Initial objectives:

1. Hire 2 or 3 new team members. (the team currently has three people)
2. Align and provide sourcing and contracting support to the value analysis program. 
3. Identify additional cost savings opportunities. This could be from contracts that have not been looked at for a long time, using Vizient or committed spend org's, consildating and better leveraging the spend etc.
4. Provide guidance on the technology that should be used by the sourcing and contracting team (contract management etc.).

Leads a sourcing and contracting team for goods and services utilized across the University and Healthcare, as needed. Has responsibility for all aspects of people and team leadership, hiring, setting expectations, coaching counseling, developing and evaluating, and providing feedback. Trains, coaches and develops employees to maintain a highly motivated, engaged and professional staff of procurement experts. Proactively identifies areas of opportunity for new business opportunities, process improvement and cost efficiencies. Provides insight on how to best develop and leverage supplier capabilities for Emory Healthcare. leads a spend category focused team that works with key stakeholders to develop sourcing strategies that enable value creation, cost reduction, risk management and other priorities, as needed. Aligns with business owners to understand their supplier related challenges and objectives, develops sourcing strategies to achieve those objectives and leads the sourcing and contracting process. WORKS CLOSELY WITH ALL STAKEHOLDERS TO SELECT, NEGOTIATE, CONTRACT AND MANAGE SUPPLIERS. ACCTIVELYCOORDINATES AND LEADS THE NEGOTIATION AND CONTRACITNG PROCESS TO ENABLE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ESTABLSHIED GOALS AND THE UTILIZATION OF PREFRRED CONTRACT TERMS. MANAGES AND MAINTAINS A RESPOSITORY OF INFORMATION INCLUDEING DOCUMENTS USED IN THE SOURCING PROCESS AND ALL CONTRACTS EXECUTED WITH SUPPLIERS. Leads and supports as necessary all Procure to pay process improvements, system enhancements and Emory Healthcare procure to pay policy updates. Increases the level of support and customer service provided across the Emory Healthcare to all organizations utilizing suppliers. Works with the Office of the General Counsel to establish contract templates that reflect the preferred language of EMORY AND THE NECESSARY REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. DEVLEOPS AND IMPLEMENTS SOURCING AND CONTRACTING RELATED TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR THE ORGANIZATION. PERFORMS RELATED RESPONSIBLITIES AS REQUIRED.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor degree required. 10 years related sourcing and contracting with relevant spend categories, IT, medical, clinical, PPI, professional services. Contracting experience should include the development of custom language and contract templates. Experience with sourcing and procurement tools including sourcing, spend analytics, procure to pay system and contract management. outstanding team building and leadership skills along with the ability to work across departments to achieve a common objective. Proven experience in sourcing, negotiations, contracting and supplier collaboration. Strong communication and change management skills