Director, Procurement

Job Summary

Reporting to the SVP, Finance, the Director, Procurement serves as AMN Healthcare’s senior procurement subject matter expert and strategic business partner, responsible for developing and executing enterprise sourcing, supplier management, procurement governance, and cost optimization strategies. This individual will develop and execute procurement strategies that optimize third-party corporate spend, deliver measurable financial value, improve supplier performance, mitigate risk, and support AMN Healthcare’s strategic and operational objectives.

The Director will partner closely with senior business and functional leaders to drive sourcing strategies, supplier consolidation, demand management, contract negotiations, and procurement excellence across the enterprise. The Director will also drive the continued modernization of procurement capabilities through process improvement, analytics, automation, and emerging technologies, including AI-enabled solutions that strengthen sourcing effectiveness, spend visibility, supplier management, contract lifecycle management, decision-making, and operational efficiency.

This position follows a hybrid work arrangement and is based in either Dallas, Texas or San Diego, California.

• Develop and execute an enterprise procurement strategy aligned with AMN Healthcare’s financial, strategic, and operational objectives.
• Build and manage an enterprise sourcing pipeline and cost optimization roadmap focused on realized savings, cost avoidance, supplier consolidation, demand management, and commercial value creation.
• Develop and execute category management strategies across major areas of third-party spend.
• Manage complex strategic sourcing initiatives, including supplier evaluations, competitive sourcing events, negotiations, supplier selection, and contract execution.
• Partner with Finance to establish methodologies for tracking, validating, and reporting procurement savings and value realization.
• Develop and maintain strategic supplier relationships that improve service quality, performance, innovation, and business outcomes.
• Drive supplier rationalization and demand management initiatives to reduce duplication, improve efficiencies, and optimize spend.
• Partner with senior leaders across the organization to align procurement priorities with business objectives and influence purchasing decisions.
• Establish and continuously enhance procurement governance, policies, controls, sourcing standards, purchasing authority guidelines, and compliance requirements.
• Oversee supplier performance management, contract compliance, supplier governance, and risk management activities.
• Identify and mitigate supplier-related operational, financial, cybersecurity, contractual, regulatory, and business continuity risks.
• Drive procurement technology, automation, analytics, and digital transformation initiatives to improve procurement effectiveness and stakeholder experience.
• Leverage data, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities to identify sourcing opportunities, supplier risks, market trends, cost optimization opportunities, and actionable business insights.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that reduce manual effort, improve cycle times, and enhance stakeholder and supplier experiences.
• Oversee procure-to-pay processes, purchase order management, and catalog management activities.
• Develop dashboards and performance metrics measuring savings, spend under management, sourcing pipeline health, supplier consolidation, contract compliance, supplier performance, and sourcing cycle times.
• Support the integration and consolidation of supplier relationships, contracts, and procurement processes associated with acquisitions.
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