Equipment and Capital Category Manager

The posting, as Luminis Health wrote it

Equipment and Capital Category Manager
Position Objective:
Under the general supervision of the Manager, Contracts and Sourcing, the Equipment and Capital Category Manager drives strategic sourcing and contracting initiatives for equipment and capital projects. This role emphasizes systemwide standardization, capital planning, and cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Clinical, Information Services, Bio-Med, Risk Management, and Supply Chain. The Category Manager leads supplier negotiations, ensures contract and regulatory compliance, and oversees technology assessments to support enterprise goals and systemwide alignment.
Essential Job Duties:
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This role includes strategic category management, capital and operational budget collaboration, and leadership in sourcing, contracting and procurement activities. The manager drives value through data analysis, benchmarking, and supplier engagement, while ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and compliance standards.

• Sourcing and Category Strategy Development:

a. Demonstrates expertise in the use of external sources to keep abreast of trends, pricing, benchmarking tools, GPO initiatives, etc.
b. Use the RFP process and other decision support tools to perform analysis on supply usage trends in order to identify savings opportunities, drive standardization and equipment selection.
c. Conducts comprehensive market research, thorough financial analysis, and consults with appropriate department owners and teams to determine procurement strategy, assisting in lease v. buy v. place analysis.
d. Represents Supply Chain as a functional reviewer on all equipment and capital requests and manages requests through functional, clinical, technical and budgetary review processes.
e. Thoroughly reviews new requests, using a quality check list to validate departmental account and GL coding, pricing, supplier information/documentation and to ensure operational costs have been identified separately from capital costs
f. Encourages consideration of small, woman-owned and minority vendors when presenting options to department users.

• Strategic Procurement:

a. Manages contracts through the appropriate procurement and contracting process.
b. Utilizes Symplr, GHx and GPO CLM tools
c. Ensures Contract Compliance through collaboration with Value Analysis, Contract Administration and Legal as well as other necessary stakeholders such Finance, Biomed, IS and the Privacy office to ensure Contracts meet corporate standards and are executed in accordance to Supply Chain policies and procedures.
d. Responsible for ensuring that approvals and contracts are stored in the appropriate contract CLM Tools

• PO Execution and Reporting:

a. Responsibly for the generation and design of purchase orders for Contracts, Service, Maintenance, Licenses and other POs that support the purchase of equipment and c
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ment required.

• Three years of capital planning or project management experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in cross-functional leadership, contract negotiation, and technology assessment.
• Proficiency in budgeting, supply chain analytics, and vendor management.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite and ERP systems required.
• LEAN/Six Sigma or other process improvement certifications preferred.

Required Licenses/Certifications

• None required; LEAN/Six Sigma certification preferred.

Working Conditions, Equipment, Physical Demands

Medium work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
There is a reasonable expectation that employees in this position will not be exposed to blood-borne pathogens.

Pay Range
$87,360 — $108,000 USD

Luminis Health Benefits Overview

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan (with employer match for employees who work more than 1000 hours in a calendar year)
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance Benefits
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Paid Holidays, Disability, and Life/AD&D for full-time employees
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs and more

*Benefit offerings based on employment status

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