Spend Executive

Vizient, Inc

. Champion, lead, and coordinate non-labor spend management delivery for assigned New Jersey/New York accounts .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $117,600 - $206,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in healthcare supply chain management and spend management, with a strong focus on developing and executing category strategies that drive measurable financial outcomes. Proven ability to build relationships with stakeholders and communicate effectively at the executive level.

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Healthcare Supply Chain ManagementSpend ManagementCategory Strategy DevelopmentStakeholder EngagementExecutive Communication

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Hard Skills

Account PlanningProject ManagementFinancial Improvement AnalysisSourcingProcurementUtilization Performance TrackingCompliance MonitoringData AnalysisValue Proposition DevelopmentROI Analysis

Soft Skills

Relationship BuildingProblem SolvingLeadershipCommunicationStakeholder Management

Industry Keywords

HealthcareSpend CategoriesGovernance ParticipationValue AnalysisCapital ApprovalExecutive Supply Chain ForumsClient PrioritiesQuantifiable SavingsCross-Functional CollaborationNew Jersey/New York

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Champion, lead, and coordinate non-labor spend management delivery for assigned New Jersey/New York accounts
Drive the delivery team’s account planning process and activate the Spend Management, Partnership Management Methodology when required
Serve as the primary day-to-day client contact for spend category execution
Translate client priorities into coordinated category workplans, communicate progress, and deliver measurable outcomes
Maintain client spend management account plans, including roadmaps, priorities, stakeholder maps, success measures, and activation cadence
Lead account plan, project plan, and workplan development and execution
Develop category strategies across non-labor spend categories and lead initiatives through opportunity identification, stakeholder alignment, execution, adoption/compliance monitoring, and value validation
Navigate client governance and drive adoption of standardization and utilization changes
Interpret Vizient insights and align recommendations to client priorities
Define value targets, track progress, validate savings, and maintain benefits tracking
Communicate results through business reviews and executive business reviews
Present value propositions, benefits, ROI, and executive decision-enabling narratives
Lead executive decision-making discussions and connect spend initiatives to enterprise priorities
Identify issues, analyze options, mitigate risks, remove barriers, and manage account escalations
Build trusted relationships with supply chain and cross-functional provider stakeholders
Conduct quarterly spend management business or project reviews
Lead internal team meetings and facilitate accountability for a consistent One Vizient delivery experience
Translate complex analytics into executive-ready narratives and materials
Identify expansion opportunities and partner with enterprise/sales teams on value cases and scope
Support renewal execution, modeling, upsells, scope approvals, SOW generation, and invoicing
Act as a peer educator and support onboarding of new team members

Requirements

What you’ll need

Relevant degree preferred
7 or more years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare supply chain and spend management
Direct experience within provider organizations and/or leading complex provider-based supply chain functions
Experience leading complex healthcare supply chain engagements across multiple workstreams with quantifiable, validated, implementable financial improvement opportunities for health system clients
Prefer 2 years of direct, accountable experience making and influencing supply chain decisions within hospitals/health systems
Governance participation, such as value analysis, capital approval, and executive supply chain forums
Hands-on sourcing, procurement, and standardization execution
Ownership of financially measurable outcomes, including validated savings, utilization performance, and compliance
Ability to translate supply chain data and systems insights into actions and executive-level narratives
Ability to build and execute account plans/workplans aligned to client priorities
Experience developing and monitoring category strategies tied to client performance and improvement targets
Ability to build and sustain trust-based relationships, manage stakeholder expectations, and drive engagement
Ability to communicate confidently to senior audiences and present recommendations and ROI narratives with credibility
Ability to identify issues, evaluate options, and drive solutions through ambiguity and competing priorities
Candidates residing in New Jersey/New York area are preferred
Ability to travel regularly and expeditiously to meet client expectations and timetables

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive benefits plan
Incentive eligibility
Equal employment opportunity