Senior Category Manager, Real Estate, Procurement

  • Clearwater
  • Lincare Holdings Inc.
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
Requirements:
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