Procurement & Purchasing Manager

Location

Aurora

Regular

The Procurement Manager oversees the acquisition of goods and services to support organizational goals and operational needs. This role engages internal and external stakeholders to build strategic relationships. This position drives continuous process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, transparency, and alignment with organizational goals.

Job Status
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Full-time, on‑site

Shift
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Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm

• Responsible for people leadership including hiring, onboarding, performance management, coaching, development, and disciplinary actions, to ensure alignment with organizational policies.
• Develops and implements ongoing process improvement initiatives within the department to achieve greater efficiencies and transparency.
• Oversees daily purchasing operations and procurement staff.
• Ensures compliance with procurement policies and regulatory requirements.
• Manages the onboarding of new vendors following CHCO policies and the Procure‑to‑Pay process.
• Prepares reports and presents purchasing metrics to management and senior leadership.
• Develops, validates, and propagates policies and procedures based on the overall strategic goals and vision of the organization.
• Tracks budgets and monitors/analyzes budget performance, identifying variances between actual and budgeted results.
• Collaborates with internal departments and team members regarding sourcing activities and engages with internal and external stakeholders.
• Negotiates terms of quotes and simple agreements as needed.
• Analyzes and continually monitors emerging trends and marketplace developments and integrates changes into sourcing strategies.
• Fosters a professional and team‑orientated environment.

• Guidelines: Guidelines are in the form of stated goals and objectives for function.
• Complexity: Work assignment is unstructured and leader is responsible for implementing and managing a variety of objectives, resources, and initiatives to achieve the goals of the function. Duties performed include operational planning; developing standards, priorities, guidelines, processes, measurement (evaluation) systems; implementation of production and performance management standards; and allocating resources. Work is tactical and operational in nature.
• Decision Making: Employee is responsible for planning, organizing, allocating resources, ensuring compliance with procedures, and achieving the objectives of the function.
• Communications: Communication at this level is primarily internally focused and involves establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with team members, peers, directors, and executives. Provides guidance and interpretation of the enterprise's policies, procedures, and standards. Provides information to higher‑level directors and executives.
• Supervision Received: Responsible for achieving the objectives of function within the scope of established guidelines. Employee is expected to resolve problems that arise in the normal course of the work. Work is reviewed for soundness of judgment and feasibility of decisions.

• Degrees: Bachelor's degree in business administration or a related field is required.
• Experience: Minimum Seven (7) years of professional level category management, contract administration and/or purchasing experience.
• Equivalency: Four (4) years of experience, beyond stated requirements, may substitute for the Bachelor's degree.

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $ to $

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

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