Senior Category Manager, Real Estate, Procurement

The employee is responsible for managing Lincare's 800+ location portfolio of leased commercial, flex, and warehouse buildings across the United States.

The employee provides supervisory leadership for the Lease Procurement Team (Lease Specialists and Administrators) as directed by the Head of Procurement.

The lease management scope includes lease renewals, relocations, consolidations, and terminations as needed. JOB FUNCTIONS

• Leads and empowers team of Lease Procurement real estate professionals Provides coaching, leadership, and strategic direction in alignment with the Head of Procurement
• Builds comprehensive plan for Real Estate category that optimizes Lincare's portfolio and manages risk while meeting business objectives
• Leverages best practices real estate procurement strategies and tactics to ensure Lincare's portfolio is market competitive and meets business and compliance requirements
• Actively engages internal stakeholders and key suppliers alike while utilizing a formal governance process that includes performance assessment scorecards and periodic business reviews
• Determines sourcing strategy and conducts lease negotiations accordingly while utilizing Lincare templates, processes, and workflows
• Manages third-party vendors / landlords engaged in operating and maintaining properties
• Provides key insights and recommendations to Field regarding critical leases and ensures yearly savings targets are obtained by proactively negotiating renewals
• Communicates with the field and Lincare HQ from the field on leases, repairs, renewals, rent rates, questions about landlords, etc.
• Works with Enterprise Services Procurement to engage, deploy, and assess preferred enterprise services category providers that will include location security, office supplies, janitorial, shredding, beverage providers
• Ensures centers and their needs are maintained in compliance with minimum Lincare audit, compliance, health & safety standards, client, federal, state, and local requirements
• Maintains employee work schedules, trainings, vacations and paid time off manage absenteeism and overtime scheduling

Education

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• Master's Degree or MBA Preferred

Work Experience

• 10+ years experience in real estate leasing, contract management, supply chain management, finance, business administration, or analytics Required
• 3-5 years of management experience Required
• RFP / RFI experience including eProcurement software and processes Preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Solid knowledge of category management principles and best practices
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills
• Attention to detail and dedication to continuous improvement
• Proven time management, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated negotiation skills
• Interact and communicate well, and negotiate successfully with internal and external

stakeholders

• Previous experience managing large lease portfolios and / or multiple sites
• Required to be proactive, adaptable, and responsive
• Strong organizational and management skills
• Business acumen including financial management and planning and able to manage within budget constraints
• Skilled at analyzing data / problems and developing effective response actions
• Foster productive relationships with suppliers to achieve market competitive pricing,

improved services, innovation, and strong performance overall

• Related experience within healthcare industry a bonus
• Solid proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, to include Teams
30+ days ago