Director, Indirect Procurement & Category Strategy

Accendra Health; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

401(k) Plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Domestic partner benefits

Job summary

Accendra Health in Nashville, TN seeks a visionary Director of Indirect Procurement & Category Management to lead enterprise-wide sourcing, governance, and supplier relationships. You will partner with finance, operations, and legal to align procurement with growth, risk, and profitability goals.

The role drives modernization, category roadmaps, and performance metrics across indirect spend, delivering value, resilience, and continuous improvement in a regulated healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years progressive procurement, sourcing, category management, or related leadership experience.
• 5+ years leading procurement, sourcing, or category management teams.
• Experience managing enterprise-wide indirect spend programs within healthcare, medical device, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, distribution, or similarly regulated industries preferred.
• Demonstrated success delivering transformational procurement initiatives and enterprise value creation.
• Strong executive presence with ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a multi-year indirect procurement and category management strategy aligned with organizational objectives, growth initiatives, and financial targets.
• Translate enterprise priorities into category roadmaps, sourcing plans, supplier strategies, and measurable procurement outcomes.
• Lead procurement planning processes that optimize total cost of ownership, customer service levels, supplier performance, and operational efficiency.
• Establish category governance frameworks, sourcing standards, and procurement policies that drive consistency and accountability across the enterprise.
• Oversee strategic management of indirect spend categories and associated supplier portfolios.
• Guide development of category strategies informed by market intelligence, benchmarking, business requirements, risk assessments, and stakeholder priorities.
• Ensure category strategies deliver measurable value through cost optimization, demand management, process efficiency, supplier innovation, and risk reduction.
• Challenge traditional procurement approaches and identify opportunities to transform how goods and services are procured and managed.
• Serve as strategic business partner to executive leaders, Finance, HR, IT, Operations, Legal, Compliance, Facilities, and functional leadership teams.
• Influence enterprise decision-making regarding supplier selection, sourcing strategies, investment priorities, and procurement governance.
• Partner with finance leadership to support budgeting, forecasting, margin improvement, working capital objectives, and long-term planning.
• Facilitate executive alignment on procurement priorities and major sourcing initiatives.
• Establish and lead executive-level supplier relationship management programs.
• Build strategic partnerships with critical suppliers to drive innovation, service excellence, business continuity, and operational performance.
• Conduct executive business reviews and governance forums with strategic suppliers.
• Ensure performance assessments, scorecards, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives are implemented across key supplier relationships.
• Lead supplier risk management strategies focused on business continuity, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, ESG objectives, financial stability, and supply assurance.
• Develop mitigation strategies for supplier concentration, market disruptions, inflationary pressures, and geopolitical risks.
• Partner with Legal, Compliance, Information Security, and Internal Audit to strengthen supplier governance and contractual protections.
• Maintain compliance with healthcare regulatory expectations and company policies.
• Drive procurement modernization initiatives, including digital procurement tools, analytics, automation, and process improvements.
• Establish procurement performance metrics, dashboards, and reporting mechanisms.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and data-driven decision-making.
• Champion best practices that advance procurement capability and organizational maturity.
• Lead, coach, and develop category management and sourcing team members.
• Build organizational capability through succession planning, mentorship, performance management, and talent development.
• Create an inclusive, high-performing culture focused on accountability, collaboration, innovation, and customer service.
• Serve as a visible leader who promotes enterprise values and procurement excellence.
• Lead, coach, and develop category management and sourcing team members.
• Build organizational capability through succession planning, mentorship, performance management, and talent development.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Supplier relationship management

Financial analysis

Executive presence

Negotiation

Leadership

Procurement governance

Supply chain

Tools

ERP systems

Excel

PowerPoint

Procurement software

Analytics tools

Job description

Accendra Health in Nashville, TN seeks a visionary Director of Indirect Procurement & Category Management to lead enterprise-wide sourcing, governance, and supplier relationships. You will partner with finance, operations, and legal to align procurement with growth, risk, and profitability goals.

The role drives modernization, category roadmaps, and performance metrics across indirect spend, delivering value, resilience, and continuous improvement in a regulated healthcare environment.