Director - Procurement Center of Excellence

Location Address:

9521 San Mateo NE , Albuquerque, New Mexico 87113-2237, United States of America

Summary:

The Director of the Procurement Center of Excellence (CoE) will serve as a strategic leader within the enterprise procurement function, responsible for designing, leading, and continuously improving the tools, processes, policies, and capabilities that enable best-in-class procurement performance across Presbyterian Healthcare Services (PHS). This individual will oversee procurement transformation initiatives, drive enterprise-wide standardization and adoption, and enable high-impact decision-making through analytics and insights.
This role will directly support the entire Enterprise including the health plan and care delivery system procurement teams, fostering a consistent and scalable approach to sourcing, supplier management, category planning, and cost reduction.

Job Description:

The Director of the Procurement Center of Excellence (CoE) will serve as a strategic leader within the enterprise procurement function, responsible for designing, leading, and continuously improving the tools, processes, policies, and capabilities that enable best-in-class procurement performance across Presbyterian Healthcare Services (PHS). This individual will oversee procurement transformation initiatives, drive enterprise-wide standardization and adoption, and enable high-impact decision-making through analytics and insights.

This role will directly support the entire Enterprise including the health plan and care delivery system procurement teams, fostering a consistent and scalable approach to sourcing, supplier management, category planning, and cost reduction.

Responsibilities:

Strategy & Governance

• Develop and lead the Procurement CoE strategy aligned with enterprise procurement transformation goals.
• Establish and maintain procurement policies, standards, procedures, and governance frameworks.
• Serve as a thought leader and internal consultant to the CPO and business unit leaders.

Performance & Analytics

• Define procurement KPIs, dashboards, and performance scorecards across categories and business units.
• Build and lead a centralized spend analytics and reporting function.
• Partner with Finance and IT to validate savings and monitor benefits realization.

Process & Technology Enablement

• Lead procurement process optimization initiatives (P2P, S2C, SRM).
• Evaluate, implement, and optimize procurement technologies (e.g., eRFx tools, CLM, supplier portals).
• Champion data integrity and taxonomy standardization (UNSPSC, supplier master data, etc.).

Capability Building

• Develop and deploy enterprise-wide procurement training programs, playbooks, and toolkits.
• Support capability assessments and workforce planning for the procurement function.
• Facilitate best practice sharing, procurement forums, and communities of practice.

Change Management & Transformation Support

• Drive adoption of new tools, processes, and operating models.
• Support strategic sourcing events and major transformation initiatives with tools, templates, and insights.
• Work cross-functionally with Legal, Compliance, IT, and Business Units to ensure alignment.

Additional Job Description:

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Engineering, or related field.
• Master's degree (MBA, MS SCM) or professional certifications (CPSM, CSCP, PMP) preferred.
• 10+ years of procurement experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership or CoE-type role.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise procurement transformation or operational excellence initiatives.
• Deep knowledge of procurement processes (S2P, S2C), tools, analytics, and supplier management.
• Strong analytical, leadership & communication skills.
• Healthcare, payer/provider, or highly regulated industry experience.
• Experience with Workday ERP.
• Familiarity with procurement systems such as Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua, Jaggaer, or similar.
• Strong change management, stakeholder engagement, and influencing skills.

Benefits
Benefits are effective day-one (for .45 FTE and above) and include:

• Competitive salaries
• Full medical, dental and vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Free wellness programs
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Retirement plans, including matching employer contributions
• Continuing education and career development opportunities
• Life insurance and short/long term disability programs

About Us
Presbyterian Healthcare Services is a locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, it is the state's largest private employer with approximately 11,000 employees.

Presbyterian's story is really the story of the remarkable people who have chosen to work here. Starting with Reverend Cooper who began our journey in 1908, the hard work of thousands of physicians, employees, board members, and other volunteers brought Presbyterian from a tiny tuberculosis sanatorium to a statewide healthcare system, serving more than 700,000 New Mexicans.

We are part of New Mexico's history - and committed to its future. That is why we will continue to work just as hard and care just as deeply to serve New Mexico for years to come.

About New Mexico
New Mexico's unique blend of Spanish, Mexican and Native American influences contribute to a culturally rich lifestyle. Add in Albuquerque's International Balloon Fiesta, Los Alamos' nuclear scientists, Roswell's visitors from outer space, and Santa Fe's artists, and you get an eclectic mix of people, places and experiences that make this state great.

Cities in New Mexico are continually ranked among the nation's best places to work and live by Forbes magazine, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, and other corporate and government relocation managers like Worldwide ERC.

New Mexico offers endless recreational opportunities to explore, and enjoy an active lifestyle. Venture off the beaten path, challenge your body in the elements, or open yourself up to the expansive sky. From hiking, golfing and biking to skiing, snowboarding and boating, it's all available among our beautiful wonders of the west.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.