Systems Director, Strategic Sourcing

UC Irvine; Anaheim (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

UCI Health seeks a System Director, Strategic Sourcing and Contracting to lead enterprise sourcing and contracting across the organization. You will steer market analyses, supplier strategy, and competitive sourcing events while ensuring value analysis governance and contract lifecycle management.

This role oversees teams and partners with clinical and executive leaders to optimize patient care and financial performance.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of progressive experience in healthcare supply chain, procurement, or strategic sourcing.
• Strong understanding of healthcare clinical supply chains and value analysis programs.
• Strong analytical skills including financial modeling and spend analysis.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives with clinical, operational, and financial stakeholders.
• Minimum of 3 years in an executive leadership role (Director or higher) in a related setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise sourcing strategies and systemwide contracting initiatives.
• Oversee full sourcing lifecycle: market analysis, supplier strategy, and negotiations.
• Govern value analysis and contract lifecycle management across UCI Health.
• Mentor Strategic Sourcing Analysts and Contract Administrators.
• Collaborate with physician leaders, finance, and executive leadership to align with patient care and financial goals.

Skills

Healthcare supply chain leadership

Strategic sourcing & contracting

Financial modeling & spend analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration, healthcare administration, supply chain management, or related field

Job description

Who We Are

UCI Health is one of California's largest academic health systems and the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine. Established on July 1, 1976, UCI Health has grown into a 1,461-bed health system that includes UCI Health - Orange, UCI Health - Irvine, four Community Network hospitals and a growing network of ambulatory care centers across Orange and Los Angeles counties.

As Orange County’s only academic health systems, UCI Health is home to the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center based in the county, the region’s only American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, American College of Emergency Physicians Gold Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department and a nationally recognized regional burn center verified by the American Burn Association.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

The System Director, Strategic Sourcing and Contracting is responsible for the enterprise leadership, administrative oversight, and systemwide coordination of all strategic sourcing, contracting, and value analysis functions across UCI Health. The incumbent is accountable for the development and execution of systemwide sourcing strategies that advance financial stewardship, clinical value, supply continuity, and operational performance. This role oversees the full sourcing lifecycle, including market analysis, supplier strategy, competitive sourcing events, contract negotiation, value analysis governance, and contract lifecycle management. The System Director provides oversight to Strategic Sourcing Analysts, Contract Administrators, and functional managers responsible for contracting and clinical value analysis, and is responsible for the selection, orientation, training, performance management, and professional development of all assigned coworkers. This position collaborates closely with physician leaders, clinical operations, finance, and executive leadership to ensure sourcing decisions support high-quality patient care while achieving measurable financial and operational outcomes, and advises executive leadership on how strategic sourcing and contracting may impact organizational strategy. The System Director exercises wide latitude of authority in determining departmental goals and measures to achieve systemwide strategic sourcing and contracting objectives.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Ten (10) or more years of progressive experience in healthcare supply chain, procurement, or strategic sourcing
• Strong understanding of healthcare clinical supply chains and value analysis programs
• Strong analytical skills including financial modeling, spend analysis, and supplier performance measurement
• Strong ability to effectively work effectively across the organization across all levels.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives involving clinical, operational, and financial stakeholders
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an executive leadership role (Director or higher) in a related setting
• Minimum five (5) years of leadership experience managing professional sourcing or contracting teams
• Minimum 8 years’ experience of progressive management responsibility
• Experience overseeing enterprise contracting programs and contract lifecycle management processes
• Experience managing professional staff and developing high-performing teams
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills; advanced ability to deal with broad and diverse constituencies using advanced customer service orientation and skills.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and executive stakeholder engagement skills
• Demonstrated success leading complex sourcing initiatives and negotiating large-scale supplier agreements
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, healthcare administration, supply chain management, or related field, or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional certification such as CPSM, CPSD, CPP, AVAAP, or Lean Six Sigma
• Master’s degree in business administration, public health, health administration, or related field
• Experience working within academic medical centers or multi-hospital health systems
• Experience participating in group purchasing organization (GPO) or systemwide sourcing initiatives

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Conditions of Employment:

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment

*Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Closing Statement:

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC Anti-Discrimination Policy.

We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.

UCI provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request. For more information, please contact UCI's Employee Experience Center (EEC) at [e-mail] or at [phone], Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Consideration for Work Authorization Sponsorship

Must be able to provide proof of work authorization