Category Manager, Procurement - Duly Health and Care

Full-Time

Location: Downers Grove

Good enough isn’t for us. Duly Health and Care’s team members show up every day driven to exceed expectations. We see and support the remarkable in every person within and beyond the walls of our work.

Duly Health and Care works to understand what matters most to you. We recruit and retain team members who share a relentless passion and pride for helping others live happier and healthier lives. We invest in helping our team members develop their talents in a way that is rich in personal meaning. We invite you to join us, fulfill your purpose and make your mark!

Holistic benefits designed to help our team members flourish in all aspects of their lives, including:

• Comprehensive medical and prescription drug benefits that include medical coverage at 100% (after deductible) when utilizing a Duly provider.
• $5,250 Tuition Reimbursement per year.
• 40 hours paid volunteer time off.
• 12 Weeks parental leave at 100% pay and a financial benefit for adoption and surrogacy for non-physician team members.
• 401(k) Match
• Profit-sharing program

Are you ready to challenge the expected to deliver the extraordinary?

Responsibilities 

• Executes commercial go-to-market strategies across multiple direct and indirect spend categories.
• Independently researches industry and supplier insights to drive innovation and solutions to create incremental value and deliver best in class sourcing results.
• Develops short term and long term sourcing goals to realize value fast and ongoing, aligning with corporate vision and financial targets.
• Manage supplier relationships effectively and appropriately to create culture of proactive continuous improvement versus complacency.
• Responsible for sourcing the best deal possible, taking into account risk, business continuity, total cost of ownership, performance and overall strategic vision for supplier relationship within in the organization.
• Leads with bias towards action and prioritizing time to provide greatest value to organization, when competing programs and timelines arise.
• Owns full execution of commercial go-to-market strategy and approach for specific direct and indirect spend categories, including, but not limited to, RFPs, RFQs and RFIs.
• Proactively seeks out opportunities to drive additional value through best-in-class sourcing practices.
• Actively seeks ways to streamline operations, and quickly gets up to speed on industry and supplier landscapes over direct and indirect spend categories
• Communicates effectively with internal stakeholders, including those in executive positions, to gain alignment on sourcing recommendations.
• Develops business cases and financial models to communicate and influence best path forward.
• Creates supplier scorecard to objectively drive alignment where needed. Results focused, and able to articulate value delivered to date and pipeline of value when asked.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of strategic sourcing experience in the indirect spend space
• Solid understanding of the 7 steps of procurement and effective business partnering
• Experience in negotiations and developing and executing on strategies
• Experience collaborating with cross functional teams and presenting to executive leadership
• Demonstrated successful track record of exceeding savings targets and financial goals
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (VLook-ups, Pivots, SUM, etc.)
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint for Executive Presentations

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA, or other advanced degree or CPSM certification
• At least 3 years of experience leading change management
• Experience delivering on aggressive savings targets
• Understanding of working capital and driving payment term extensions
• Professional experience in healthcare (Med Tech, Retail Pharma, Pharma, Provider Space, Payer, etc.)
• Basic understanding of revenue cycle management within the provider space
• Familiarity with Value Based Care and ACO Reach
• A curious and accountable mindset- track record of finding innovative solutions and meeting defined timelines