Strategic Purchasing Director & Vendor Management

Socket.dev; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

CNS is seeking a Director of Purchasing to lead purchasing operations, supplier management, and system implementations across clinic, residential, and administrative departments. You will oversee POs, receiving, and fleet purchasing while driving cost controls, compliance, and process improvements.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and at least five years in purchasing or a related field, with strong analytical and leadership skills. Experience with Coupa is highly preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Healthcare Administration, Accounting, Finance, Operations Management, or a related field preferred.
• Five or more years of experience in purchasing, procurement, supply chain, vendor management, healthcare operations, materials management, or a related field required.
• Healthcare, rehabilitation, residential care, multi-site operations, or clinical support experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with Coupa procurement software strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting software implementation, workflow deployment, training, reporting, and change management required.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to evaluate spending patterns, vendor performance, purchasing compliance, and operational metrics.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Strong project management, organizational, communication, and follow-through skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee purchasing processes to support quality, cost control, service, timeliness, and accountability throughout the organization.
• Develop and maintain purchasing procedures in collaboration with Operations, Accounting, and department leaders.
• Review purchasing workflows and propose improvements to enhance compliance and efficiency.
• Monitor purchasing activity, vendor utilization, spending trends, and policy compliance.
• Identify opportunities for cost savings, and improved purchasing controls.
• Serve as the organization's primary resource for procurement systems (Coupa and others).
• Support implementation, deployment, maintenance, and optimization of purchasing systems.
• Train employees on requisitions, approvals, POs, receiving, and documentation requirements.
• Review system activity to identify gaps, training opportunities, and compliance concerns.
• Collaborate with IT and leaders to support procurement technologies and enhancements.
• Support vehicle acquisition, replacement planning, warranty tracking, and related documentation.
• Coordinate with vendors and internal stakeholders regarding vehicle orders and service concerns.
• Assist leadership with vehicle purchasing and fleet expense oversight.
• Establish standards for ordering, approvals, POs, receiving, and documentation.
• Review purchase requests for accuracy, budget coding, vendor compliance, and approvals.
• Collaborate with Facility Managers, Inventory Clerks, and Accounting staff to improve receiving procedures.
• Investigate and resolve order discrepancies, delivery issues, and invoice concerns.
• Conduct periodic audits of purchasing records and receiving documentation.
• Oversee processes for requesting, approving, tracking, renewing, returning, and reconciling DME rentals.
• Monitor rental expenses, duration, and vendor performance.
• Collaborate with clinical, facility, residential, and accounting teams to ensure equipment availability and fiscal responsibility.
• Identify opportunities to reduce unnecessary rental expenses and improve tracking of rented assets.
• Provide training and support to Inventory Clerks and other personnel involved in purchasing and receiving activities.
• Develop job aids, workflow documentation, and process guides.
• Promote consistent purchasing practices across facilities.
• Identify training needs and partner with leaders to address gaps.
• Lead vendor evaluation, selection support, onboarding, and performance monitoring.
• Review purchasing activity for cost savings opportunities and compliance concerns.
• Evaluate vendors on service, quality, pricing, delivery, and contracts.
• Communicate with vendors on pricing, service levels, product availability, and issue resolution.
• Recommend vendor selections, contract utilization, and purchasing channels.
• Maintain oversight of purchasing-related contracts, renewal schedules, pricing terms, and performance standards.
• Coordinate contract reviews with leadership, Accounting, and stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities for contract renegotiation, consolidation, or renewal.
• Monitor compliance with contractual pricing and service expectations.
• Develop and monitor key purchasing, vendor, receiving, fleet, and contract management metrics.
• Prepare reports and analyses for leadership review.
• Use data to identify trends, cost-saving opportunities, risks, and process improvements.
• Present recommendations to leadership as requested.
• Lead initiatives to automate workflows and strengthen accountability.
• Assist with software implementations related to purchasing, expenses, inventory, fleet, contracts, and vendor management.
• Develop communication and training plans for changes.
• Monitor adoption and compliance after implementations.
• Collaborate with operations, administrative, clinical, accounting, and facility teams to support timely and cost-effective purchasing.
• Provide professional and responsive customer service regarding purchasing systems, vendors, receiving processes, fleet expenses, and DME rentals.
• Investigate and resolve concerns related to products, services, vendors, purchases, and receiving activities.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Project management

Communication

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Healthcare Administration, Accounting, Finance, Operations Management, or related field

Tools

Coupa

Job description

CNS is seeking a Director of Purchasing to lead purchasing operations, supplier management, and system implementations across clinic, residential, and administrative departments. You will oversee POs, receiving, and fleet purchasing while driving cost controls, compliance, and process improvements.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and at least five years in purchasing or a related field, with strong analytical and leadership skills. Experience with Coupa is highly preferred.