VP, Integrated Supply Chain

Vizient, Inc; United States; On-site; USD 188,000 - 348,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. is seeking a VP, Integrated Supply Chain to lead the design and delivery of a fully integrated supply chain model across diverse health systems and strategic clients.

You will align cross-functional Vizient teams with client executives to shape long-term strategies and drive cost, quality, and service improvements. The role requires extensive leadership experience in healthcare supply chain, with a track record of delivering measurable results in matrix organizations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; advanced degree desired.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare supply chain, hospital operations, consulting, or related fields.
• Proven experience leading complex, multi-site environments and large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrated success operating within highly matrixed organizations and influencing without direct authority.
• Strong track record of delivering measurable financial and operational results.
• Experience working with executive-level stakeholders in health systems or similarly complex organizations.
• Ability to travel regularly and expeditiously throughout the year to meet clients’ needs and timetables.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior leader accountable for performance, execution, and client value delivery across assigned client engagements.
• Build and maintain strong executive-level client relationships, serving as a trusted advisor on supply chain transformation and performance improvement.
• Align client stakeholders, on-site teams, and Vizient functional leaders to a unified operating model with shared goals, priorities, and performance outcomes.
• Partner with client leadership to shape long-term supply chain strategies and transformation roadmaps – not just operational excellence.
• Bring an informed perspective on market dynamics, industry trends, and competitive positioning to shape client strategy and elevate executive conversations.
• Balance client value creation with sustainable, profitable growth for Vizient.
• Lead execution of integrated supply chain delivery within a highly matrixed operating model, aligning cross-functional Vizient teams with client stakeholders.
• Translate enterprise and client strategy into integrated operating plans with clear, measurable results.
• Drive execution of savings initiatives, operational improvements, and transformation efforts to achieve financial and performance targets.
• Ensure consistent, coordinated execution across National Centers, ensuring capabilities are deployed effectively, consistently, and at scale.
• Ensure seamless coordination between on-site operational teams and centralized Vizient functions, eliminating silos and enabling unified execution.
• Identify risks, remove barriers, and lead structured problem-solving efforts to maintain operational performance and client satisfaction.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts, including process redesign, standardization, and workflow optimization across client environments.
• Support implementation of new tools, technologies, and capabilities that enhance delivery and scalability, client outcomes, and strengthen Vizient’s integrated supply chain model.
• Establish governance structures, including decision rights, escalation pathways, and accountability frameworks across matrixed teams.
• Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), dashboards, and management routines to drive accountability and continuous improvement.
• Identify opportunities to expand scope, deepen client partnerships, improve outcomes, and increase overall engagement value.
• Partner with internal leadership to align delivery with financial performance, including revenue growth and margin optimization.
• Support business development efforts through executive-level engagement, solution shaping, and operational credibility.
• Contribute to the development of scalable solutions and offerings that can be deployed across multiple clients.
• Drive alignment and results without direct authority, creating clarity, structure, and accountability across multiple stakeholders.

Skills

Executive leadership

Matrix leadership

Stakeholder management

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree

Job description

When you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.

Summary The VP, Integrated Supply Chain is a senior executive leader responsible for delivering Vizient’s Integrated Supply Chain model across complex health systems, IDNs, and strategic clients. This role is an enterprise integration role – accountable for orchestrating a fully aligned, cross-functional supply chain solution that brings together sourcing, value analysis, analytics, inventory management, and operations into a single, high-performing delivery model. The VP operates within a highly matrixed environment, aligning client executives, Vizient functional leaders, and on-site teams to a shared set of goals, governance, and performance outcomes. This leader translates strategy into execution, drives measurable improvements in cost, quality, and service, and builds scalable operating models that enable long-term growth. This leader not only delivers operational results but also identifies and drives new value creation opportunities, expanding Vizient’s impact within client organizations. The VP operates with a general manager mindset – balancing delivery, client strategy, and growth to scale both client outcomes and Vizient’s Integrated Supply Chain business. Success in this role requires the ability to lead through influence, create clarity in complex environments, and deliver results through teams that do not sit within a traditional reporting structure.

Responsibilities

Client Leadership & Accountability

Serve as the senior leader accountable for performance, execution, and client value delivery across assigned client engagements.

Build and maintain strong executive-level client relationships, serving as a trusted advisor on supply chain transformation and performance improvement.

Align client stakeholders, on-site teams, and Vizient functional leaders to a unified operating model with shared goals, priorities, and performance outcomes.

Partner with client leadership to shape long-term supply chain strategies and transformation roadmaps – not just operational excellence.

Bring an informed perspective on market dynamics, industry trends, and competitive positioning to shape client strategy and elevate executive conversations.

Balance client value creation with sustainable, profitable growth for Vizient.

Integrated Delivery & Execution

Lead execution of integrated supply chain delivery within a highly matrixed operating model, aligning cross-functional Vizient teams (sourcing, value analysis, analytics, inventory, and operations) with client stakeholders.

Translate enterprise and client strategy into integrated operating plans with clear, measurable results.

Drive execution of savings initiatives, operational improvements, and transformation efforts to achieve financial and performance targets.

Ensure consistent, coordinated execution across National Centers, ensuring capabilities are deployed effectively, consistently, and at scale.

Ensure seamless coordination between on-site operational teams and centralized Vizient functions, eliminating silos and enabling unified execution.

Identify risks, remove barriers, and lead structured problem-solving efforts to maintain operational performance and client satisfaction.

Lead continuous improvement efforts, including process redesign, standardization, and workflow optimization across client environments.

Support implementation of new tools, technologies, and capabilities that enhance delivery and scalability, client outcomes, and strengthen Vizient’s integrated supply chain model.

Governance & Performance Management

Establish governance structures, including decision rights, escalation pathways, and accountability frameworks across matrixed teams.

Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), dashboards, and management routines to drive accountability and continuous improvement.

Commercial Growth & Expansion

Identify opportunities to expand scope, deepen client partnerships, improve outcomes, and increase overall engagement value.

Partner with internal leadership to align delivery with financial performance, including revenue growth and margin optimization.

Support business development efforts through executive-level engagement, solution shaping, and operational credibility.

Contribute to the development of scalable solutions and offerings that can be deployed across multiple clients.

Matrix Leadership & Alignment

Drive alignment and results without direct authority, creating clarity, structure, and accountability across multiple stakeholders, reporting lines, and priorities.

Guide individuals and cross-functional teams through change by communicating direction, addressing concerns, reinforcing priorities, and enabling adoption of new ways of working.

Provide structured guidance and feedback to individuals and teams to improve performance and support ongoing professional growth, regardless of reporting relationship.

Balance enterprise standards with client-specific needs, ensuring both consistency and flexibility.

Partner closely with National Center leadership to deploy expertise in a coordinated, scalable manner.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree preferred. Advanced degree desired.

10 or more years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare supply chain, hospital operations, consulting, or related fields required.

Proven experience leading complex, multi-site environments and large-scale transformation initiatives.

Demonstrated success operating within highly matrixed organizations and influencing without direct authority.

Strong track record of delivering measurable financial and operational results.

Experience working with executive-level stakeholders in health systems or similarly complex organizations.

Ability to travel regularly and expeditiously throughout the year to meet clients’ needs and timetables.

Salary & Compensation

Estimated Hiring Range: At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $187,800.00 to $348,300.00. This position is also incentive eligible.

Benefits

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here: http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer

Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.

About Vizient

Working at Vizient means shaping the future of healthcare, every day. Alongside our clients, we're building a healthier, more human healthcare system. We connect people, data, and solutions to enable healthcare organizations to improve financial sustainability, enhance system performance, and deliver better care.

Headquartered in Irving, Texas, with 11 offices across the United States, Vizient has more than 5,000 employees who bring deep expertise and a shared commitment to transforming healthcare. Together, we're solving some of the industry's most complex challenges while creating opportunities to learn, grow, and drive lasting change for healthcare organizations and the communities they serve. Through our enterprise of companies, we deliver meaningful impact across the continuum of care: Apexus - The exclusive contractor for 340B Drug Pricing Program, managed by the Health Resources and Services Administration. aptitude - The industry's first online direct contracting market, supporting self-contracting activity between hospitals and suppliers. Kaufman Hall - Leading healthcare advisory services to support our clients in achieving financial, clinical, and operational excellence. Provista - Proven supply chain partner specializing in extended, diagnostic, and preventive care facilities, including surgery centers, home health, and senior living.