Director Procurement Center of Excellence

The Director of the Procurement Center of Excellence (CoE) will serve as a strategic leader within the enterprise procurement function responsible for designing leading and continuously improving the tools processes policies and capabilities that enable best-in-class procurement performance across Presbyterian Healthcare Services (PHS). This individual will oversee procurement transformation initiatives drive enterprise-wide standardization and adoption and enable high-impact decision-making through analytics and insights.

This role will directly support the entire Enterprise including the health plan and care delivery system procurement teams fostering a consistent and scalable approach to sourcing supplier management category planning and cost reduction.

Why work at Presbyterian

As an organization we are committed to improving the health of our communities. From hosting growers markets to partnering with local communities Presbyterian is taking active steps to improve the health of New Mexicans. For our employees we offer a robust wellness program including free access to our on-site and community-based gyms nutrition coaching and classes wellness challenges and more.

Presbyterians story is really the story of the remarkable people who choose to work here. The hard work of our physicians nurses employees board members and volunteers grew Presbyterian from a tiny tuberculosis sanatorium to a statewide healthcare system that serves more than 875000 New Mexicans.

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• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Business Finance Engineering or related field.
• Masters degree (MBA MS SCM) or professional certifications (CPSM CSCP PMP) preferred.
• 10 years of procurement experience with at least 5 years in a leadership or CoE-type role.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise procurement transformation or operational excellence initiatives.
• Deep knowledge of procurement processes (S2P S2C) tools analytics and supplier management.
• Strong analytical leadership & communication skills.
• Healthcare payer/provider or highly regulated industry experience.
• Experience with Workday ERP.
• Familiarity with procurement systems such as Ariba Coupa Ivalua Jaggaer or similar.
• Strong change management stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.

Strategy & Governance

• Develop and lead the Procurement CoE strategy aligned with enterprise procurement transformation goals.
• Establish and maintain procurement policies standards procedures and governance frameworks.
• Serve as a thought leader and internal consultant to the CPO and business unit leaders.

Performance & Analytics

• Define procurement KPIs dashboards and performance scorecards across categories and business units.
• Build and lead a centralized spend analytics and reporting function.
• Partner with Finance and IT to validate savings and monitor benefits realization.
  
  

Process & Technology Enablement

• Lead procurement process optimization initiatives (P2P S2C SRM).
• Evaluate implement and optimize procurement technologies (e.g. eRFx tools CLM supplier portals).
• Champion data integrity and taxonomy standardization (UNSPSC supplier master data etc.).
  
  

Capability Building

• Develop and deploy enterprise-wide procurement training programs playbooks and toolkits.
• Support capability assessments and workforce planning for the procurement function.
• Facilitate best practice sharing procurement forums and communities of practice.

Change Management & Transformation Support

• Drive adoption of new tools processes and operating models.
• Support strategic sourcing events and major transformation initiatives with tools templates and insights.
• Work cross-functionally with Legal Compliance IT and Business Units to ensure alignment.

We offer more than the standard benefits!

Presbyterian employees gain access to a robust wellness program including free access to our on-site and community-based gyms nutrition coaching and classes wellness challenges and more!

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About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian Healthcare Services exists to improve the health of patients members and the communities we serve. We are a locally owned not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908 we are the states largest private employer with nearly 14000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

About New Mexico

New Mexico continues to grow steadily in population and features a low cost-of living.

Varied landscapes bring filmmakers here from around the world to capture a slice of the natural beauty New Mexicans enjoy every day. Our landscapes are as diverse as our culture - from mountains forests canyons and lakes to caverns hot springs and sand dunes.

New Mexico offers endless recreational opportunities to explore and enjoy an active lifestyle. Venture off the beaten path challenge your body in the elements or open yourself up to the expansive sky. From hiking golfing and biking to skiing snowboarding and boating its all available among our beautiful wonders of the west.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.