Category Manager Strategic Sourcing (Healthcare Procurement)

TL;DR

Category Manager Strategic Sourcing (Healthcare Procurement): Leading enterprise-wide sourcing strategies for purchased services, suppliers, contracts, and spend optimization with an accent on competitive sourcing, complex negotiations, data analytics, and financial performance. Focus on managing cross-functional initiatives, reducing costs, mitigating supplier risk, standardizing processes, and improving vendor service levels across healthcare operations.

Location: Remote within the United States; the listed location is Livonia, Michigan.

Company

hirify.global is a large healthcare organization focused on delivering person-centered care through a network of health ministries and support services.

What you will do

• Lead strategic sourcing, RFI, RFP, and RFQ processes for purchased services, supplies, equipment, and IT categories.
• Develop sourcing strategies, negotiate complex supplier contracts, and manage vendor and GPO relationships.
• Analyze spend, demand, market intelligence, supplier risk, total cost of ownership, and financial impact.
• Lead cross-functional teams through standardization, process improvement, contract implementation, and enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Build dashboards and reports, track KPIs, validate savings with Finance, and monitor supplier performance.
• Partner with senior leaders, legal counsel, operations, finance, value analysis, and regional stakeholders to resolve issues and deliver business outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain management, data science, clinical discipline, or equivalent education and experience.
• At least seven years of sourcing experience and thorough knowledge of supply chain principles and financial analysis.
• Advanced procurement and data analytics skills, including Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools.
• Experience with supplier relationships, market analysis, contract law, negotiations, and collaboration with legal counsel.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, project management, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and operate in a collaborative shared-leadership environment.

Nice to have

• Healthcare industry experience.
• Advanced proficiency in data visualization, statistical analysis, and business intelligence tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment within a mission-driven healthcare organization.
• Work involves collaboration across regions, health ministries, service areas, suppliers, and enterprise functions.
• Commitment to ethical conduct, compliance, inclusion, equal opportunity, and person-centered care.
• Remote work arrangement within the United States.