Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing & Enterprise Partnerships

Medical University of South Carolina; Orleans Estates (SC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Medical University of South Carolina is seeking a senior healthcare procurement leader to transform and optimize enterprise sourcing and supplier partnerships. You will act as an executive advisor to shape strategy, evaluate markets, and implement commercial models that accelerate organizational priorities across Corporate Services.

The role emphasizes strategic planning, supplier governance, and transformational initiatives including AI-enabled operating models and automation across multiple

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; graduate degree preferred.
• 12+ years strategic sourcing experience with significant professional services procurement.
• 7+ years leadership experience.
• Experience managing complex enterprise negotiations.
• Healthcare or Fortune 500 procurement leadership.

Responsibilities

• Serve as principal commercial advisor supporting executive leadership across multiple functions.
• Translate strategic priorities into executable sourcing, supplier, and commercial strategies.
• Participate in strategic planning to identify supplier innovation, automation, outsourcing, and AI-enabled operating models.
• Develop sourcing strategies for consulting, professional services, BPO, corporate software, and financial services.
• Evaluate insourcing, outsourcing, co-sourcing, managed services, and automation models.
• Lead complex negotiations balancing financial performance, supplier accountability, and business outcomes.
• Build strategic supplier ecosystems with governance frameworks for performance and continuous improvement.
• Partner with executive leadership to design future-state operating models leveraging supplier partnerships and automation.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Executive leadership

Negotiation

Healthcare procurement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Graduate degree preferred

Job description

Medical University of South Carolina is seeking a senior healthcare procurement leader to transform and optimize enterprise sourcing and supplier partnerships. You will act as an executive advisor to shape strategy, evaluate markets, and implement commercial models that accelerate organizational priorities across Corporate Services.

The role emphasizes strategic planning, supplier governance, and transformational initiatives including AI-enabled operating models and automation across multiple