NMDP

Senior Sourcing Category Partner

NMDP

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Drive procurement initiatives across Direct and Indirect Spend Categories.
  • Champion cost optimization and foster innovation.
  • Support operational excellence in key spend categories.
  • Act as a trusted procurement advisor across Operations, Facilities, IT, and other departments.
  • Develop and execute multi-year category strategies for Capital Expenditures and Business and Healthcare Services.
  • Manage full-cycle sourcing processes such as RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs.
  • Lead commercial negotiations around pricing, SLAs, data privacy, and intellectual property rights.
  • Facilitate productive cross-functional collaboration and strategic guidance.
  • Oversee and nurture supplier partnerships, ensuring compliance with SLAs, KPIs, and regulatory requirements.
  • Monitor and report essential procurement metrics.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Finance or a related field required, or equivalent experience
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in strategic sourcing or category management, ideally within Indirect and/or Direct spend within a healthcare environment, Facilities, IT, HR or other business services.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with proficiency in data analysis tools and techniques.
  • Demonstrated success in negotiating complex contracts, managing vendor performance, and delivering measurable cost optimization.
  • Adaptability to changing business conditions.
  • Great project management and influence skills
  • Strong leadership and team management skills to effectively lead cross-functional teams
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, excellence, and continuous improvement.
Benefits
  • NMDP offers regular, full-time employees medical, dental, vision, life and disability, accident/critical illness/hospital, well-being, legal, identity theft and pet benefits.
  • Retirement, paid time off/holidays, leave and incentive plans are also offered to eligible employees.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
strategic sourcingcategory managementdata analysiscontract negotiationvendor performance managementcost optimizationfull-cycle sourcingRFIsRFQsRFPs
Soft Skills
analytical skillsproblem-solvingdecision-makingproject managementinfluence skillsleadershipteam managementcollaborationadaptabilitycontinuous improvement
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in BusinessBachelor’s degree in EconomicsBachelor’s degree in Supply Chain ManagementBachelor’s degree in Finance