakeholders to define clear requirements while guiding decision-making toward standardized value-based solutions aligned with procurement strategies.
- Own supplier relationships and performance driving accountability for service levels quality outcomes and continuous improvement across assigned categories.
- Ensure sourcing decisions align with approved contracts suppliers and enterprise standards guiding stakeholders toward compliant solutions and enforcing adherence to preferred suppliers and contract requirements and ensures accurate documentation metadata and submission into the CLM system in accordance with enterprise standards.
- Partner with Sourcing Agents to support intake validation and request routing ensuring alignment to existing contracts standards and defined procurement processes.
- Drive standardization utilization and category optimization efforts to reduce variation improve contract compliance and enhance overall value.
- Monitor and report on category performance including savings contract utilization supplier performance and service outcomes to support data-driven decision making.
- Support continuous improvement of sourcing category management and procurement processes to improve efficiency consistency and compliance.
- Execute procurement contracts end-to-end using approved templates and defined contract standards escalating non-standard terms high-risk provisions and regulatory or data-related considerations through established Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) governance processes.
Essential Qualifications
The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others hear understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.
Required Education License/Certification or Work Experience:
- 4-6 years Experience in sourcing procurement contracting or category management and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred Education License/Certification or Work Experience:
- Bachelors in business healthcare supply chain or related field
- Experience working with stakeholders suppliers and contracts.
- Demonstrated skill in negotiation analytical and communication skills.
Expectations and Standards
- Commitment to the daily application of Averas mission vision core values and social principles to serve patients their families and our community.
- Promote Averas values of compassion hospitality and stewardship.
- Uphold Averas standards of Communication Attitude Responsiveness and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
- Maintain confidentiality.
- Work effectively in a team environment coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
- Comply with safety principles laws regulations and standards associated with but not limited to CMS The Joint Commission DHHS and OSHA if applicable.
Benefits You Need & Then Some
Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.
PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship
Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability Veteran Status or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application please call 1- or send an email to .
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Move your health forward with Avera. Learn about our integrated health system of hospitals, clinics, doctors and community support in South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and North Dakota.
