Job Details

Reporting to Manager, Innovation and Strategic Partnerships, key accountabilities include: 

•          Track, monitor and support the innovation/strategic procurement funnel of activities across hospitals through ongoing engagement with account and category management teams 

•          Provide ongoing project management support to several concurrent large-scale provincial initiatives, working with a wide array of government and health sector stakeholders

•          Work closely with sourcing staff to support ongoing implementation of innovative hospital strategic sourcing initiatives, with a focus on direct support in mobilizing innovation procurement methods related to Request for Proposal development

•          Attend key working group meetings to support the sourcing team, where required 

•          Manage and track required updates and communication between hospitals, account management and sourcing functions for key initiatives

•          Work with available data to examine feasibility of investing in certain categories and supporting landscaping of potential investment areas, leveraging established data management knowledge 

•          Support development of innovation procurement and value based healthcare methodologies, processes and tools/intellectual protocol 

•          Conduct ongoing research and scanning on the topic of value-based healthcare trends and opportunities, identifying where compnay can play a role

•          Control risk by managing client expectations, project scope and taking early action to resolve problems • Support brokering functions between hospitals and funders for innovation project opportunities by identifying new strategic partnership opportunities

•          Enable a collaborative team environment and supporting the development of relationships across the organization

  
Qualifications: 

•          5-7 years’ experience, in progressively more senior roles, with preference given to those in

•          Experience in the Business Development of Project Engineering environment with a focus on experiences related to the acute care sector, strategic sourcing, provincial innovation agenda and funding policy

•          Demonstrated experience in implementing new concepts and driving change

•          Demonstrated experience leading and implementing projects of varying complexity 

•          Demonstrated experience with stakeholder engagement and management, e.g. customer, supplier, government

•          Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities successfully with quality outputs 

•          Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a matrixed environment

•          Ability to handle complex problems and design highly innovative and creative solutions

•          Established presentation, writing, communication and interpersonal relationship competencies

•          Flexibility and comfort in working a dynamic and fast-paced environment

•          Undergraduate degree required; Master’s degree preferred 

Core Competencies:

•          Business Acumen - Understanding general business and financial concepts, understanding the company’s business, and using both general and specific knowledge to be effective.

•          Relationship Management - Developing and maintaining positive relationships with individuals outside their work group, and actively seeks to build relationships that are important to the business 

•          Organizational Awareness/Alignment – ability to understand and manage the power relationships in company and in other organizations (e.g. Members, suppliers), including ability to define real decision makers 

•          Influencing and Persuading – able to convince others to adopt a course of action without being excessively aggressive or pushy. Understands their audience and modify their method of persuasion accordingly.

•          Interpersonal Communication - communicating clearly and effectively with people inside and outside of the organization 

•          Planning and Organizing - effectively organizes and plans work according to organizational needs by defining objectives and anticipating needs and priorities. 

•          Customer Focus – genuine desire to meet customer needs and expectations, and to teach others to do the same 

•          Driving for results – challenges/pushes the organization and themselves to excel and achieve. ▪ Decisive Judgment - makes good decisions in a timely and confident manner. 

•          Courage of Conviction - willing to stand up for issues/positions he/she strongly believes in, even in the face of dissent or unfavorable consequences 

•          Resilience – Effectively dealing with work related problems, pressure, and stress in a professional and positive manner. 

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