Manager, Category Management and Procurement

Overview

Salary Range: $ (Min.) - $ (Mid.) - $ (Max.)

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.

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.

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).

The Manager is an expert on all category management, procurement, and relationship management requirements and processes. 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.

This position manages all aspects of running an efficient team, including hiring, supervising, coaching, training, disciplining, and motivating direct reports. 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.

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.

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.

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.

Duties Continued

Plans, implements and refines systems and procedures to…