Director, Strategic Sourcing Indirect Procurement

What Strategic Sourcing - Indirect contributes to Cardinal Health
Global Sourcing is responsible for creating and managing diverse strategic supplier partnerships that drive enterprise value with innovation, best cost and competitive advantages that benefit customers, suppliers, and patients. Develops and executes strategic plans by leveraging market intelligence, industry knowledge and cross-functional collaboration. Competitive advantage is created through supplier selection and management, contract negotiation, supply chain optimization and risk mitigation.
Strategic Sourcing Indirect is responsible for developing and executing strategy to source indirect goods and services to support our business stakeholders and programs. Perform analysis to select supplier and negotiate best value for Cardinal Health. Provide supplier relationship management and contract compliance management, including maximization of financial deliverables and risk mitigation. May work within various procurement systems to execute purchase orders and resolve technical issues as identified.

Summary

The Director of Indirect Procurement-Strategic Sourcing is responsible for the Indirect Procurement Operations organization. This role oversees Cardinal Health’s global Indirect Supplier Data Management, Indirect Procurement Data and Analytics, the Ariba BuyNow technology and processes, and leads all Indirect Procurement organizational, systems and processes enhancements.

This position leads a team that drives cost optimization, improves operational efficiency, and ensures procurement processes align with business objectives and organizational goals. The team works closely with internal business partners and suppliers on strategic initiatives and tactical execution. As a people leader you will provide guidance and leadership to your team, assisting in skill development and process understanding fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement and learning.

Accountabilities

• Set up and manage supplier relationship management capabilities.
• Set up and manage category councils for any appropriate categories and assist the respective category managers with category data to support savings opportunities identification through standardization, vendor consolidation and other levers.
• Support Indirect Procurement leadership with executive communications to senior leadership, including attending Executive Committee and Project Impact meetings.
• Lead the Procurement Operations team, providing thought leadership, guidance, support, enhancements, and execution of related activities (e.g., data & analytics, COE, supplier master data, procurement enablement)
• Manage Indirect Procurement budget and consult with corporate FP&A
• Provide thought leadership, develop appropriate roadmaps, and deploy enhancements regarding Indirect Procurement processes, systems, organization, and reporting.
• Design, deploy and govern category management councils.
• Manage the Accenture relationship to maximize usage of vendor’s capabilities under contract and govern any related agreements.
• Liaise with SAP/ Ariba leadership to maximize the usage of Ariba and lead enhancement deployments to Indirect Procurement
• Represent, support and lead when appropriate all one-time initiatives on behalf of Indirect Procurement (e.g., integration, carve outs, Impact related initiatives)
• Provides leadership to managers and experienced professional staff; may also manage front line supervisors. May include cross regional people management responsibilities.
• Manages an organizational budget.
• Develops and implements policies and procedures to achieve organizational goals.
• Makes decisions that have an extended impact on work processes, systems, organization, as well as outcomes, and customers.
• Interacts with internal and/or external leaders, including senior management.
• Builds strong cross functional relationships to enable achievement of goals and deliver on commitments.
• Champions culture of compliance for all procurement policies and tools
• Deals with ambiguity and make recommendation based on incomplete data.
• Maintains knowledge of current trends, supplier capability and innovation practices in the market
• Consults with Project !mpact to support the execution of cost savings initiatives.
• Facilitates systems, processes, and organizational changes across Indirect Procurement globally.
• Supports mergers and acquisitions activities by leading businesses integrations on behalf of Indirect procurement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or applicable work experience preferred.
• Experience working internationally including aligning to business leaders across the globe.
• 8+ years of Indirect Procurement experience highly preferred
• Disciplined process and project management acumen
• Strong financial acumen
• Knowledge and practical experience in the healthcare and/ or distribution industry related to medical products and procedures.
• Strong operational approach, a data driven methodology, and the ability to analyze and translate data into meaningful action-oriented strategies in an entrepreneurial setting.
• Experience with SAP Ariba and SAP ERP systems highly preferred
• Advanced Excel or analytical tools experience preferred.
• Inspirational and influential leader with demonstrated effective team management experiences.
• Ability to attract, retain and develop company-leading talent.
• Analytical approach to managing business functions.
• Ability to balance core process needs with an enterprise perspective in mind.
• Ability to execute on short-term initiatives and develop long term-applications, strategy.
• Experience in process improvement/ enhancement and organizational design/ change
• Strong written and oral communication, negotiation, and presentation skills
• Ability and willingness to travel 10-20%

Anticipated pay range: $132,700-$204,000
Bonus eligible: Yes
Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

•    Medical, dental and vision coverage
•    Paid time off plan
•    Health savings account (HSA)
•    401k savings plan
•    Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
•    Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
•    Short- and long-term disability coverage
•    Work-Life resources
•    Paid parental leave
•    Healthy lifestyle programs

* The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.

Application window anticipated to close: 03/28/2025 *If interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

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