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Senior Category Management Executive - Indirect at Vizient | LAYIQ

Category Strategy & Sourcing
Support the development and execution of category strategies for assigned product and service categories.
Partner to manage sourcing initiatives from opportunity identification through implementation.
Conduct category, market, supplier, utilization, and spend analyses to support sourcing recommendations and strategy development.
Assist in developing sourcing plans, project timelines, stakeholder engagement strategies, and implementation approaches.
Research market conditions, emerging technologies, supplier capabilities, and industry trends impacting assigned categories.
Stakeholder Engagement & Advisory Support
Collaborate with client sourcing representatives, clinicians, physicians, value analysis leaders, and operational stakeholders throughout sourcing initiatives as appropriate.
Support stakeholder committees through agenda development, meeting facilitation, documentation, and follow-up activities as needed.
Assist in gathering business requirements and identifying opportunities to improve quality, standardization, service, and cost performance.
Provide category insights and recommendations to support stakeholder decision-making.
Contracting & Supplier Management
Support development of RFIs, RFPs, supplier evaluations, and sourcing event deliverables.
Conduct supplier negotiations, contract development activities, and implementation planning.
Analyze supplier proposals and contract opportunities to identify savings, value-added services, and operational improvements.
Coordinate communications and activities associated with contract implementation and ongoing supplier management.
Analytics & Performance Improvement
Evaluate client spend, utilization, and contract performance data to identify savings and optimization opportunities.
Develop analyses and presentations that support strategic sourcing recommendations.
Monitor industry trends, market dynamics, and supplier developments that may impact category strategies.
Support achievement of annual operational, financial, and category performance objectives.
Leverage approved AI tools to enhance productivity, support research and analysis, develop stakeholder communications, summarize complex information, and improve work quality while applying sound judgment and validating outputs for accuracy, relevance, and business appropriateness.

Senior Category Management Executive - Indirect

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