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<p><b>Salary Range:&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;$60,778.00&nbsp;(Min.) -&nbsp;$75,950.00&nbsp;(Mid.) -&nbsp;$91,166.00&nbsp;(Max.)</p><p>Established in 1997, L.A. Care Health Plan is an independent public agency created by the state of California to provide health coverage to low-income Los Angeles County residents. We are the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan. Serving more than 2 million members, we make sure our members get the right care at the right place at the right time.<br><br>Mission: L.A. Care’s mission is to provide access to quality health care for Los Angeles County's vulnerable and low-income communities and residents and to support the safety net required to achieve that purpose.<br></p><h4>Job Summary</h4><p>The Category Specialist II supports the execution of L.A. Care’s category management strategies by conducting spend analysis, preparing reports, and assisting in sourcing events across assigned categories. This position partners with stakeholders to track savings, review contracts and invoices for compliance, and maintain accurate vendor and spend data within procurement systems. The Specialist ensures policy compliance and provides the foundational insights needed for sourcing execution and category strategy.</p><h4>Duties</h4><p>Support category management activities by conducting spend analysis, supplier research, and market benchmarking to identify savings opportunities and rationalize vendors. (25%)</p><p>Develop and maintain detailed reports on spend and vendor performance, contract expirations, and cost savings by using source-to-pay systems and advanced Excel/Business Intelligence (BI) tools. (15%)</p><p>Assist in sourcing execution by preparing Request for x (RFx) documentation, consolidating supplier responses, conducting cost/price comparisons, and supporting contract negotiations. (20%)</p><p>Partner with internal stakeholders to collect requirements, track supplier performance, and ensure accurate application of purchase orders, invoices, and contracts. (10%)</p><p>Ensure compliance with procurement policies and procedures by supporting contract review, validation of supplier terms, and accurate application of Accounts Payable (A/P) documentation. (5%)</p><p>Contribute to strategic initiatives including vendor rationalization projects, supplier onboarding, and process automation within source-to-pay platforms. (10%)</p><p>Provide project and administrative support for sourcing events, supplier scorecards, and quarterly business reviews. (5%)</p><p>Perform other duties as assigned, including supporting special projects and process improvement initiatives. (10%)</p><h4>Duties Continued</h4><h4>Education Required</h4>Associate's Degree in Business or Related FieldIn lieu of degree, equivalent education and/or experience may be considered.<h4>Education Preferred</h4><h4>Experience</h4><p><strong>Required:</strong></p><p>At least 2 years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, purchasing or contract management, analyzing data in a financial and legal context.</p><p>Ariba or similar experience with strong understanding of master data management.</p><p>Experience utilizing leading-edge analytics and research tools and technologies.</p><p><strong>Preferred:</strong></p><p>Experience in managing initial and ongoing Vendor Risk elements, including cyber.</p><p>Experience negotiating and managing supplier agreements for a wide variety of goods and services.</p><h4>Skills</h4><p><strong>Required:</strong></p><p>Familiar with procurement and sourcing concepts, practices, systems and procedures.</p><p>Quick and reliable learner with extreme attention to detail.</p><p>Highly organized multi-tasker with ability to independently spot issues and work through problems with minimal to no assistance.</p><p>Excellent verbal, written communication, analytical, organizational and presentation skills.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;Familiarity with healthcare and legal terminology and methodology.</p><p>Ability to prepare amendments, contracts and basic legal documents from templates.</p><p>Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Office.</p><p>Strong procurement skills to support vendor relationship management.</p><h4>Licenses/Certifications Required</h4><h4>Licenses/Certifications Preferred</h4><h4>Required Training</h4><h4>Physical Requirements</h4>Light<h4>Additional Information</h4><p><b>Salary Range Disclaimer:</b> The expected pay range is based on many factors such as geography, experience, education, and the market.&nbsp; The range is subject to change.</p><p><b>L.A. Care offers&nbsp;a wide range of benefits including</b></p><ul><li>Paid Time Off (PTO)</li><li>Tuition Reimbursement</li><li>Retirement Plans</li><li>Medical, Dental and Vision</li><li>Wellness Program</li><li>Volunteer Time Off (VTO)</li></ul><p><br><strong>Nearest Major Market: </strong>Los Angeles                                                                            <br><strong>Job Segment: </strong>                    Accounts Payable, Administrative Assistant, Relationship Manager, Finance, Administrative, Customer Service                                                    </p>

L.A. Care Health Plan

Category Specialist II

<p><b>Salary Range:&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;$77,265.00&nbsp;(Min.) -&nbsp;$100,445.00&nbsp;(Mid.) -&nbsp;$123,625.00&nbsp;(Max.)</p><p>Established in 1997, L.A. Care Health Plan is an independent public agency created by the state of California to provide health coverage to low-income Los Angeles County residents. We are the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan. Serving more than 2 million members, we make sure our members get the right care at the right place at the right time.<br><br>Mission: L.A. Care’s mission is to provide access to quality health care for Los Angeles County's vulnerable and low-income communities and residents and to support the safety net required to achieve that purpose.<br></p><h4>Job Summary</h4><p>The Category Specialist III is responsible for executing L.A. Care’s category management strategies across assigned spend categories and commodities, ensuring effective sourcing, vendor management, and delivery of cost and performance targets. This position partners with internal stakeholders to develop and implement sourcing strategies, manage key supplier relationships, and lead Request for x (RFx) events and contract execution in alignment with policy standards. The Category Specialist III acts as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), serves as a resource and mentor for other staff. This position drives vendor rationalization and process improvements, ensuring compliant, efficient, and value-driven procurement outcomes.</p><h4>Duties</h4><p>Lead sourcing execution for assigned categories, including development of RFx events, supplier bid lists, cost/price analysis, negotiations, and contract finalization.</p><p>Drive vendor relationship management (VRM) by coordinating supplier meetings, reviewing performance scorecards, and supporting quarterly business reviews to ensure delivery against Service Level Agreements (SLAs).</p><p>Develop and implement sourcing strategies that align with organizational goals, identifying opportunities for cost savings, vendor consolidation, and process improvements.</p><p>Guide and mentor Category Specialists, providing direction on spend analysis, reporting, and sourcing preparation to ensure high-quality deliverables. Apply subject matter expertise in evaluating business operations and processes. Identify areas where technical solutions would improve business performance. Consult across business operations and contribute specialized knowledge. Ensure that the facts and details are correct so that the program's deliverable meets the needs of the department, organization and legislation's policies, standards, and best practices. Provide training and recommend process improvements as needed.</p><p>Ensure sourcing processes comply with company contracting standards by monitoring supplier performance, managing risk, and escalating potential issues as needed.</p><p>Support business transformation initiatives, including continuous improvement of Source-to-Pay processes, automation adoption, and policy streamlining.</p><p>Provide reporting and insights to key stakeholders, including tracking of realized savings, contract pipeline status, and supplier risk assessments.</p><p>Collaborate cross-functionally with internal stakeholders to ensure sourcing strategies are aligned with operational needs and compliant with organizational policies.</p><p>Perform other duties as assigned.</p><h4>Duties Continued</h4><h4>Education Required</h4>Bachelor's DegreeIn lieu of degree, equivalent education and/or experience may be considered.<h4>Education Preferred</h4><h4>Experience</h4><p><strong>Required:</strong></p><p>At least 3 years of experience in Strategic Sourcing, Procurement or Contract Management, analyzing data in a financial and Legal context.</p><p>Extensive Ariba or similar experience.</p><p>Experience utilizing leading-edge analytics and research tools and technologies.</p><p>Experience in managing initial and ongoing Vendor Risk elements, including cyber.</p><p>Experience negotiating and managing supplier agreements for a wide variety of goods and services.</p><h4>Skills</h4><p><strong>Required:</strong></p><p>Excellent analytical, organizational, and presentation skills.</p><p>Ability to work cross-functionally to ensure compliance and applicability of Source-to-Pay process.</p><p>Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint and Excel.</p><p>Writing skills to include understanding of legal terminology and methodology.</p><p>Knowledge of public agencies.</p><p>Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including stakeholder management skills and the ability to collaborate and work with and lead cross-functional teams.</p><p>Ability to work across multiple projects and spend categories at the same time.</p><h4>Licenses/Certifications Required</h4><h4>Licenses/Certifications Preferred</h4><h4>Required Training</h4><h4>Physical Requirements</h4>Light<h4>Additional Information</h4><p><b>Salary Range Disclaimer:</b> The expected pay range is based on many factors such as geography, experience, education, and the market.&nbsp; The range is subject to change.</p><p><b>L.A. Care offers&nbsp;a wide range of benefits including</b></p><ul><li>Paid Time Off (PTO)</li><li>Tuition Reimbursement</li><li>Retirement Plans</li><li>Medical, Dental and Vision</li><li>Wellness Program</li><li>Volunteer Time Off (VTO)</li></ul><p><br><strong>Nearest Major Market: </strong>Los Angeles                                                                            <br><strong>Job Segment: </strong>                    Relationship Manager, Customer Service                                                    </p>

Category Specialist III

<p><b>Salary Range:&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;$117,509.00&nbsp;(Min.) -&nbsp;$152,762.00&nbsp;(Mid.) -&nbsp;$188,015.00&nbsp;(Max.)</p><p>Established in 1997, L.A. Care Health Plan is an independent public agency created by the state of California to provide health coverage to low-income Los Angeles County residents. We are the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan. Serving more than 2 million members, we make sure our members get the right care at the right place at the right time.<br><br>Mission: L.A. Care’s mission is to provide access to quality health care for Los Angeles County's vulnerable and low-income communities and residents and to support the safety net required to achieve that purpose.<br></p><h4>Job Summary</h4><p>The Manager, Category Management and Procurement manages and leads the development and execution of multi-year category strategies and implementation of the overall category management and procurement processes for multiple categories and commodities. This position manages continuous improvement and governance of the L.A. Care source-to-pay process. The Manager works closely with key stakeholders and cross-functional teams in developing and executing category plans, strategic sourcing events, supplier performance management (scorecards/quarterly business reviews).</p><p>The Manager is an expert on all category management, procurement, and relationship management requirements and processes.&nbsp; The position leads and provides consultation to other cross-functional teams with executing cost reduction and related activities across the enterprise. The Manager ensures that the team's collective efforts deliver measurable value (savings, cost avoidance, risk reduction, and service improvements), reduce request for proposal (RFP) and contract cycle time, and increase customer service in support of optimizing L.A. Care operations. This position interfaces with internal and external stakeholders.&nbsp;</p><p>This position manages all aspects of running an efficient team, including hiring, supervising, coaching, training, disciplining, and motivating direct reports.&nbsp; The Manager also stewards adherence to procurement policy, contracting standards, and audit readiness across assigned categories. Participates and makes recommendation on the department's strategic planning and/or long-term decision-making.</p><h4>Duties</h4><p>Manages and leads the overall category management and procurement process to ensure high-value execution and integrity of all vendor relationships, pricing and contracts within L.A. Care source-to-pay. Oversees the development and execution of category strategies that align with organizational priorities and deliver measurable savings, efficiency, and compliance. Leverages and optimizes source-to-pay (S2P) systems to improve transparency, accuracy, and cycle time. Ensures vendor data integrity, pricing accuracy, and timely contract execution. Develops requirements, reports, and staff training that reinforce continuous improvement and effective use of procurement systems.</p><p>Manage and develops staff, including, but not limited to monitoring of day-to-day activities of staff, monitoring of staff performance, mentoring, training, and cross-training of staff, handling of questions or issues, etc. raised by staff, encourage staff to provide recommendations for relevant process and systems enhancements, among others. Ensures staff are proficient in category management methodologies, procurement policies, and S2P tools. Provides guidance, feedback, and escalation support to enable effective decision-making and issue resolution. Responsible for reporting, budgeting, and policy implementation.</p><p>Manages complex, cross-functional sourcing and contracting projects, engaging and updating key stakeholders, developing timelines, leads others to complete deliverables on time and ensures implementation upon approval. Leads Vendor Selection Process/Request for x (RFxs) and negotiations on select high value vendor contracts from cross-functional teams and provides consultative expertise to the team on other vendor RFxs. Ensures documentation, evaluation criteria and award decisions are compliant, transparent and aligned with L.A. Care standards.</p><h4>Duties Continued</h4><p>Plans, implements and refines systems and procedures to maximize operating efficiency and achieve strategic priorities.</p><h4>Acts as a subject matter expert (SME) for cross-functional teams on proper category management and procurement execution that balances risks and flexibility.&nbsp; Ensures end-to-end source-to-pay process complies to L.A. Care policies while incorporating best practice for effectiveness, efficiency, and better customer service. Implements end-to-end category management and procurement procedures that are compliant to L.A. Care policies and meet L.A. Care's objectives. Ensures category management and procurement procedures and training materials complement procurement processes.&nbsp; Drives continuous process improvement, automation and adoption of best-practice sourcing governance.</h4><h4>Partners with internal departments to develop effective contract processes, tools, and standard procedures while leveraging the contract management system to its fully extent possible. Responsible for safeguarding the acceptable contract clauses, language, templates, and tools pre-approved by the legal team. Collaborates with key stakeholders to manage risk, maintain compliance and improve contract quality and turnaround time.</h4><h4>Leads and facilitates formal meetings with senior internal staff in developing strategic and tactical plans for category management, vendor relationship management, savings opportunities and/or RFx/contracting strategies that allow L.A. Care to function more effectively. Performs vendor contract inventory analysis and reporting, including contracts expirations, spend and compliance data, for review.&nbsp; These insights inform category plans, sourcing pipelines and vendor consolidation opportunities to strengthen vendor performance and ensure ongoing contract compliance.<br><br>Performs other duties as assigned.</h4><h4>Education Required</h4>Bachelor's Degree in Business or Related FieldIn lieu of degree, equivalent education and/or experience may be considered.<h4>Education Preferred</h4>Master's Degree in Business or Related Field<h4>Experience</h4><p><strong>Required:</strong></p><p>At least 6 years of relevant experience managing the full contract lifecycle for service-related categories and commodities.</p><p>At least 4 years of experience in leading, supervising, and/ or managing staff, whether directly or indirectly.</p><p>Experience drafting, negotiating, red lining, finalizing and managing complex supplier agreements for a wide variety of goods and services.</p><h4>Skills</h4><p><strong>Required:</strong></p><p>Strong legal and business acumen with demonstrated ability to manage complex negotiations and relationships.&nbsp;Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills to secure most favorable terms, prices and/services levels and contract terms.&nbsp;Ability to provide direction to team members to execute category management, procurement, and contract efforts with outside vendors.&nbsp;Ability to negotiate and manage relationships and contracts with outside vendors that are in the best interests of L.A. Care.&nbsp;Tactful, diplomatic in implementing new processes, procedures, and systems across L.A. Care and ability to convince staff and management why changes are needed. Skilled in driving and integrating organizational change across all levels.&nbsp;Must be proactive, resourceful, and able to find alternative solutions to deliver results.&nbsp;Demonstrated ability to communicate, problem solve, and work effectively with business, procurement and legal professionals.&nbsp;Ability to be consultative to internal stakeholders on developing the best category management and strategic sourcing (including contract) options.&nbsp;Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects.&nbsp;Strong internal stakeholder management skills: capacity to listen, build trusting relationships in all levels of the organization, understand and capture stakeholder's needs and deliver effective solutions.&nbsp;Good knowledge of legal environment related to purchasing contracts and framework agreements.&nbsp;Strong analytical skills, with keen understanding of relevant cost drivers.&nbsp;Demonstrated ability to select, manage, develop and coach others.&nbsp;Persuasion Skills: Effective negotiator who exhibits high levels of personal integrity and honesty. Skills in planning and coordinating vendor visits and negotiations, and comprehensive knowledge of market conditions. Understanding of the flow and accounting requirements to facilitate document flow and efficiency. Ability to enforce policy compliance.&nbsp;Strong interpersonal skills for building relationships, fostering teamwork, and creating a positive work environment. Ability to guide and support team members.&nbsp;Excellent ability to set clear goals, develop strategic plans to achieve those goals, and inspire others to work towards a shared vision.&nbsp;Skilled in mediating disputes and resolving conflicts in a fair and constructive manner. Must have a deep understanding of financial principles.&nbsp;Ability and excellent knowledge in developing and managing budgets, forecasting future financial outcomes, and making informed decisions about resource allocation.&nbsp;Demonstrated ability to make informed decisions.&nbsp;Deep understanding of the industry, market dynamics, and organizational operations to identify opportunities and navigate challenges. Strong ability and knowledge to analyze market trends, anticipate future changes, and develop long-term strategies that align with the company's goals.</p><h4>Licenses/Certifications Required</h4><h4>Licenses/Certifications Preferred</h4><h4>Required Training</h4><h4>Physical Requirements</h4>Light<h4>Additional Information</h4><p>Financial Impact: Effective vendor contract negotiation will have a high financial impact and influence because of negotiation of pricing and contract terms.</p><p><b>Salary Range Disclaimer:</b> The expected pay range is based on many factors such as geography, experience, education, and the market.&nbsp; The range is subject to change.</p><p><b>L.A. Care offers&nbsp;a wide range of benefits including</b></p><ul><li>Paid Time Off (PTO)</li><li>Tuition Reimbursement</li><li>Retirement Plans</li><li>Medical, Dental and Vision</li><li>Wellness Program</li><li>Volunteer Time Off (VTO)</li></ul><p><br><strong>Nearest Major Market: </strong>Los Angeles                                                                            <br><strong>Job Segment: </strong>                    Relationship Manager, Performance Management, Customer Service, Human Resources                                                    </p>

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