Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing & Spend (Hybrid)

Vizient, Inc.

Charlotte (NC)

Hybrid

USD 135,000 - 237,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Vizient, Inc. is seeking a senior leader to drive strategic sourcing, contracting, and supplier negotiations across complex environments.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled transformation, governance, and stakeholder collaboration with client executives and cross-functional teams. The hybrid position requires presence in office locations including Irving, TX; Chicago, IL; Centennial, CO; Nashville, TN; and Charlotte, NC, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

10+ years progressive experience in strategic sourcing, contracting, supplier negotiations, supply chain, client engagement, consulting, or healthcare-related contracting.
3+ years of people leadership experience, including experience leading teams, developing leaders or high-performing employees, managing performance, and guiding functional change.
Demonstrated success leading sourcing strategy, contract planning, supplier negotiations, and custom agreement portfolio development in complex or matrixed environments.
Strong understanding of contracting processes, contract language, compliance requirements, supplier relationship management, value tracking, and sourcing lifecycle execution.
Advanced financial, analytical, problem-solving, executive communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills with the ability to influence clients, suppliers, internal partners, and senior-level audiences.

Responsibilities

Lead a high-performing function or department by setting strategic priorities, expectations, accountability measures, and operating rhythms that drive execution, quality, scalability, and business results.
Develop and coach leaders and team members through structured feedback, talent development, succession planning, performance routines, and follow-up that strengthen capability and leadership accountability.
Guide the function through organizational change by connecting strategy to team priorities, supporting adoption of new tools and ways of working, and sustaining engagement and effectiveness across complex environments.
Oversee the lifecycle of 1099 contractor resource engagements, including onboarding, performance oversight, knowledge transfer, governance alignment, and delivery of client and business objectives.
Lead the development and execution of custom client sourcing and contracting strategies that reduce spend, improve operational efficiency, maximize delivered value, and support client satisfaction.
Oversee the full sourcing lifecycle, including opportunity assessment, contract planning, RFP strategy, supplier engagement, negotiation, implementation, contract maintenance, and value realization.
Develop customized contract and program portfolios that meet key customer segment needs, support client return on investment, and create measurable savings, revenue, and value opportunities.
Serve as an escalation point for complex contract structures, supplier negotiations, client needs, sourcing strategy decisions, and cross-functional issue resolution.
Maintain and strengthen relationships with key supplier organizations to support effective negotiations, contract performance, innovation, and long-term program value.
Oversee complex supplier negotiations and guide team members on negotiation strategy, issue resolution, contract language, documentation, compliance, and alignment with Vizient contracting standards.
Identify supplier, market, and portfolio opportunities that may drive new sources of revenue, value creation, supply assurance, and operational improvement.
Evaluate business unit, department, and program performance by analyzing data, metrics, financial results, client value, savings, operational outcomes, revenue opportunities, and impact to Vizient and clients.
Develop and implement programs, business processes, training, governance practices, and systems that improve quality, consistency, workflow efficiency, and continuous improvement across the custom contracting process.
Champion AI-enabled transformation across the function by aligning AI capabilities with strategic objectives while ensuring governance, quality, responsible use, organizational readiness, and validation of outputs.
Measure and communicate sourcing outcomes, including savings, value realization, supplier performance, implementation success, operational improvements, and client return on investment.