Senior Contracts Administrator

Overview

This role supports enterprise sourcing and contracting activities for high-spend clinical categories, including Cardiology, Interventional Radiology, and Imaging. You will manage a $100M contract portfolio covering procurement contracts, outsourced services programs, and purchasing initiatives, with the goal of maximizing organizational value while minimizing costs.

The position involves collaborating with physicians, clinical leadership, and operational leaders to develop sourcing strategies for products with a high degree of physician preference, supporting both financial stewardship and positive patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, assess, and re-bid or re-negotiate existing contracts and vendor agreements in assigned areas every one to three years.
• Evaluate and revise, as appropriate, organizational participation in programs such as medical supply agreements, service agreements, capital equipment agreements, and pooled purchase agreements.
• Monitor vendor and company/facility contract compliance and performance.
• Identify and develop new cost savings sources and vendor agreement opportunities through market monitoring, product research, usage analysis, source and cost analysis, and participation in hospital or assigned procurement association and education.
• Conduct analyses of products, prices, and usage opportunities; prepare spreadsheets and executive summaries of contracts; present recommendations to the Supply Chain Governance Team.
• Manage contracting processes for assigned areas, including:
  • Developing specifications
  • Performing due diligence work (such as research and financial analysis)
  • Developing and writing Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
  • Writing and editing contract documents
• Independently review complex terms and conditions, develop alternative language, perform risk analysis/mitigation, and recommend approaches while ensuring compliance with legal and customer requirements.
• Coordinate legal review of contracts as appropriate.
• Provide enterprise leadership and consulting to facilities on contracting, procurement, and utilization of supplies, products, and equipment for assigned service lines.
• Collect collaborative input from end users and purchasers, develop specification detail, and build group consensus.
• Facilitate implementation of new procurement processes, policies, procedures, and agreements; develop and communicate work plans to affected parties.
• Collect, consolidate, and provide contract and procurement information to senior management in the form of reports, financial analysis, supply utilization, capital expenditures, and other required information.
• Monitor usage of products under Contract Management Agreements.
• Assure accurate vendor payments of rebates and dividends.
• Serve as key contact for Supplier Relationship Management and coordinate ongoing business reviews with key suppliers.
• Provide technical and expert counsel to other staff members for assigned procurement areas.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field (or the degree of skills, knowledge, and ability normally demonstrated by such a degree).
• Seven or more years of similar purchasing experience, including:
  • Capital equipment purchase
  • Request for Proposal development
  • Bid analysis
  • Contract negotiation and contracting
• Extensive knowledge of products, procurement, and contracting processes in healthcare.
• Demonstrated skills in planning, directing, communications, negotiations, and statistical analysis.
• Effective organizational, communication, and human relations skills.
• Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously and meet multiple priorities.
• Ability to travel to any company facility for meetings and product or service assessment.
• Proficiency in word processing and spreadsheet software applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Lawson or similar Materials Management information systems.
• Supervisory experience.
• Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) certification.
• Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management.

Compensation & Benefits

• Estimated pay range: $44.65 - $74.41 / hour
• Notes: The posted compensation range is a reasonable estimate that extends from the lowest to the highest pay the organization in good faith believes it might pay for this particular job based on circumstances at the time of posting. Actual pay determined at offer will be based on years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location, along with a review of current employees in similar roles to ensure pay equity is achieved and maintained.

Location & Schedule

• Location: Remote (equipment provided)
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 7am–4pm
• Remote eligibility: This can be a remote position if you live in the following state(s) only: AZ, CA, NV, CO, NB & WY*