Director, Procurement

amn; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

AMN Healthcare is seeking a Director, Procurement to lead enterprise sourcing, supplier management, and governance. This senior role partners with executive leaders to optimize third-party spend and drive cost savings across the enterprise.

The position emphasizes modernization through analytics, automation, and AI-enabled solutions, with a hybrid work arrangement based in Dallas, TX or San Diego, CA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 8-10 years of relevant experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, supplier management, or related disciplines; OR High School Diploma/GED and 12-14 years of relevant experience.
• Progressive experience within enterprise procurement

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute an enterprise procurement strategy aligned with AMN Healthcare's financial, strategic, and operational objectives.
• Build and manage an enterprise sourcing pipeline and cost optimization roadmap focused on realized savings, cost avoidance, supplier consolidation, demand management, and commercial value creation.
• Develop and execute category management strategies across major areas of third-party spend.
• Manage complex strategic sourcing initiatives, including supplier evaluations, competitive sourcing events, negotiations, supplier selection, and contract execution.
• Partner with Finance to establish methodologies for tracking, validating, and reporting procurement savings and value realization.
• Develop and maintain strategic supplier relationships that improve service quality, performance, innovation, and business outcomes.
• Drive supplier rationalization and demand management initiatives to reduce duplication, improve efficiencies, and optimize spend.
• Partner with senior leaders across the organization to align procurement priorities with business objectives and influence purchasing decisions.
• Establish and continuously enhance procurement governance, policies, controls, sourcing standards, purchasing authority guidelines, and compliance requirements.
• Oversee supplier performance management, contract compliance, supplier governance, and risk management activities.
• Identify and mitigate supplier-related operational, financial, cybersecurity, contractual, regulatory, and business continuity risks.
• Drive procurement technology, automation, analytics, and digital transformation initiatives to improve procurement effectiveness and stakeholder experience.
• Leverage data, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities to identify sourcing opportunities, supplier risks, market trends, cost optimization opportunities, and actionable business insights.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that reduce manual effort, improve cycle times, and enhance stakeholder and supplier experiences.
• Oversee procure-to-pay processes, purchase order management, and catalog management activities.
• Develop dashboards and performance metrics measuring savings, spend under management, sourcing pipeline health, supplier consolidation, contract compliance, supplier performance, and sourcing cycle times.
• Support the integration and consolidation of supplier relationships, contracts, and procurement processes associated with acquisitions.
• Champion enterprise procurement best practices and promote a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, commercial excellence, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Procurement strategy

Sourcing

Vendor management

Cost optimization

Contract negotiations

Analytics

Procurement modernization

AI-enabled solutions

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High School Diploma

Job description

Job Description

Welcome to AMN Healthcare - Where Talent Meets Purpose

Ever wondered what it takes to build one of the largest and most respected healthcare staffing and total talent solutions companies? It takes trailblazers, innovators, and exceptional people like you. At AMN Healthcare, we don't just offer jobs - we build careers that make a difference.

Why AMN Healthcare?

Because Excellence Is Our Standard:

• Named to Becker's Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare - three years running.
• Consistently ranked among SIA's Largest Staffing Firms in America.
• Honored with Modern Healthcare's Innovators Award for driving change through innovation.
• Proud holder of The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for Staffing Companies since 2006.

Job Summary

Reporting to the SVP, Finance, the Director, Procurement serves as AMN Healthcare's senior procurement subject matter expert and strategic business partner, responsible for developing and executing enterprise sourcing, supplier management, procurement governance, and cost optimization strategies.

This individual will develop and execute procurement strategies that optimize third-party corporate spend, deliver measurable financial value, improve supplier performance, mitigate risk, and support AMN Healthcare's strategic and operational objectives. The Director will partner closely with senior business and functional leaders to drive sourcing strategies, supplier consolidation, demand management, contract negotiations, and procurement excellence across the enterprise.

The Director will also drive the continued modernization of procurement capabilities through process improvement, analytics, automation, and emerging technologies, including AI-enabled solutions that strengthen sourcing effectiveness, spend visibility, supplier management, contract lifecycle management, decision-making, and operational efficiency.

Work Location

This position follows a hybrid work arrangement and is based in either Dallas, Texas or San Diego, California.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute an enterprise procurement strategy aligned with AMN Healthcare's financial, strategic, and operational objectives.
• Build and manage an enterprise sourcing pipeline and cost optimization roadmap focused on realized savings, cost avoidance, supplier consolidation, demand management, and commercial value creation.
• Develop and execute category management strategies across major areas of third-party spend.
• Manage complex strategic sourcing initiatives, including supplier evaluations, competitive sourcing events, negotiations, supplier selection, and contract execution.
• Partner with Finance to establish methodologies for tracking, validating, and reporting procurement savings and value realization.
• Develop and maintain strategic supplier relationships that improve service quality, performance, innovation, and business outcomes.
• Drive supplier rationalization and demand management initiatives to reduce duplication, improve efficiencies, and optimize spend.
• Partner with senior leaders across the organization to align procurement priorities with business objectives and influence purchasing decisions.
• Establish and continuously enhance procurement governance, policies, controls, sourcing standards, purchasing authority guidelines, and compliance requirements.
• Oversee supplier performance management, contract compliance, supplier governance, and risk management activities.
• Identify and mitigate supplier-related operational, financial, cybersecurity, contractual, regulatory, and business continuity risks.
• Drive procurement technology, automation, analytics, and digital transformation initiatives to improve procurement effectiveness and stakeholder experience.
• Leverage data, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities to identify sourcing opportunities, supplier risks, market trends, cost optimization opportunities, and actionable business insights.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that reduce manual effort, improve cycle times, and enhance stakeholder and supplier experiences.
• Oversee procure-to-pay processes, purchase order management, and catalog management activities.
• Develop dashboards and performance metrics measuring savings, spend under management, sourcing pipeline health, supplier consolidation, contract compliance, supplier performance, and sourcing cycle times.
• Support the integration and consolidation of supplier relationships, contracts, and procurement processes associated with acquisitions.
• Champion enterprise procurement best practices and promote a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, commercial excellence, and continuous improvement.

Education & Years of Experience

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 8-10 years of relevant experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, supplier management, or related disciplines; OR High School Diploma/GED and 12-14 years of relevant experience.
• Progressive experience within enterprise pro