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The Category Analyst is a key member of the Quest Diagnostics’ Diagnostic Products and Services Strategic Sourcing Portfolio team focused on leveraging Quest’ spend; delivering operational savings; and maintaining effective relationships, both internally and externally. The Category Analyst will analyze spend categories, conduct sourcing projects, negotiate pricing, and manage supplier relationships. In addition, the individual in this role will perform day-to-day required contract maintenance activity, requisite purchasing system updates, and resolve invoice issues.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
1. Perform spend analysis for assigned portfolios and categories to identify and monitor trends and explore opportunities for
supplier consolidation. 2. Work closely, as a team member, with Category Managers, Category Specialists, and Stakeholders, on higher dollar strategic
sourcing initiatives.3. Lead lower dollar sourcing projects, including negotiation of pricing and contract’ terms and conditions.4. Effectively utilize sourcing procurement’ tool set including PeopleSoft modules for reporting, and conduct spend analytics and
manage project execution.5. Drive spend to preferred suppliers and improve standardization of key goods and services. 6. Build relationships with Quest end-users and supplier leadership to quickly resolve performance issues and implementation of
corrective actions.7. Develop and maintain a broad understanding of assigned categories and technologies.8. Develop strategy, plans, and execute projects to deliver upon assigned savings’ targets.
9. Manage supplier arrangements, including but not limited to: - Coordinating resolution of escalated PO price changes, including supplier negotiations of pricing and credits - Coordinating system updates and approval of item pricing in PeopleSoft system, - Coordinating review and approval of new item pricing, - Amending agreements to reflect required item and price changes.10. Support new acquisition and PLS activity including item matching, new item set-up, price quotes and pricing negotiation.11. Any other duties to support the Portfolio group, as assigned.
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Full Time
Ancillary Healthcare
$73k-103k (estimate)
03/07/2023
04/16/2023
questdiagnostics.com
SECAUCUS, NJ
15,000 - 50,000
1967
STEPHEN H RUSCKOWSKI
$5B - $10B
Ancillary Healthcare
We are the worlds leading provider of diagnostic testing services with a medical and scientific staff of approximately 900 MDs and PhDs, an extensive network of convenient patient locations and laboratories and a range of complementary diagnostic products. Our advanced health information technology solutions enable better healthcare decisions today, and our support of clinical trials is helping to find the cures of tomorrow. Quest Diagnostics is driven to discover and deliver diagnostic insights and innovations that help to improve human health. Athena Diagnostics is a leader in diagnostic tes...ting for neurological diseases. Our team at Athena Diagnostics develops and offers innovative tests for Alzheimer's disease, spinal muscular atrophy and other neuromuscular and developmental disorders.
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