VP, Enterprise Procurement
About The Position
The Vice President, Enterprise Procurement leads and executes a unified procurement strategy across Premier’s business units. The role aligns sourcing, supplier management, and procurement operations with enterprise priorities to drive cost optimization, risk mitigation, efficiency, and value creation. As an enterprise integrator, the VP partners across business segments to standardize procurement practices and maximize Premier’s scale and supplier relationships. The role reports directly to the CFO. The position leads enterprise procurement strategy and spend optimization; sourcing, contracting, supplier relationships, and negotiations; procurement governance, compliance, and supplier risk management; and procurement tools, process standardization, analytics, and reporting. It also leads the procurement organization and works with executive and business-unit leaders on enterprise decisions. The work takes place in air-conditioned office space. Travel is 1–20% within the United States. The role involves primarily sedentary work, including remaining stationary for prolonged periods, and requires attention to detail, adaptability, meeting deadlines, operating computer software, effective communication, independent decision-making, and collaboration in close quarters with interruptions.
Requirements
- At least 12 years of applicable experience.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Commitment to ethical and compliant practices.
- Ability to build relationships and partner with the business and internal and external stakeholders, including senior leaders and key partners.
- Strong financial and business acumen.
- Superior verbal, oral, and presentation communication skills.
- Results-oriented and committed to continuous improvement; able to anticipate and plan, drive policy and process initiatives, and lead change with a strategic global mindset.
- High quality threshold, attention to detail, and ability to create executive-level summaries.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with a proactive and pragmatic approach to collaborative resolution and strong follow-through.
- Ability to leverage technology and analytics to improve internal audit effectiveness.
- Ability to work in a challenging environment with multiple, changing, and competing priorities.
- Strong team orientation and ability to fit Premier’s culture.
- Remain stationary for prolonged periods.
- Adapt to changing priorities and meet deadlines.
- Operate computer programs and software.
- Communicate effectively in person and electronically.
- Interact day to day with coworkers and/or the public.
- Make independent decisions.
- Work collaboratively in close quarters with peers and amid interruptions.
- Sedentary physical capacity: exert up to 10 pounds occasionally and negligible force frequently or constantly to move objects.
Nice To Haves
- At least 15 years of professional experience in a related function.
- Demonstrated vendor or partner negotiation experience and measurable cost savings.
- Experience executing a centralized procurement transformation.
- Change management experience.
- Master’s degree in business or a related field.
Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise procurement strategy across all business units.
- Align sourcing priorities with business and financial goals.
- Drive enterprise spend visibility and optimization.
- Lead enterprise sourcing and contracting processes.
- Manage supplier relationships and performance.
- Execute high-value negotiations.
- Establish procurement policies and controls.
- Ensure regulatory and contractual compliance.
- Lead supplier risk management.
- Implement procurement tools and systems.
- Drive process standardization and efficiency.
- Develop analytics and reporting capabilities.
- Partner with executive and business-unit leaders.
- Lead the procurement organization.
- Influence enterprise decision-making.
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
- 401(k) retirement program.
- Paid time off.
- Participation in employee incentive plans.
- Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities.
- Perks and discounts.
- Access to on-site and online exercise classes.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
