Director, Procurement

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $157.9k - $236.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🛒 Procurement

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Merative

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2022

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Healthcare • Consulting • Healthcare Insurance

Merative is a healthcare data, technology, and analytics company. It offers a range of solutions aimed at improving health outcomes by focusing on clinical decision support, healthcare analytics, medical imaging, clinical development, and health and human services. Key products and services include Micromedex for clinical decision support, Zelta for clinical data management, Merge for imaging solutions, and Truven for healthcare analytics. Merative serves a diverse client base, including healthcare providers, life sciences companies, governments, health plans, and employers. The company is dedicated to enhancing healthcare delivery and decision-making by leveraging real-world data and advanced analytics to provide actionable insights and tailored solutions.

📋 Description

• Lead enterprise-wide procurement for a U.S.-based enterprise software company operating in healthcare IT • Own end-to-end sourcing strategy, supplier negotiations, contract commercial terms, and supplier performance across key spend categories • Lead negotiations, competitive RFP/RFQ processes, supplier selection, and contracting approaches • Establish negotiation standards and optimize cost, quality, delivery, and risk • Act as executive owner for key suppliers and strategic partners, including governance, QBRs, scorecards, risk management, and issue escalation • Partner with cross-functional budget owners to align sourcing with business strategy and operating plans • Drive spend planning, demand management, renewal planning, forecast accuracy, and sourcing recommendations • Lead, coach, and develop a team of four buyers • Build scalable procurement workflows and monitor team KPIs • Provide executive reporting and briefings on procurement performance, savings, renewal risk, supplier concentration, and sourcing decisions • Develop dashboards and leadership cadence materials covering savings, committed spend, and contract compliance • Track procurement savings, KPIs, and financial performance; report to senior management • Develop and report on service level agreements and drive issue resolution • Partner with Legal, Security, and Privacy on commercial and risk terms • Maintain contract repository discipline and commercial-term visibility • Ensure procurement activities comply with company policies, industry standards, and legal requirements • Lead supply-chain risk mitigation and business-continuity initiatives • Support SOC audits and manage quarterly vendor reviews • Mature procurement policies, controls, P2P compliance, and standardized intake processes • Optimize procurement systems and tooling with Finance and IT • Coordinate vendor risk alignment for healthcare IT, including security questionnaires, data access controls, and incident response expectations • Support audits and customer expectations through appropriate third-party documentation

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field • Minimum 10 years of progressive procurement/sourcing experience, including supplier negotiations and contract commercial management • Experience in enterprise software, SaaS, or technology environments • Demonstrated success leading negotiations with technology vendors, including SaaS, cloud, software licensing, and professional services • People management experience with direct leadership of a team, or strong evidence of mentorship/leadership readiness • Ability to manage and develop a team of four buyers • Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and partner with budget owners • Strong executive communication skills • Commercial acumen involving pricing models, renewal dynamics, and total cost levers • Negotiation expertise and escalation judgment • Strong Excel/modeling skills; ability to quantify savings and build business cases • Ability to create repeatable processes, clear accountability, and measurable KPIs • Ability to drive adoption of procurement standards • Leadership ability to build a high-performing team culture and coach buyers • Healthcare IT experience strongly preferred • Master’s degree preferred • U.S.-based with eligibility to work in the U.S. • Comfortable working in a fully remote environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote first / work from home culture • Flexible vacation to help you rest, recharge, and connect with loved ones • Paid leave benefits • Health, dental, and vision insurance • 401k retirement savings plan • Infertility benefits • Tuition reimbursement • Life insurance • EAP – and more!