Senior Sourcing Associate

JOB REQUIREMENTS: Position Summary: Direct Supply is building the future of healthcare technology with industry-leading products, solutions and platforms to help improve the lives of millions of seniors and those who care for them. In the Senior Sourcing Associate - National Brands position, you'll execute sourcing strategies and manage supplier relationships that support cost, service and supply continuity across the National Brands portfolio. You'll negotiate commercial agreements, analyze supplier and market performance and partner across the business to strengthen supplier performance, manage risk and support business growth. Skills Needed: Systems Thinking & Problem Solving - Identify the right problems to solve by understanding the broader system - customers, stakeholders, processes, data, technology, and AI. Connect root causes, dependencies, tradeoffs, and upstream and downstream effects to develop practical, scalable solutions that improve the whole. Apply Judgment - Make sound decisions by evaluating data, context, assumptions, risk, and outcomes. Critically assess ideas and AI-generated outputs, consider interdependencies, voice a clear point of view, and own the results and impact. Create & Shape Ideas - Generate, test, and develop new ideas into useful, high-quality solutions and experiences. Use creativity, curiosity, technology, and different perspectives to see around the corner, innovate and develop ideas into outcomes that create value and scale. Influence & Collaborate - Build trust, communicate clearly, and work across boundaries to drive action and shared outcomes. Seek and integrate different perspectives, contribute ideas, work through dependencies, and help teams make progress together through change and ambiguity. Learn & Adapt - Continuously grow and adapt as technology, customer needs, roles, and work systems evolve. Stay curious, learn beyond your core specialty, experiment with new approaches, use AI to accelerate learning, and improve through feedback and setbacks. What You'll Do and Impact: Manage assigned supplier relationships, including onboarding, contract execution, business reviews, performance management and issue resolution. Develop and execute sourcing strategies for assigned product and service programs that support cost, service and supply continuity objectives. Negotiate supplier agreements and commercial terms to secure competitive programs and support business objectives. Execute risk mitigation strategies and maintain contingency plans to reduce the impact of potential supply disruptions. Analyze costs, market trends, supplier capabilities and industry insights to inform sourcing decisions. Use AI, analytics and emerging technologies to improve sourcing efficiency, insights and decision-making. Position Direct Supply as a valuable strategic customer to strengthen supplier relationships and identify opportunities for mutual... For full info follow application link. ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/351D45BC7DAC433B