Director, Procurement

AMN Healthcare; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

AMN Healthcare, a leader in healthcare staffing and total talent solutions, is seeking a Director, Procurement. This senior role partners with executives to drive enterprise sourcing, supplier management, and cost optimization while modernizing procurement with analytics and AI-enabled solutions.

The position supports a hybrid work arrangement based in Dallas, TX or San Diego, CA and collaborates with senior leaders to align procurement with business goals and risk management strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher with 8–10 years in procurement or related field.
• Or High School Diploma with 12–14 years of experience in procurement/sourcing.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute an enterprise procurement strategy aligned with financial and operational objectives.
• Manage an enterprise sourcing pipeline and cost optimization roadmap.
• Lead category management across major areas of spend.
• Oversee supplier evaluations, negotiations, and contract execution.
• Track and report procurement savings and value realization with Finance.
• Drive supplier relationships, performance, and risk management.
• Champion governance, policies, and procurement standards across the enterprise.
• Lead procurement technology, automation, and analytics initiatives.

Skills

Procurement strategy

Strategic sourcing

Cost optimization

Contract & negotiation

AI fluency

Vendor evaluation

Executive communication

Relationship management

Governance & controls

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High school diploma/GED

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.

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 procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, supplier management, or related procurement disciplines.
• Demonstrated success developing and executing procurement and category strategies that deliver measurable financial and business outcomes.
• Experience managing complex sourcing initiatives and negotiating significant commercial agreements with strategic suppliers.
• Demonstrated experience identifying, negotiating, tracking, and delivering cost savings, cost avoidance, supplier consolidation, and other value-creation initiatives.
• Strong financial and business acumen, including business case development, commercial analysis, vendor evaluation, and partnership with Finance.
• Experience establishing and improving procurement governance, policies, processes, controls, and operating models.
• Demonstrated AI fluency and experience leveraging artificial intelligence, automation, advanced analytics, or other emerging technologies to improve procurement effectiveness, sourcing outcomes, spend visibility, supplier management, decision-making, and operational efficiency.
• Ability to evaluate, adopt, and champion AI-enabled procurement capabilities while balancing business value, governance, risk management, and stakeholder adoption.
• Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and drive enterprise procurement initiatives without direct authority.
• Strong consultative partnership, communication, negotiation, and relationship-building capabilities.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and drive change within a highly matrixed organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading procurement transformation, automation, analytics, or digital modernization initiatives.
• Experience leveraging AI, advanced analytics, and emerging technologies to improve procurement performance and decision-making.
• Cross-border sourcing experience.
• Experience managing strategic supplier performance programs and enterprise-wide cost optimization initiatives.
• Knowledge of modern procurement technologies, spend analytics, automation solutions, supplier management tools, and contract lifecycle management capabilities.
• Experience supporting supplier and contract integration activities associated with acquisitions.
• Experience serving as the primary procurement advisor to senior executives and functional leaders across an enterprise organization.

Key Skills

• Enterprise Procurement Strategy
• Strategic Sourcing & Category Management
• Cost Optimization & Value Creation
• Contract & Commercial Negotiation
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Supplier Performance Management
• Demand Management & Supplier Rationalization
• Procurement Governance & Operations
• Financial Analysis & Business Acumen
• Business Case & ROI Development
• Risk Assessment & Mitigation
• Procurement Technology & Digital Transformation
• Data Analytics & Spend Intelligence
• AI Fluency & Procurement Innovation
• Automation & Artificial Intelligence
• Process Improvement & Change Management
• Executive Communication & Influencing Skills
• Cross-Functional Influence & Collaboration
• Innovation & Continuous Improvement

Work Environment / Physical Requirements

• Work is performed in an office/home office environment.
• Team Members must have the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards.

AMN Healthcare will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of the job.

Our Core Values

• Respect
• Passion
• Continuous Improvement
• Trust
• Customer Focus
• Innovation

At AMN we embrace the ways we are similar and different; respecting all voices and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to contribute to our collective success. We acknowledge our shared responsibility to foster a welcoming environment where everyone feels recognized and valued. We cast a wide net to recruit and retain competitive talent and build healthcare workforces supportive of the communities we serve. We believe in the power of compassion and collaboration to build healthy communities where access to quality care is available to all. Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

At AMN we recognize that in-person connections have value and promote collaboration. You will be expected to come into an AMN Healthcare office at a frequency dependent on the work arrangement for your role.

Pay Rate

$140,000 - $166,000 Salary

Final pay rate is dependent on experience, training, education, and location.