Strategic Sourcing Analyst

Tenet Healthcare is a healthcare organization providing hospitals, outpatient care, and healthcare services. The Strategic Sourcing Analyst supports end-to-end sourcing and category management for purchased services and indirect procurement, including spend analysis, competitive sourcing, contracting, savings tracking, and supplier performance management.

What you'll do:

• Support sourcing projects from initial intake through supplier selection, contracting, implementation, and savings validation
• Collect, cleanse, organize, and analyze spend, pricing, utilization, contract, supplier, and operational data using Excel and other procurement tools
• Assist with development and execution of Requests for Information, Requests for Proposal, Requests for Quotation, and related competitive sourcing events
• Prepare bid comparison models, supplier scorecards, pricing analyses, savings projections, presentations, and recommendation summaries for stakeholder review
• Coordinate meetings, project timelines, action items, supplier communications, stakeholder inputs, and required approvals
• Partner with clinical, operational, finance, legal, compliance, information technology, human resources, facilities, and other business stakeholders as applicable to the category
• Support negotiation preparation by researching suppliers and markets, identifying cost drivers, documenting commercial terms, and modeling negotiation scenarios
• Assist with contract workflow and administration, including document collection, term summaries, renewal tracking, and coordination with legal and business owners
• Maintain sourcing project records, category files, supplier documentation, and procurement systems in accordance with organizational policies and controls
• Track and report cost savings, cost avoidance, project status, contract milestones, supplier performance, and other procurement metrics
• Support supplier relationship management activities, including business review preparation, performance analysis, issue tracking, and follow-up actions
• Perform market research and benchmarking to support category strategies and sourcing recommendations

What they're looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in business, economics, supply chain management, finance, healthcare administration, or a related field
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with the ability to organize data, identify trends, and communicate findings clearly
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook; ability to learn procurement, contract management, analytics, and enterprise resource planning systems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare concise business summaries and presentations
• Effective organization, attention to detail, follow-through, and ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines
• Collaborative approach and ability to work professionally with internal stakeholders and external suppliers
• Problem-solving mindset, intellectual curiosity, and willingness to learn sourcing, contracting, negotiation, and category management practices
• Ability to handle confidential and commercially sensitive information with appropriate judgment
• Internship, co-op, project, or up to two years of experience in procurement, sourcing, supply chain, finance, consulting, analytics, healthcare operations, or a related field
• Exposure to healthcare, hospital, or health system operations
• Experience with data analysis, financial modeling, supplier research, competitive bidding, or project management
• Familiarity with contracts, purchasing processes, supplier management, or indirect spend categories

Benefits:

• Subject to employment status: medical, dental, vision, disability, AD&D, and life insurance
• Subject to employment status: paid time off (vacation and sick leave)
• Subject to employment status: discretionary 401(k) with up to 6% employer match
• Subject to employment status: 10 paid holidays per year
• Subject to employment status: health savings accounts, healthcare flexible spending accounts, and dependent flexible spending accounts
• Subject to employment status: Employee Assistance Program
• Subject to employment status: employee discount program
• Subject to employment status: voluntary pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long-term care, elder and childcare, and auto and home insurance
• For Colorado employees, paid leave in accordance with Colorado’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act