Sr Sourcing Executive, Vizient Reserve (Healthcare)
Posted Oct 2, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 5, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about an RFP you prepared and analyzed. How did you choose the winner?
What they are checking: Whether they can design a fair RFP and evaluate responses on more than headline price.
Describe a time you independently led a complex contracting effort from start to finish.
What they are checking: Whether they can own complex work without close supervision, as the role requires.
How have you guided less experienced team members on contracting?
What they are checking: Whether they share knowledge and help others grow, which the posting notes as part of the role.
What would you do
A client's surgeons resist a contract change that would save significant money. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they can build consensus with clinicians using data and involvement rather than mandates.
A supplier and client both want changes late in the process. How do you keep the deal on track?
What they are checking: Whether they can manage competing changes and still close an agreement that meets objectives.
About the work
How would you build a contracting strategy for physician preference items where surgeons strongly favor different vendors?
What they are checking: Whether they understand the clinical and political dynamics that make physician preference categories hard to source.
Walk me through how you'd source a purchased services category, like environmental services or biomedical maintenance.
What they are checking: Whether they know purchased services need scope, service levels and performance measures, not just unit price.
How is a capital equipment negotiation different from a supply negotiation?
What they are checking: Whether they understand total cost of ownership, service contracts, trade-ins and upgrade terms in capital deals.
How do you analyze a savings opportunity before deciding it's worth pursuing?
What they are checking: Whether they size opportunities realistically using spend, pricing benchmarks and conversion feasibility.
How do you make sure a negotiated agreement actually gets implemented at the client?
What they are checking: Whether they follow through on implementation so savings are realized, not just signed.
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