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Senior Spend Manager

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In-Office
75062, Irving, TX
100K-120K Annually
Senior level
In-Office
75062, Irving, TX
100K-120K Annually
Senior level
Manages healthcare client spend across supply chain categories, identifying savings opportunities, increasing contract adoption, analyzing supplier and client spend, and tracking financial outcomes. The role supports client onboarding, education, quarterly business reviews, data intake and validation, CRM activity tracking, contract optimization, supplier coordination, and executive reporting. It requires advanced analytics, data workflow management, visualization, and financial analysis using tools such as Excel and Tableau.
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When you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.

Responsible for working independently to provide dedicated service to a client in the primary focus areas of med/surgical, pharmacy, lab, IT, purchased services, and facilities. Specific duties include: (1) Collaborate closely with a dedicated account team and Spend Management Lead to enhance contract penetration and implement value-driven strategies; (2) Identify potential savings within the supply chain while promoting the utilization of supply chain contracts and programs; (3) Identify and implement savings opportunities by submitting contract documents, conducting complex analytics, and collaborating with the team to track results; (4) Support client engagement through onboarding, education, and ongoing utilization of Vizient tools and solutions; (5) Partner with Spend Management Lead and analysts on Quarterly Business Review (QBR) strategy, presentation development, and follow-up; (6) Manage membership rostering, new client locations, and ensure accurate activity tracking in the CRM system; (7) Increase GPO contract coverage by analyzing client spend, supplier purchases, and driving adoption of new contract opportunities; (8) Document and monitor savings opportunities, including tier optimization, LOC/LOP execution, and expiring contract processes; (9) Coordinate with suppliers, clients, and product advisors to vet and present conversion and savings opportunities, including NovaPlus and IMPACT programs; and (10) Act as a liaison between Vizient data intake teams and clients to ensure accurate data submission and reporting.


MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: This position requires a Master’s degree or equivalent in Business Analytics, Statistics, Data Science, or a related field and 1 year of related business or supply chain experience in the healthcare industry. Must also have 12 months of demonstrated experience with each of the following: (1) Applying advanced statistical modeling and analytical techniques to large-scale healthcare or supply chain datasets to identify savings opportunities and drive measurable financial outcomes; (2) Working with large and complex datasets, including developing and managing data workflows for data ingestion, transformation, and analysis using programming or analytics tools; (3) Designing and optimizing data queries, data models, and data processing workflows to support accurate, efficient, and scalable analytics; (4) Managing data intake, validation, and reconciliation processes across multiple data sources to ensure data quality and consistency; (5) Developing and maintaining data visualization solutions (e.g., Tableau or similar tools) to support performance monitoring and executive reporting; and (6) Performing multi-source financial and operational analysis within a healthcare or similar environment using Excel and/or business intelligence tools. Employer will accept experience gained concurrently. Experience may have been gained before, during, or after Master’s degree. Full time, position located in Irving, TX. 5% domestic travel required for team and client visits. Salary: $100,000.00 to $120,000.00/year. Visa sponsorship not available for this position. Please apply online at https://careers.vizientinc.com/careers.

This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:

http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer:   Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.

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