Agent, Ascension IT Sourcing

• Negotiates pricing and contract terms and conditions to minimize risk for all healthcare Participants
• Performs contract management and maintenance tasks including amendments, extension of terms, and product additions and deletions
• Conducts strategic review of new contract requests as well as expiration records to establish an effective negotiation path to be followed
• Reviews and analyzes sourcing data, market trends, benchmarking best practices, and maintain market awareness to provide continuous improvements for sourcing strategies; collaborates with portfolio management team to understand what changing priorities may mean to the category and negotiation approach
• Develops and facilitate collaborative working relationships with Finance, Corporate Risk, Legal,and additional teams through communications and timely reporting of changes in critical business matters
• Consistently works to achieve a competitive advantage in total cost, quality, technology, and supply continuity across disciplines to ensure achievement of acceptable products and vendors as indicated by end-user groups
• Ensures consistent and defendable sourcing strategies and supply chain processes are in place and properly administered in compliance with all regulations and policies
• Provides regular updates on category strategies and supplier relationship management programs, including key performance metrics and status of process improvement initiatives

• High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.

• A Bachelor's degree
• 0-3 years of professional experience OR previous internship experience (healthcare supply chain, project management, or other relevant experience)
• Professional working proficiency of Google Workspace applications (Docs, Slides, Sheets, etc)

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