Category Manager

Company: Innova
Location: Evanston
Posted on: June 4, 2025

Job Description:

Innova Solutions has a client that is immediately hiring for a Category Manager

The full job description covers all associated skills, previous experience, and any qualifications that applicants are expected to have.
As a(n) Category Manager you will:

Title: Category Manager
Location: Arlington Heights, IL or Warrenville, IL (hybrid for 2-3 days a week on-site)
Tenure: Full time Direct hire

Responsibilities and Essential Functions
Lead the end-to-end contract lifecycle, from initial stages through the RFP/RFQ process. Manage the redlining and contract language review, ensuring that all agreements meet service line financial and quality requirements. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, Legal, Risk, and Quality, to ensure thorough due diligence. Successfully execute agreements and ensure all finalised contracts are stored in client's CLM tool for efficient management and compliance.
Manage and strengthen partnerships with primary vendors in your designated categories, ensuring optimal pricing, quality, and service delivery.
Oversee and manage very high volume of contracts in supply, service, drug, and capital expenditures.
Sourcing Strategy Development: Formulate comprehensive sourcing strategies, leveraging data, industry trends, and stakeholder input to drive cost savings, process improvements, and product standardization.
Lead negotiations for both local and GPO contracts within Supplies, Services, Drug, and Capital ensuring terms benefit the hospital's bottom line and align with patient care priorities.
Co-lead Value Analysis Committee meetings along with Value Analysis Coordinators, working with service line leaders, physicians, and clinical staff to assess product/service performance, cost-effectiveness, and potential for savings. Drive change through data-driven decision-making and collaborative initiatives.
Partner with hospital administration & executives, clinical teams, and supply chain operations to optimize product utilization, service delivery, and resource allocation while maintaining or improving patient care quality.

Qualifications:
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor's degree
Preferred: Master's degree in business, Supply Chain, or Healthcare-related discipline.
5+ years in healthcare, preferably Supply Chain with a mixture of clinical settings.
Clinical Experience: Understanding of medical-surgical supplies, diagnostic testing, and clinical workflows.

Exceptional Negotiation Skills: Proven ability to drive cost savings and influence stakeholders through persuasive, data-backed negotiation techniques.
Analytical Expertise: Strong ability to perform cost-benefit analysis, scenario-based savings options, and incorporate benchmarking to drive decision-making.
Project Management: Demonstrated experience managing projects from start to finish, ensuring timely and successful execution.
Contract Review & Redlining: Demonstrate a strong understanding of contractual language, identifying key risks and opportunities to protect the hospital's interests while ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.
We are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar positions. If this role is not a fit for you, we do offer a referral bonus program for referrals that we successfully place with our clients, subject to program guidelines. ASK ME HOW.
Thank you!

Namrata Gautam
PHONE: (+1) 314-523-1818
EMAIL: Namrata.Gautam@innovasolutions.com

PAY RANGE AND BENEFITS:
Salary Range*: $100-115K per Annum
*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Benefits: Innova Solutions offers benefits( based on eligibility) that include the following: Medical & pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident & Critical illness coverage, Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection, Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

ABOUT INNOVA SOLUTIONS: Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.

Recent Recognitions:
--- Named One of America's Best Employers for New Grads by Forbes (2024
--- Named One of the Best Companies to Work For by U.S. News & World Report (Private Companies List, 2024-2025)
--- One of the Largest IT Staffing Firms in the US - Ranked #3 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024)
--- One of the Largest Staffing Firms in the US - Ranked #13 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024; includes Innova Solutions, Volt, & HireGenics)
--- Named One of the Top Ten Private Companies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle (2023)
--- One of the Largest Certified Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) in the United States (NMSDC, 2024)
--- AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with 100+ certifications

Website: https://www.innovasolutions.com/

Innova Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Innova Solutions is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us at hr@innovasolutions.com or (770) 493-5588. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Innova Solutions encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. Innova Solutions (HireGenics/Volt) does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. - 1324b.
The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

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