MediCard Phils., Inc. is one of the country's leading HMO and the only HMO founded and run by Doctors. Since its inception, the concept of service-oriented total health care has been the molding ideal of MediCard.  The competition is vast, and the benefits being offered by the competitors are tempting.  However, MEDICard has taken the lead in providing innovative and productive ideas that cut down the cost of health maintenance without compromising its quality.

MediCard now boasts of more than half a million members and over 54,000 accredited doctors in over 1,000 hospitals and clinics nationwide. It also operates 16 MediCard free-standing clinics that provide services at par with those offered by hospitals minus the confinement.

MediCard is currently looking for assertive, dynamic and energetic individuals to fill up the following vacancy:

Position Objective: This statement should be a general summary of the responsibilities listed in the next section. The Strategic Sourcing Manager reports to the Head of Procurement and Vendor Management and will be responsible for the definition, development and execution of multiple strategic sourcing initiatives for multiple “critical” spend categories of varying complexities such as: HR, Outsourcing, Marketing, Consulting and Professional services engagements - with an over all objective of helping the Company reduce its operational costs, manage risks and optimize value with third party supplier relationships, enhance service delivery and improve policy compliance.

The role includes the effective and efficient management of assigned spend category or categories through business partnering and stakeholder management, establishing procurement strategies using technology & data analytics, leading commercial and contract negotiations, and managing supplier performance.

The ideal candidate is an experienced Procurement professional who has deep experience in strategic sourcing, category management, strategic negotiations, contracting, vendor management and source to pay processes – making him/her well positioned to bring in, establish and implement best practice sourcing approaches, in alignment with AIA & Medicard policies, policies and procedures.

The successful candidate, serving as Procurement SME, Business Partner and Change Agent, will guide stakeholders on strategic sourcing and operational procurement processes; proactively seek ways to reduce over-all costs and improve efficiencies; and assist team members in adopting world-class procurement ways of working and thinking and transform the function from doing clerical back office administration to value-generating professional procurement organization.

Business Partnering: Work with local department leaders and officers to identify, analyze and support sourcing opportunities within his/her assigned spend categories and follow through on action plans to turn those opportunities into actual projects that generate cost savings and other key business outcomes;
Lead cross functional teams through a disciplined sourcing process; Facilitate stakeholders through category strategy and requirement development, planning, bid or tender process management, negotiations, supplier evaluation & selection and drafting of Recommendation of Award post sourcing activity etc, using effective project management skills;
Perform spend analysis/benchmarking/market analysis as part of developing sourcing and category strategies; demonstrate influencing skills by converting data results into compelling business cases/Recommendation of Award to influence decision-makers at all levels of the organization
Demonstrate competency and knowledge of contract development, key contracting principles, standard terms, laws/regulations and industry standards by negotiating, developing, writing/preparing, routing for approval and maintaining supplier contracts/Agreements in alignment with procurement and business unit strategies;
Lead/facilitate supplier management initiatives, including supplier development, rationalization or optimization, as well as conduct of periodic business performance reviews with key strategic suppliers in order to monitor and improve supplier performance;
PR-to-PO processing: reviewing and validating Purchase Requests and converting to PO in accordance with company policies;
Stakeholder management: Participate in and/or organize meetings to resolve procure-to-pay BAU issues, inquiries, escalations & challenges; conduct routine planning sessions with your stakeholders to ensure addressable spend in the assigned categories are under source to contract management;
Track / maintain savings and sourcing project pipeline;
Develop and maintain price catalogues, approved rate cards, and approved suppliers list;
Audit participation, including preparation & maintenance of audit artifacts, creation and monitoring of improvement plans, and addressing over-all audit findings
Project management: Lead and deliver sourcing and procurement transformation projects such as strategic cost reduction, sourcing optimization, procurement;
Participate in business industry forums to maintain a solid understanding of industry direction and best practices;
Contribute to the development and implementation of an AIA or Medicard-wide procurement category strategy and is responsible for its in-country implementation.
The candidate shall work with the head of Procurement and Vendor Management, his/her colleagues within the Procurement function, as well as his/her stakeholders from the business units, and suppliers in defining appropriate sourcing strategies for each procurement category and commodity assigned to him/her, including outlining the vendor management strategy required in order to secure the best deal for Medicard in terms of cost, quality, and service. He/she will also work with counterparts from AIA Group in  deploying group/regional category initiatives and providing benchmarks to take into account local market realities. The candidate shall, from time to time, work with other support functions like Legal, Finance, IT, Real Estate/Facilities, Risks & Compliance when performing his/her core functions, including to the CEO (depending on the spend and complexity) for certain procurement projects he/she completed in order to facilitate the approval process.

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