Category Manager

Position Highlights:

• Position: Category Manager
• Location: Evanston, IL
• Full Time
• Hours: 8am-4:30pm
• Required Travel: May be required as needed

What you will do:

• Responsible for analyzing current practices (financial, contractual and operational data sources), standardizing, improving, documenting, and supporting assigned categories throughout the lifecycle of Supply Chain initiatives.
• Supply Chain Procurement leader of product conversions, standardization, value analysis, and contract management.
• Champions Supply Chain expense reduction initiatives throughout NorthShore.
• Utilizes and effectively applies contract law and category knowledge.
• Participates in the development of short-term tactics and long-range plans to secure business and legal interests resulting in optimal administration and category management solutions.
• Participates in the processes concerning negotiation, consultation on supplies, distribution agreements, awarding of agreements and supplier performance.
• Partners with key administrative, clinical, and physician leaders to develop, manage, analyze, and provide recommendations in regards to category specific RFPs, contracts, bids, trials, and cost reduction initiatives.
• Collaborates with Supply Chain Analysts, clinical area analysts, and other areas to gather supporting data then summarize the results for Supply Chain initiatives.
• Leads assigned Value Analysis Teams focuses on providing proactive cost savings, standardization, product conversions, and on boarding new supplies, implants, devices, equipment and services.

What you will need:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree
• Certification: MBA, CMRP, CPSM preferred
• Experience: 5+ years of Supply Chain experience
• Unique or Preferred Skills:
  • Expertise in the following areas within Healthcare Supply Chain: Vendor negotiation, value analysis, contract management, managing product conversions, project management, and product standardization.
  • Must be a critical thinker, well organized, detail oriented, skilled at problem solving, and high level written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience collaborating with Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO), analyzing, negotiating, summarizing, and presenting complex agreements.
  • Ability to build relationships with clinical, administrative, and physician leadership.
  • Intermediate level skills with Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Adobe and PDF.
  • Experience with Lawson system highly desirable.
  • Knowledge of legal principles and routine business terms.

Benefits (For full time or part time positions):

• Career Pathways to Promote Professional Growth and Development
• Various Medical, Dental, Pet and Vision options
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free Parking
• Wellness Program Savings Plan
• Health Savings Account Options
• Retirement Options with Company Match
• Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
• Community Involvement Opportunities

Endeavor Health is a fully integrated healthcare delivery system committed to providing access to quality, vibrant, community-connected care, serving an area of more than 4.2 million residents across six northeast Illinois counties. Our more than 25,000 team members and more than 6,000 physicians aim to deliver transformative patient experiences and expert care close to home across more than 300 ambulatory locations and eight acute care hospitals – Edward (Naperville), Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook (Glenview), Highland Park, Northwest Community (Arlington Heights) Skokie and Swedish (Chicago) – all recognized as Magnet hospitals for nursing excellence. For more information, visit www.endeavorhealth.org.  

When you work for Endeavor Health, you will be part of an organization that encourages its employees to achieve career goals and maximize their professional potential.

Please explore our website (www.endeavorhealth.org) to better understand how Endeavor Health delivers on its mission to “help everyone in our communities be their best”. 

Endeavor Health is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. Please refer to the main career page for more information.

Diversity, equity and inclusion is at the core of who we are; being there for our patients and each other with compassion, respect and empathy. We believe that our strength resides in our differences and in connecting our best to provide community-connected healthcare for all.

EOE: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/ Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets, VEVRRA Federal Contractor.