Opportunity

Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM), headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, is an $8 billion integrated global health enterprise and one of the leading healthcare systems in the United States. JHM unites physicians and scientists of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with the organizations, health professionals, and facilities of The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health system.

Position Summary

The Senior Director of Sourcing will be responsible for leading, managing, transforming and developing the sourcing function and all sourcing relationships at JHHS. This includes executing the sourcing strategy, optimizing existing GPO relationships, locally negotiating contracts, negotiating manufacturer distribution agreements for the JHHS Consolidated Service Center, and designing and executing against innovative sourcing agreements to achieve savings and to build and maintain a competitive contract portfolio.

Position Requirements

• A Master’s degree in business, supply chain or a health care-related field or equivalent experience.
• At least 10 years of experience in progressively more sophisticated strategic sourcing, procurement and/or contracting leadership roles. Experience in a health care setting is preferred but not required.
• The role requires a deep understanding of Supply Chain functions, including, but not limited to, knowledge of GPO and local contract sourcing, and related procedures pertaining to materials management and purchasing.
• Extensive knowledge of product categories, proposals processes, asset inventory procedures, negotiations, bid procedures, audit procedures, leasing and capital purchase procedures is also required.
• Knowledge of financial management, ERP supply chain applications and supply chain experience in a health care setting is preferred but not required.
• This role requires a proven, transformative and dynamic leader with a strong track record of leading and transforming GPO arrangements across a health system.
• External benchmarking resources such as ECRI, Wisdom, IMS, MD Buyline, Healthstream, Service Center
• ERP Supply Chain Applications
• Ability to provide leadership, strategic direction, oversight and management for a large and complex Supply Chain sourcing function, working at system level
• Dynamic, adaptable and quick learner with strong communication, negotiation and listening skills
• Ability to take a departmental Supply Chain strategy and translate this into a GPO and local contract strategy
• Demonstrated ability in building high performing teams and in coaching and developing staff
• Strong influencing, collaboration and stakeholder and vendor management skills
• Experience in adopting leading practices and designing and implementing innovative sourcing solutions
• Strong market analysis skills and experience in product review and standardization
• Deep analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to work in and lead cross-functional teams
• Exceptional relationship building, interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrated capability in financial management and setting up audit controls for GPO sourcing
• Ability to achieve strategic goals within budget
• Familiar with systems management
• Must be able to analyze and interpret data to craft actionable recommendations
• Must be able to interpret contract language
• Ability to collaborate with IT staff, in addition to external sources of data (i.e, Nobilant, other GPO’s, GHX Contract Center & Exchange, MedPricer, etc.) regarding queries designated to resolve product pricing, UOM, contract compliance, etc.

Compensation

Compensation arrangements are excellent and commensurate with both experience and achievement.