Senior Director, Sourcing & Contracting Procurement

Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the excellence of our academic community.

The Senior Director of Sourcing & Contracting leads a high-performing team responsible for strategic sourcing supplier management and contracting across Emory University. This role drives enterprise value through category strategy development cost optimization risk mitigation and supplier innovation while strengthening stakeholder partnerships and enhancing the overall procurement function.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leads coaches and develops a team of sourcing and contracting professionals fostering a culture of accountability continuous improvement and collaboration.
• Sets clear performance expectations; provides ongoing feedback mentoring and career development opportunities.
• Builds organizational capability in strategic sourcing negotiation analytics and supplier relationship management (SRM).
• Oversees category management strategies aligned with University priorities focusing on value creation total cost of ownership (TCO) risk management and supplier diversity.
• Partners with stakeholders to understand business needs define requirements and develop multi-year sourcing strategies.
• Identifies and executes opportunities for cost savings demand management and process efficiencies.
• Leads complex negotiations and contracting efforts to achieve optimal commercial legal and operational outcomes.
• Establishes and maintains standardized contract templates terms and playbooks in partnership with the Office of General Counsel.
• Ensures contracts reflect best practices in risk mitigation compliance and performance management.
• Develops and manages supplier segmentation strategies including strategic and preferred suppliers.
• Implements supplier performance management frameworks with defined KPIs and governance routines.
• Drives supplier innovation and continuous improvement initiatives aligned with University goals.
• Serves as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across the University.
• Enhances the procurement organizations reputation through responsiveness transparency and value delivery.
• Leads change management initiatives to drive adoption of sourcing strategies and procurement best practices.
• Leads ongoing improvements to sourcing processes policies and systems.
• Leverages digital tools (eSourcing contract lifecycle management spend analytics) to enable data-driven decision-making.
• Ensures data integrity and maintain centralized repositories for contracts and sourcing documentation.
• Designs and delivers training programs to improve procurement literacy and adoption of sourcing processes across the University.
• Promotes best practices in sourcing contracting and supplier management.
• Performs additional duties as assigned in support of departmental and institutional objectives.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration Supply Chain Management Finance or a related field and 10 years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing category management and contracting within a complex organization.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing and developing high-performing teams. Proven expertise in sourcing strategy development complex negotiations and contract management across multiple spend categories (e.g. IT professional services facilities and indirect goods/services).
• Strong understanding of procurement technologies (eSourcing platforms spend analytics tools procure-to-pay systems and contract lifecycle management systems).
• Knowledge of modern strategic sourcing methodologies including category management supplier segmentation and total cost of ownership analysis.
• Excellent stakeholder management communication and influencing skills with the ability to drive alignment across diverse groups.
• Experience leading change initiatives and driving process improvement in a dynamic environment.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
• Preferred qualifications include an MBA or other masters degree and professional certifications such as CPSM (Certified Professional in Supply Management) CIPS or equivalent.
• Experience in higher education or similarly complex decentralized organizations.

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs. Schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of department. This role requires residency in the state of GA. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

Emory is an equal opportunity employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law. Emory University does not discriminate in admissions educational programs or employment including recruitment hiring promotions transfers discipline terminations wage and salary administration benefits and training. Students faculty and staff are assured of participation in university programs and in the use of facilities without such discrimination. Emory University complies with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act and applicable executive orders federal and state regulations regarding nondiscrimination equal opportunity and affirmative action (for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities). Inquiries regarding this policy should be directed to the Emory University Department of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance 201 Dowman Drive Administration Building Atlanta GA 30322. Telephone: (V) (TDD).

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