City/State: Grant Funded: Department: Work Shift: Work Days: Scheduled Hours: Scheduled Daily Hours: Pay Range: Job Summary As the academic medical center and University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center is nationally recognized for clinical excellence-breaking new ground in research, training the next generation of healthcare leaders, and delivering science-driven, patient-centered care. Montefiore is ranked among the top hospitals nationally and regionally by U.S. News & World Report. For more than one hundred years we have been innovating new treatments, new procedures, and new approaches to patient care, producing stellar outcomes and raising the bar for medical centers in the region and around the world. As we build on this momentum, we continue to advance the practice of medicine and set the standard for excellence. Montefiore is recruiting for seasoned Supply Chain leaders to provide expertise, create efficiencies, realize financial savings, take full advantage of System technology, and add value for our Clinicians and Associates. The Category Manager position requires an experienced sourcing professional with a background in clinical materials and services contracting with superior analytic and problem-solving skills supporting a fast-paced, transformation-oriented work environment. The ideal candidate will have experience in contract spend areas such as but not limited to, Laboratory, Radiology, Perioperative, Medical-Surgical and clinical capital purchasing. This position is responsible for the end-to-end process of source-to-contract for a clinical category(s) within a health care setting utilizing sourcing best practices. The Category Manager will develop sourcing strategies in collaboration with stakeholders that offer optimal balance of cost, quality, and outcomes. The Category Manager will be responsible for identifying initiatives, developing market/spend analysis, benchmarking comparisons, and competitive procurement documents (RFP/RFI). This position will lead supplier negotiations, contract development/management, vendor management, and the identification/realization of savings opportunities. The ideal candidate is skilled at creating presentations and presenting/discussing complex Supply Chain initiatives to all levels of leadership. The individual in this position must: (1) possess knowledge associated with the professional field of strategic sourcing, project management, systems, and procedures. (2) have experience in the creation of RFP/RFI documents, driving the solicitation process, with appropriate documentation of processes and decisions. (3) experience in contracting, vendor management, analysis creation, cross department consensus building. (4) have demonstrated ability to apply associated theories, methods, and principles, to practice. (5) perform associated duties that are predominantly intellectual and varied in nature, requiring creative, analytical, evaluative, interpretive, and/or critical thinking; and (6) Exercise discretion and independent judgment, requiring only general supervision. (7) Possess proficiency with Excel, Word and standard computer programs required. (8) Possess excellent planning and critical thinking skills. SUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The Category Manager will be responsible for the contracting and vendor management from the item to the relationship level. The Category Manager is an end user focused position ensuring best value for the goods and services procured by the system. This will be accomplished through strong negotiation, contracting, and management of vendor deliverables. 1. Analyzes business needs and ensures that functional and technical requirements are documented. • Develops communication strategy and establishes communication plan. • Performs necessary investigations, analyses, and evaluations to determine feasibility. • Prepares routine department status reports. • Provide regular department status information to team members, including attending required meetings and following-up on action items. • Ensures adherence to protocols, procedures, and project plans. • Establishes departmental goals and measurements of success. • Ensures each project deliverable has clear completion criteria and acceptance plan. • Maintains all relevant documentation and communications. 2. Provides direction and support to the department ensuring the team is informed of all changes, decisions, etc. that may affect the success of the department. 3. Establishes and maintains collaborative relationships within the system to obtain information and content from providers and colleagues to foster successful project completion. 4. Supports short and long term operational/strategic business activities - by developing, enhancing, and maintaining project information and models. Develops and implements effective/strategic business solutions through research and analysis of data and business processes. 5. Develops and manages best-practices and tools for performance improvement plan execution and management. Identifies and manages performance improvement dependencies and critical path issues. 6. Serves as an operational resource for internal team members for expedited problem identification and resolution, provision of project-specific updates, and team interactions and deadlines. 7. Concurrently coordinates and manages multiple projects across the Health System. 8. Adheres and assists with business operations and project specific quality documents (for example: SOPs, work plans/practices, training guides). Qualifications • Bachelors in Science or Business Administration Required • Completion of Masters Degree in Business Administration or Master of Health Administration Preferred • Minimum of three (3) years contract management experience with a focus on clinical supply and equipment spend Required. • Knowledge in Supply Chain Management, Medical/Surgical Distribution, Healthcare spend contract management, and GPO utilization • Familiar with ERP, Contract Management Software, Inventory Systems • Knowledgeable in Accounting principles, cost analysis, budgeting, forecasting, market and supplier research and analysis
As the academic medical center and University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center is nationally recognized for clinical excellence—breaking new ground in research, training the next generation of healthcare leaders, and delivering science-driven, patient-centered care.
Montefiore is ranked among the top hospitals nationally and regionally by U.S. News & World Report. For more than 100 years we have been innovating new treatments, new procedures and new approaches to patient care, producing stellar outcomes and raising the bar for medical centers in the region and around the world. As we build on this momentum, we continue to advance the practice of medicine and set the standard for excellence.
The mission of Montefiore is to heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve.
From its beginning in 1884, as a facility for the care of patients with tuberculosis and other chronic illnesses, to the new millennium, Montefiore has been at the forefront of patient care, research and education and steadfast commitment to its community.
We provide coordinated, compassionate and leading-edge care designed to reach people when and where they need it most. Through highly integrated teams of physicians, nurses, social workers, mental health professionals and other caregivers, we have created an innovative, seamless system of care focused around the patient.
At the intersection of Einstein science and Montefiore medicine is our commitment to scientific inquiry. This commitment has resulted in the creation of the Montefiore-Einstein Centers of Excellence in cancer care, cardiovascular services, transplantation and children’s health, where nationally recognized investigators and multidisciplinary clinical teams collaborate to develop and deliver advanced, innovative care.
We offer advanced, multidisciplinary care across specialties, delivering one standard of excellence for all. Our interventions are designed to help patients understand and manage their illness, advocate for their health, access the right treatments and receive the vital social support they need to flourish. On multiple fronts, Montefiore is developing more effective and less invasive approaches to complex problems from procedures to repair diseased hearts, protocols to treat complex cancers and medical devices designed to meet the needs of growing children.
With nearly 50 primary care locations throughout the New York metropolitan area, we are focusing on accessible, patient-centered primary and preventive care provided by leading physicians in the areas of family and internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and a team of experts in nursing, health education, nutrition and pharmacy.
Montefiore combines its deep commitment to the community with nationally-renowned expertise to reach people in locations easiest for them. Through Montefiore’s School Health Program (MSHP), Primary Care at Home programs, mobile medical and dental health vans and health education initiatives, Montefiore provides primary care services in non-traditional settings.
Through the formation of highly integrated teams of physicians, nurses, social workers, mental health professionals, care managers and other caregivers, we provide care around the patient, when and where they need it.
Montefiore's partnership with Einstein advances clinical and translational research to accelerate the pace at which new discoveries become the treatments and therapies that benefit patients. Together, the two institutions are among 38 academic medical centers nationwide to be awarded a prestigious Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) by the National Institutes of Health.
The second-largest medical residency program in the country, with 1,251 residents and fellows across 89 programs, Montefiore provides the doctors of tomorrow a unique opportunity for education and training in one of the most diverse urban areas in the country — one where the population is global, the disease burden is high, and the need for quality care is great.
The partnership is further strengthened by the dual appointments of faculty and physicians across both organizations—enhancing synergies and collaborations for research, teaching and patient care.
Since 1996, Montefiore has developed advanced models of care management to help patients, especially those with chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart failure and mental illness, achieve better health and improved wellbeing in a cost effective way. Montefiore goes beyond fragmented fee-for-service payments, assuming total responsibility for the quality and costs of care for some of our sickest patients.
Through CMO, Montefiore Care Management, we use a global prepayment or similar strategies to manage care for 200,000 individuals over the continuum, including hospital care, rehabilitation, outpatient care, professional services, home care, mental health counseling, community-based services, remote patient monitoring and many other programs.
Our leadership in coordinating care across multiple settings has earned us federal recognition from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a Pioneer Accountable Care Organization. Montefiore's ACO is one of only 32 organizations in the nation, as well as the only one in New York State, to operate under this new model of providing Medicare beneficiaries with higher quality care, while reducing expenditures through enhanced care coordination.