Director, Pharmacy Sourcing

Duke University; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Duke Health is seeking a senior leader to drive strategic sourcing and supply chain initiatives across Duke University Health System and Duke University. The role focuses on developing roadmaps, standardizing contracting, and negotiating terms to maximize value and reduce costs.

The position embraces a hybrid work arrangement with collaboration across departments, supplier diversity, and performance tracking to strengthen pricing and risk management. A Pharm.D.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree; master's preferred; Pharm.D. highly preferred for leveraging pharmacy expertise in sourcing.
• Minimum of ten years in progressively responsible positions including supervision and program leadership.
• Hybrid work environment with both in-person and remote working arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise sourcing strategy and execution across Duke University Health System and Duke University.
• Develop strategic roadmaps and standardize sourcing methodologies and contract templates.
• Negotiate service-related agreements and optimize supplier terms and total cost of ownership.
• Drive supplier consolidation, product standardization, and value realization initiatives.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain operations and value analysis teams to mitigate risk and drive economic value.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Leadership

Contract negotiations

Cross-functional collaboration

Supply chain strategy

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Pharm.D.

Tools

ERP systems (e.g., SAP)

Contract management software

Data analytics tools

Job description

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

Occupational Summary

Provide leadership related to the strategic sourcing activities and initiatives across both the Duke University Health System, Inc. (DUHS), as well as Duke University (DU), developing and sustaining a best-in-class pharmacy and supply chain sourcing program within the United States. We welcome applications from individuals who may not be licensed pharmacists but possess the desired strategic supply chain, sourcing, and leadership experience required to excel in this role.

Work Performed:

• Strategic Roadmaps: Develop and utilize a strategic sourcing roadmap that includes a twelve-month forward-looking expired contract roadmap specific to the needs of the role.
• Methodology & Standards: Provide leadership for all assigned associates, utilizing standardized sourcing methodologies, contract templates, and benchmarking proformas. Lead associates in the deployment of standard work (contract repositories, project management platforms, and Supply Chain balanced scorecards).
• Value & Margin Improvement: Develop comprehensive plans with Duke's group purchasing organization to maximize administrative fees. Establish specific economic valuation targets for each fiscal year to support overall Supply Chain expense reduction.
• Negotiation & Contracting: Strategically source and negotiate service-related agreements. Negotiate best-in-class terms for attributes impacting operating expenses (warranty, service, parts replacement, etc.).
• Standardization & Inventory: Identify and cultivate standardized supply inventory room proformas (size, configuration, proximity to point-of-care) including inventory management methodologies. Advance the DUHS and DU supplier consolidation and product standardization roadmap to reduce clinical variation.
• Compliance: Develop and implement post-sourcing compliance management standards to ensure agreement-based compliance and a reduction in clinical variation in use.
• Collaboration: Demonstrate successful leadership collaboration with Supply Chain operations and value analysis teams to foster positive change, mitigate risk, and advance economic value.
• Supplier Diversity: Develop strategic sourcing plans that achieve the Tier 1 and Tier 2 supplier diversity goal objectives for Supply Chain.
• Performance Tracking: Measure, monitor, and continuously improve the overall time to execution as targeted within the Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard.

Work Performed: Sr. Director, Sourcing and Supply Chain (If applicable to level)

• Lead enterprise sourcing strategy and execution for an assigned portfolio across Duke University and DUHS.
• Bring together stakeholder demand, supplier strategy, market intelligence, competitive sourcing, and contract readiness to create measurable "One Duke" value.
• Drive cross-institution integration of sourcing demand, aligning stakeholders to maximize leverage and commercial discipline.
• Oversee complex negotiations and contract lifecycle governance to strengthen pricing, risk allocation, and implementation outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education

Requires a bachelor's degree. Master's Degree strongly preferred. A Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) is highly preferred. This role is designed to leverage pharmacy expertise to drive strategic sourcing; however, it does not function in a clinical pharmacy capacity.

Experience

Minimum of ten years in progressively responsible positions including supervision and program leadership preferred Willingness to effectively lead through an evolving and dynamic work environment, consisting of both in-person and remote working arrangements (Hybrid).

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

Minimum of ten years in progressively responsible positions including supervision and program leadership preferred. Willingness to effectively lead through an evolving and dynamic work environment, consisting of both in-person and remote working arrangements (Hybrid)

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions:

Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.