Sourcing Specialist

Sourcing Specialist

This position supports procurement, sourcing, contracting, and S2P (Select Marketplace) operations by performing tactical, transactional, and technical functions while assisting department leadership with daily activities.

Responsibilities

• Build strong partnerships across the enterprise to align on goals, address supply chain challenges, and implement effective solutions through proactive collaboration.
• Review and analyze purchase requisitions, expedite conversion to purchase orders, issue orders to suppliers, and support change order execution.
• Manage enterprise formulary catalogs within the S2P platform or Excel, including punch-out and static catalogs for inpatient and outpatient operations.
• Support Procurement leadership by analyzing, documenting, and improving procurement data, practices, policies, and procedures to drive efficient, cost-effective clinical and non-clinical operations.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities through data analysis, product standardization, supplier consolidation, contract compliance, formulary optimization, and invoice accuracy reviews.
• Support clinical evaluation of new products and services and update punch-out or static catalogs as needed.
• Ensure compliance with contract purchasing, approved formularies, and workflow approvals through contract rate validation and service cost comparisons.
• Generate and analyze reports on trends, usage, and costs; evaluate product quality and suitability; and support stakeholders in developing and understanding KPIs and performance metrics.
• Collaborate with suppliers to stay current on market trends, resolve purchase order issues, review account statements, and reconcile invoices.
• Partner with stakeholders to define purchasing needs and specifications, obtain competitive quotes for small-dollar purchases, and maintain sourcing (RFx) documentation and records.
• Support formulary inquiries and troubleshoot basic system and technology issues in collaboration with helpdesk resources.
• Support supplier enablement for catalog and non-catalog purchasing, electronic PO and invoice processing, EDI transactions, and supplier onboarding, including training on platform functionality and self-service tools.
• Review supplier agreements, contracts, and proposals in support of requisitions, purchase orders, and invoice processing within the S2P (Marketplace) platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum of three years of procurement or related healthcare procurement experience required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and familiar with ERP procurement systems such as Oracle, SAP, Ariba, or Coupa.