VP, Enterprise Procurement

Premier Inc.; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 205,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision

401k retirement program

Paid time off

Employee incentive plans

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Premier Professional Systems, Inc. seeks a Vice President of Enterprise Procurement to unify sourcing, supplier management, and procurement operations across the organization. This leader reports to the CFO and drives measurable value through cost savings, efficiency, and risk mitigation.

As an enterprise integrator, you will standardize practices across business units, strengthen supplier relationships, and align procurement with enterprise priorities to maximize Premier’s scale and impact.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of applicable procurement experience
• Bachelor’s degree is required
• Master’s degree in business or related field
• Vendor/partner negotiation experience
• Experience executing centralized procurement transformation
• Change management experience

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise procurement strategy across all business units
• Align sourcing priorities with business and financial goals
• Drive enterprise spend visibility and optimization
• Lead enterprise sourcing and contracting processes
• Manage supplier relationships and performance
• Execute high-value negotiations
• Establish procurement policies and controls
• Ensure regulatory and contractual compliance
• Lead supplier risk management
• Implement procurement tools and systems
• Drive process standardization and efficiency
• Develop analytics and reporting capabilities
• Partner with executive and business unit leaders
• Lead procurement organization
• Influence enterprise decision-making

Skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Financial acumen

Communication skills

Analytics

Procurement strategy

Leadership

Supplier relationships

Change management

Global mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree (Required)

Master’s degree in business or related field

Job description

What you will be doing

The Vice President, Enterprise Procurement is responsible for leading and executing a unified procurement strategy across all business units at Premier. This role ensures alignment of sourcing, supplier management, and procurement operations with enterprise priorities, driving cost optimization, risk mitigation, and value creation.

This role operates as an enterprise integrator, partnering across all business segments to standardize procurement practices and maximize Premier’s scale and supplier relationships. This role will be responsible for driving measurable value creation (cost savings, efficiency, risk mitigation). This role will report directly to the CFO.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Procurement Strategy & Alignment – 30%

• Lead enterprise procurement strategy across all business units
• Align sourcing priorities with business and financial goals
• Drive enterprise spend visibility and optimization

Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Management – 25%

• Lead enterprise sourcing and contracting processes
• Manage supplier relationships and performance
• Execute high-value negotiations

Governance, Risk & Compliance – 20%

• Establish procurement policies and control
• Ensure regulatory and contractual compliance
• Lead supplier risk management

Operations & Digital Enablement – 15%

• Implement procurement tools and systems
• Drive process standardization and efficiency
• Develop analytics and reporting capabilities

Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement – 10%

• Partner with executive and business unit leaders
• Lead procurement organization
• Influence of enterprise decision-making

Required Qualifications

Work Experience

Years of Applicable Experience - 12 or more years

Education

Bachelors (Required)

Preferred Qualifications

Skills

• Uncompromised commitment to operate in an ethical and compliant manner
• Ability to build relationships to partner with the business and work with various levels of internal and external constituencies, such as top leaders and key external partners
• Strong financial and business acumen
• Superior communication skills, including verbal, oral and through presentations
• Results and continuous improvement-oriented; ability to anticipate and plan, to drive policy and process initiatives and lead changes with a strategic global mindset
• High quality threshold with ability to understand details and formalize executive-level summarization
• Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive and pragmatic approach to solutioning and collaborative resolution; strong follow-through
• Adept at leveraging technology and analytics to improve internal audit effectiveness
• Ability to work in a challenging environment with multiple, changing, and competing priorities
• Strong team orientation, and ability to fit in with Premier’s culture

Experience

• Minimum of 15 years of professional experience in related function
• Demonstrated vendor/partner negotiation experience and measurable cost savings.
• Proven Experience on the execution of a centralized procurement transformation
• Change management experience

Education

• Master’s degree in business or related field

Additional Job Requirements

• Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time
• Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Operate computer programs and software
• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences in person and in electronic formats.
• Day-to-day contact with others (co-workers and/or the public)
• Making independent decisions
• Ability to work in a collaborative business environment in close quarters with peers and varying interruptions

Working Conditions

Air conditioned office space

Travel Requirements

Travel 1-20% within the US

Physical Demands

Sedentary: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves remaining stationary most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if movement is required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Premier’s compensation philosophy is to ensure that compensation is reasonable, equitable, and competitive in order to attract and retain talented and highly skilled employees. Premier’s internal salary range for this role is $205,000 - $380,000. Final salary is dependent upon several market factors including, but not limited to, departmental budgets, internal equity, education, unique skills/experience, and geographic location. Premier utilizes a wide-range salary structure to allow base salary flexibility within our ranges.

Qualified full-time and part-time employees also receive access to the following benefits:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k retirement program
• Paid time off
• Participation in Premier’s employee incentive plans
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities

Premier at a glance

• Granted World's Most Ethical Companies, Ethisphere, 2008-2026
• Named U.S. News & World Report, Best Companies to Work For (2023, 2024, 2025)
• Accredited by Forbes: America’s Best Management Consulting Firms 2024-2025
• Given Modern Healthcare Best in Business Awards: Consultants- Healthcare Management
• Awarded Cigna Workforce Designation Gold Level Recipient (2016,2017,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2025)

For a listing of all of our awards, please visit the Awards and Recognition section on our company website.

Employees receive

• Perks and discounts
• Access to on-site and online exercise classes

Premier is looking for smart, agile individuals like you to help us transform the healthcare industry. Here you will find critical thinkers who have the freedom to make an impact. Colleagues who share your thirst to learn more and do things better. Teammates committed to improving the health of a nation. See why incredible challenges require incredible people.

Premier is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful discrimination because of their age, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, pregnancy status, genetic information, status as a victim of domestic violence, covered military or protected veteran status (e.g., status as a Vietnam Era veteran, disabled veteran, special disabled veteran, Armed Forces Serviced Medal veteran, recently separated veteran, or other protected veteran) disability, or any other applicable federal, state or local protected class, trait or status or that of persons with whom an applicant associates. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Premier complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply. EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer.

Premier also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability or those who have a sincerely held religious belief. If you need assistance in the application process, please reply to [e-mail] or contact Premier Recruiting at 704.357-0022.

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