Supply Chain Category Manager Healthcare

Job Title Supply Chain Category Manager Healthcare

Primary Location Hybrid - 2 days onsite Chicago West Suburbs

Position Type Full-Time

Salary base - $90K - $115K with some flex depending on experience




Key experience needed - Negotiating and managing supplier contracts for equipment repairs and maintenance, identifying standardization initiatives for services and managing other agreement components engineering program.

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Health Administration, or a related field; master's degree preferred.
• Five or more years of healthcare experience, preferably in supply chain with exposure to clinical settings.
• Experience with healthcare contract management, value analysis, and medical-surgical supplies, diagnostic testing, or clinical workflows.
• Strong negotiation and analytical skills, including cost-benefit analysis, benchmarking, scenario modeling, and data-backed stakeholder influence.
• Proven project management, contract review, redlining, presentation, and cross-functional communication skills; advanced Microsoft Office proficiency.
  
  
  
  
  Key responsibilities -

• You will manage a portfolio of 500 or more contracts representing $100M-$250M in supply, service, drug, and capital expenditures, including spend forecasting and budget insights.
• Lead the full contract lifecycle, including RFP/RFQ activity, redlining, due diligence, approvals, execution, and storage in CLIENT's contract lifecycle management system.
• Develop category sourcing strategies using spend data, market trends, and stakeholder input to deliver savings, standardization, and process improvements.
• Negotiate local and group purchasing organization contracts while balancing pricing, quality, service, compliance, and patient-care priorities.
• Lead vendor relationships and value-analysis initiatives with executives, physicians, clinical teams, and supply chain partners; track savings, cost avoidance, and compliance.
  
  
  
  
  Compensation Information - $90K to $135K depending on experience, ideally around $115K. This role also qualifies for comprehensive benefits such as health insurance, 401(k), and paid time off.

If applying for this role - Please take each key point and provide number of years experience and what you would rate yourself, 1 thru 10 (10 being expert) for each key point. Send your resume and notes on the role to expediate our recruiting services.