Introduction

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a(an) Contracts Manager today with HealthTrust.

Benefits

HealthTrust, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Fertility and family building benefits through Progyny
  
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• Family support, including adoption assistance, child and elder care resources and consumer discounts
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  
• Retirement readiness and rollover services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

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HealthTrust Company Overview

The HealthTrust GPO Sourcing organization is responsible for a contract portfolio totaling $48 billion in volume. HealthTrust is responsible for negotiating contracts on behalf of a 1,600 acute care hospitals (approximately 1/3 of the entire US acute care market and 5 of the largest healthcare systems), 44,500 non-acute sites and a significant customer base of private equity firms, and other commercial companies including multinational corporations.

Negotiation/Category Portfolio

• Responsible for negotiating industry leading national agreements for the group purchasing organization in the area of [INSERT CONTRACTING AREA]. Objective is to ensure best in class industry pricing and contract terms and conditions.
• Position's key area of focus will be sourcing initiatives that are primarily categories with low complexity, risk and sensitivity. Individual will own the negotiation of a portfolio in the spend range of $50m-$100m annually.
• It is preferred that the Individual possess knowledge or experience in principles and concepts related to sourcing and contracting.
• Individual requires time to build knowledge of the organization, processes, suppliers and customers. Individual will follow standard practices and policies in analyzing situations/data to solve a range of challenges and opportunities.
• Individual will receive guidance and oversight from manager, but is expected to bring ideas and thought leadership to the categories they own.

Sourcing Process and Member Alignment

• Under supervision, the individual is responsible for the sourcing process for their assigned portfolio. The process includes market research, strategy development, RFI/RFP/Bid preparation, contract negotiations (pricing and terms), gaining consensus on award decisions, and launching the contracts.
• Individual is responsible for presenting contract strategies and final award recommendations to internal stakeholders via the Functional Team Meeting and Dry Run meetings. Internal stakeholders include HealthTrust Senior Leaders and Functional Team members including finance, legal, clinical, portfolio specialists and others.
• Most importantly, individual is responsible for Strategy Validation and Final Award presentations to applicable customer-led Advisory Boards. Board types include groups of physicians/clinicians, supply chain executives, or non-clinical subject matter experts. Individual must be articulate and able to present effectively. Individual must be able to align members and garner consensus. Manager will guide and oversee individual in conversations with boards.

Strategy Development, Validation and Risk Mitigation

• A key step in the sourcing process is strategy development. Individual must identify potential risks, challenges, and opportunities of the category. In addition, they must understand member needs/requirements. Individual is responsible for developing the contracting strategy (in collaboration with their manager) that will mitigate risks, address member needs, and maximize the best outcome. Given the magnitude of the HealthTrust membership, the strategy must take into account a very diverse and complex mix of member organizations (for profit, not for profit, acute, non-acute, non-healthcare, etc.)

Project Management

• Ability to plan and execute project timelines for assigned categories, with guidance and oversight from manager. Must maintain and keep accurate the contracting work plan and contracting details in the Contract Lifecycle Management system.

Category and Supplier Knowledge

• With guidance and oversight from manager, Individual must be able to use knowledge about suppliers and category to executive strategies, create leverage, and mitigate risks.

Contract Terms and Conditions

• HealthTrust rigorously negotiates very thorough contract terms and conditions. While support is provided by legal, it is the expectation that the majority of contract terms are the responsibility of the negotiator. Oversight and guidance is provided by the negotiators manager.
• Key terms include but are not limited to firm pricing, termination rights, indemnification, market competitive pricing, failure to supply remedies, liabilities, confidentiality, supplier performance obligations, information security, and intellectual property rights.

Supplier and Customer Relationship Management

• Oversee supplier relationship during the sourcing process. Participate in supplier business reviews and review new products/technologies as they arise.
• Build stable working relationships with customers with interaction primarily being through contract communications and presentation to boards.

Communications

• Communications are primarily focused on effective and efficient communications with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and member advisory boards.

Collaboration

• Collaboration required with functional team throughout sourcing process.

Financial & Operational Goals

• Meet/exceed financial & operational goals in the annual contracting plan.

Policies & Procedures

• Maintain timely achievement of all assigned sourcing initiatives ensuring activities adhere to all established policies and procedures and standards of business conduct.

Customer Service

• Resolve supplier and/or customer issues, as escalated by Portfolio Specialist.
• Maintain strong customer relationships and build trust and respect by consistently meeting or exceeding customer expectations. Customers are internal and external.
• Work with HealthTrust audit team to assist and facilitate engagement and finalization of audit projects.

Financial Knowledge

• Must have some analytical skills with the ability interpret financial models.

EDUCATION

• Accredited College Bachelor's Degree required (Supply Chain, Healthcare, Business, Finance)

EXPERIENCE

• Ideal candidate will have some experience in strategic sourcing and negotiating contracts.

HealthTrust Supply Chain is a critical part of HCA Healthcare’s strategy. Our focus is to improve performance and reduce costs. We do this by joining non-clinical and administrative functions. HealthTrust Supply Chain best practice methodologies. We develop, apply and monitor cost-efficient initiatives and programs for HCA Healthcare. By improving facility efficiency, medical professionals can focus on our mission - patient care.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Contracts Manager opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!

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