**Description** Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve. **Summary:** Proactively sources and negotiates contract opportunities to leverage the buying power of UNC Health Care System to lower the cost of procurement of goods and services. Categories of spend managed include EVS, Facilities, Marketing, HR, Food, Office Supplies, and other non-clinical services. **Responsibilities** : 1. Lead collaborative teams from all parts of the UNC Health system and its affiliates to analyze spend, develop actionable sourcing strategies and implement those strategies within a given category or categories. 2. Understand and monitor current commodity market conditions/trends, developing technologies, supply chain capacity/ capability, product knowledge, customer requirements, total commodity spend and supply/demand challenges. 3. Through the management of a cross-functional team and sourcing process, guide the selection, development, and management of strategic suppliers to meet commodity cost and performance goals. 4. Develop and implement sourcing-driven spend management strategies, including supplier assessments and rationalization, negotiation for best total cost of ownership, and security of supply. 5. Lead negotiation and completion of contracts with strategic and preferred suppliers to maximize benefits across UNC Health and its affiliates. Establish a strong network and foster collaboration with customers, suppliers, key stakeholders and team members. 6. Implement a rigorous and disciplined process for managing the supply base including leading periodic business reviews, monitoring and managing supplier performance (quality, cost, delivery, technology, service, and leadership), managing supplier relationships, in addition to developing and monitoring supplier improvement plans. 7. Review supplier contracts for legal and business concerns; conduct successful negotiations to ensure final contracts meet UNC Health requirements/needs. **Other information:** **Education Requirements:** ● Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Health Administration or related field. **Licensure/Certification Requirements:** ● No licensure or certification required. **Professional Experience Requirements:** ● Five (5) years of sourcing and/or category commodity management experience with demonstrated negotiation capabilities and a strong understanding of the legalities of purchasing. **Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:** ● •Demonstrated ability to work with all levels and functional groups within and outside an organization, including a Corporate Legal Department. •Ability to interact, collaborate and lead teams that encompass all levels of management/responsibility within or outside the UNCHC system •Excellent analytic, problem solving, team building, contract and project management, strategic planning, and change management skills, with a strong understanding of general finance and make/buy analysis **Job Details** Legal Employer: NCHEALTH Entity: Shared Services Organization Unit: Sourcing and Contracting Work Type: Full Time Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00 Salary Range: $41.04 - $59.00 per hour (Hiring Range) Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity Work Assignment Type: Remote Work Schedule: Day Job Location of Job: US:NC:Durham Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System, in a department that provides shared services to operations across UNC Health Care; except that, if you are currently a UNCHCS State employee already working in a designated shared services department, you may remain a UNCHCS State employee if selected for this job. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.