Senior Director of Contracts

: This position is incentive eligible.

Introduction

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a(an) Senior Director of Contracts today with HealthTrust.

Benefits

HealthTrust, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
• Colleague recognition program
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

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Job Summary and Qualifications

The Senior Director, HCA Contracting is responsible for the creation of value through negotiation of contracts across multiple categories of medical devices. This role works closely and leads a team of professionals including Contract Directors, Contract Managers, and other technical and subject matter experts.

What you will do in this role:

• Leads negotiations for assigned key categories and select suppliers to drive improved value and contracting strategy
• Identify and develop team-specific strategies with a focus on sourcing and supply chain opportunities to support the goals and objectives of HCA's service lines.
• Establishes team objectives, directs team operations and develops overall team strategies and processes to accomplish service line goals.
• Collaborates with other service line teams within HCA to ensure priorities, objectives and work efforts are aligned and supported with the appropriate resources and expertise.
• Directs and manages key supplier relationships within the service line and articulates the needs of HCA to the supplier community ensuring our needs and expectations are clearly communicated.
• Review all division/regional/national agreements within the assigned service line(s) to ensure they are not in conflict with Healthtrust or other national HCA agreements.
• Ensures team functions support and contribute to HCA's Overall Financial and Clinical Performance goals.
• Decisions are guided by strategic and operational objectives established by HCA Leadership.
• Maintains compliance to HCA's Physician Owned and or Connected Supplier Policies.
• Receives guidance from Senior and/or Executive Leaders of HCA.

DUTIES (included but not limited to) -

Operations:

• Work with HCA Divisions, Directors of Contracting, Healthtrust GPO, specific target vendors, etc. to identify new and/or improved contracting opportunities and to maximize cost reductions for division/regional/ national service line contracts.
• Strategic Development:
• Develops contracting strategy with HCA leadership and executes on negotiation and implementation of contract value
• Work closely with each HCA Group and Division, Service Line Team and Clinical Team in the development and successful accomplishments of cost management and service line goals.
• Function as a liaison between corporate supply chain and the Division Supply Chain leadership in providing guidance, support, and coordination of contracting activities.

Communication:

• Participates and practices in all aspects of communications including both internal and external customers.
• Execution:
• Negotiates medical device contracts to deliver enhanced value across multiple product categories
• Must possess capabilities to ensure strategic vision can become a viable, value-based solution that is executable.
• Responsible for managing contracting team initiatives in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment that demands strong capabilities to come in to projects and initiatives without much guidance and deliver them to completion.

What qualifications you will need:

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• 7-10 years of related healthcare or industry experience
• Contracting experience in healthcare preferred

HealthTrust Supply Chain is a critical part of HCA Healthcare's strategy. Our focus is to improve performance and reduce costs. We do this by joining non-clinical and administrative functions. HealthTrust Supply Chain best practice methodologies. We develop, apply and monitor cost-efficient initiatives and programs for HCA Healthcare. By improving facility efficiency, medical professionals can focus on our mission - patient care.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Senior Director of Contracts opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.