Senior Manager Capital Planning and Procurement
, MD, United States
Senior Manager Capital Planning and Procurement Full-time
Shift: Day
Position Type: Exempt
THE MEDICAL HEART OF MARYLAND
Treating over 330,000 patients every year, the University of Maryland Medical Center is at the vital core of Maryland’s health care system and community. We’re known for our prestigious expertise in innovative research and education, along with the talented staff and advanced centers that make it all possible. The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, the world’s first center dedicated to trauma, treats more than 7,500 critically injured patients a year with an incredible 97 percent survival rate. We also have one of the nation’s largest kidney and pancreas transplant programs at The Joseph and Corinne Schwartz Division of Transplantation, home to Maryland’s first steroid-free protocol and pancreas/kidney transplant. From our National Cancer Institute-designated UM Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center to The University of Maryland’s Children’s Hospital, one of the largest pediatric centers in the state, we are dedicated to saving and transforming lives.
Under limited supervision, helps manage medical equipment capital planning and service contract management program. Primary responsibilities include development and implementation of 5-year Medical Equipment Replacement Plans (MERP), hospital fiscal year capital equipment budgeting and service contract needs determination and management. Responsible for managing and mentoring clinical engineers and analysts within the program.
Principal Responsibilities and Tasks
The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.
1. Develops, reviews and maintains a 5-year capital medical equipment plan for existing and new and new operations including a needs assessment model, analysis of cost/benefit, total cost of ownership (TCO), returns on investment (ROI) and comparative evaluation of available technologies
2. Possesses an in-depth knowledge of medical equipment life cycle costs to strategically generate medical equipment replacement plans and assists in forecasting medical equipment related fiscal budgets.
3. Partners with the clinical users and supply chain management to develop procurement strategies, clinical requirements and category-specific service requirements for Requests for Proposals (RFPs) submissions for all medical equipment platforms and technologies.
4. Manages acquisition and deployment of new medical technologies including procurement, installation, training and activation.
5. Leads sourcing activities of clinical equipment service contracts and parts and other commodities as identified by Clinical Engineering leadership, with the goal of achieving significant initial cost reductions, supplanted with year-over-year cost and productivity improvements in the total cost of goods and services procured while maintaining or improving product quality and vendor service levels.
6. Reviews service options for major clinical systems with system owners to determine optimum service plan (i.e., in-house, vendor contract, vendor time & materials) based on system criticality, utilization, technology status, availability of support, qualification of alternative service options etc.
7. Provides expert analysis and oversight in the aspects of contracted services to drive system-wide priorities and achieve service and quality excellence, knowledge transfer for replication of "best practice" in contracting.
8. Serves as relationship manager with vendors, and serves a point person to ensure contractual compliance, pricing adherence, accuracy of payments, etc.
9. Responsible for administering the full process required to execute a service contract within Clinical Engineering. Ensures the accuracy of pricing between sites, modalities and service needs and the accuracy of all payments related to contracts.
10. Develop, manage and mentor team of Clinical Engineers and Analysts to manage all required business functions.
11. Establishes and monitors work flow; determines work assignments, and assigns staff accordingly; schedules activities; schedules technical activities in accordance with applicable Quality Assurance Plan and without interruption to patient service.
12. Develop and maintain current access to expert knowledge of evolving and emerging medical technologies and provide consultation to clinicians and leadership
A bachelor degree from an accredited school in engineering, clinical engineering, or related technical field, is required. A Master’s of Science degree in Clinical Engineering and/or Business Administration is preferred.
A minimum of five years of clinical engineering experience in a healthcare environment is required. Five years of relevant technical experience dealing with complex medical equipment and clinical management experience. Two years of lead/supervisory experience required.
Experience with Lawson Procurement Suite, Microsoft Office (including Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Access) preferred
Excellent data analysis skills. Ability to work with Tableau, Wolfram Alpha and advanced Excel skills (Pivot Tables, Array Functions, V-look Ups, Index Match).
Ability on work on CMMS and other databases.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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