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Position Summary:
The Lab Strategy Manager is responsible for using data driven analysis to focus on the total cost of ownership and make recommendations to key stakeholders, staff and leadership that achieve the best value for NWCL and MultiCare. They will be responsible for reviewing, analyzing, drafting, and negotiating MHS & NWCL contracts that may be non-routine and require development of specialized contract vehicles and techniques to accomplish business goals and objectives. The Lab Strategy Manager identifies and evaluates comparative data, market data, and other key contract drivers, and makes presentations of cost/benefit and lease/buy analyses. The Lab Strategy Manager uses negotiation skills and independent judgment and analysis to identify and resolve significant issues that may require development of new contract policies and processes or assessment of required deviations from established norm.
The analysis includes cost modeling, quotation analysis, and the identification of industry and category trends. The Lab Strategy Manager identifies opportunities, develops, and executes sourcing action plans and assists in optimizing sourcing procedures and processes. Additionally, the incumbent reviews and assesses applicable financial, clinical, and operational data, along with evidence-based literature, to appropriately assist in the selection, evaluation, monitoring, analysis and implementation of cost-effective products, technologies, services and processes. The Lab Strategy Manager identifies and resolves vendor disputes and ensures contract terms and service levels are being adhered to for the maximum benefit to NWCL& MHS.

Minimum Requirements:
Seven (7) years of experience to include direct management of supply chain contracts, developing, implementing, operating or maintaining analytics for contract processes and/or business support required
Supply Chain Analytics experience strongly preferred
Healthcare and laboratory experience preferred
Consideration may be given to internal candidates not meeting the minimum education qualifications

Education/Licenses/Certifications:
Advanced degree (MS/MBA/JD) required

Position Type: Full-Time Regular
Full Time Employee: Yes
Primary Shift: Day
Work Schedule: Day

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About MultiCare Health System

MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 20,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. MultiCare has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed system of health in the state of Washington, serving communities across Washington and Northern Idaho. MultiCare’s comprehensive system of health includes numerous primary care, urgent care and specialty services — including Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network; MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care; Pulse Heart Institute; MultiCare Medical Associates, affiliated physicians; MultiCare Rockwood Clinic, the largest multispecialty clinic in the Inland Northwest region; and MultiCare Connected Care, our Accountable Care Organization. Eleven hospitals complete the organization: Allenmore Hospital, Auburn Medical Center, Capital Medical Center, Covington Medical Center, Deaconess Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital — the Puget Sound region’s only children’s hospital and state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center for Western Washingt...on — Navos Behavioral Health Hospital, Valley Hospital, Tacoma General Hospital — which is home to the South Puget Sound region’s only Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit — and Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital. Our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration and Kindness, serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other. MultiCare is also proud of our commitment to workforce diversity and culturally competent care. This commitment is led by our CEO and supported through employee education and community outreach.

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