Senior Director, Procurement

Position summary: The Senior Director, Procurement leads Ingenovis Health’s enterprise corporate procurement function, driving continuous optimization, process efficiency, and improved return on investment (ROI) across operational and shared services spend. This role is accountable for designing, implementing, scaling, and improving procurement processes that enable operational efficiency, financial discipline, and consistent governance in a growing healthcare staffing organization. The position serves as a senior change leader, continually evaluating and improving how Ingenovis Health sources, contracts for, and utilizes external spend including simplifying workflows, leveraging data and technology, and embedding best‑in‑class sourcing and vendor management practices across all functions.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

1) Procurement Leadership & Capability Enablement

• Provide functional leadership for enterprise procurement practices
• Influence stakeholders through expertise, data, and structured decision frameworks
• Promote consistent adoption continuous improvement principles across the organization

2) Procurement Strategy, Optimization & Governance

• Design and execute an enterprise procurement strategy that emphasizes process efficiency, disciplined spending, and measurable return on investment (ROI) on spend
• Establish and implement procurement governance, policies, and approval frameworks that reduce friction while ensuring transparency and control
• Lead ongoing assessment and redesign of procurement processes to minimize or eliminate cycle times, manual effort, errors and redundancies
• Champion a continuous improvement mindset across procurement activities and stakeholder teams

3) Corporate Sourcing & Vendor Management

• Lead sourcing, negotiation, and vendor management across enterprise spend categories, including but not limited to:
  • Enterprise technology (IT infrastructure, SaaS, cybersecurity, telecom)
  • Professional services (legal, audit, payroll consulting, benefits brokerage)
  • Corporate services (facilities, real estate, travel, marketing, insurance)
  • Operations (credentialling, background checks, and drug screening services)
  • Finance, HR, and compliance‑related vendors
• Standardize vendor sourcing and onboarding processes to improve consistency and speed
• Rationalize the vendor portfolio to reduce fragmentation, improve operating leverage, and optimize both the total cost of ownership and the return on investment (ROI) on spend
• Implement vendor performance management programs (KPIs, SLAs, scorecards, QBRs) focused on cost, service quality, efficiency, and return on investment (ROI)

4) Process Improvement & Operational Efficiency

• Identify opportunities and implement solutions to streamline procurement workflows through standardization, automation, and technology enablement
• Lead projects to enhance procurement systems, spend analytics, and contract lifecycle management tools in partnership with IT, Finance and other business and functional leaders as needed
• Reduce administrative burden on partner teams by improving intake, sourcing, contracting, and vendor management processes
• Develop clear documentation, playbooks, and training materials to ensure scalable and repeatable procurement practices

5) Financial Impact & Cost Containment

• Proactively drive improved return on investment (ROI) on spend, which may include sustained cost savings, cost avoidance, and efficiency gains across spend categories
• Lead enterprise-wide spend analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and supplier cost benchmarking in partnership with Finance and other departments, as needed
• Establish clear metrics for procurement, including return on investment (ROI), savings realization, efficiency improvements, and spend under management, and drive measurable improvement over time
• Ensure procurement decisions appropriately balance cost discipline, risk, and business enablement

6) Cross‑Functional Partnership

• Serve as a strategic partner to functional leaders in IT, HR, Finance, Accounting, Legal, Compliance, Marketing, Facilities, Operations and others on matters related to sourcing services and systems
• Partner with other functional teams for enterprise initiatives such as system implementations, vendor transitions, organizational growth, M&A integration or other areas (corporate scope)
• Partner with functional leaders to enable stakeholder teams to make informed purchasing decisions through data, tools, and standardized processes, including managing requests for proposal (RFP) processes

Desired Qualifications & Experience

1) Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain Management, or related field required
• Advanced degree such as Master of Business Administration (MBA), Masters in other quantitative field, or equivalent certification preferred

2) Experience

• 10+ years of progressive procurement, strategic sourcing, or vendor management experience utilizing quantitative methods and data analysis required
• 5+ years operating at a senior, enterprise level with responsibility for enterprise spend and governance, with particular focus in negotiating, implementing, executing and governing enterprise-scale vendor contracts for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms and professional services
• Demonstrated experience driving process optimization, efficiency gains, and cost containment
• Experience in staffing, professional services, healthcare services or regulated environments preferred

3) Skills & Competencies

• Strong ability to design, optimize, implement and manage end‑to‑end procurement processes
  • Strong proficiency with Workday Procure-to-Pay (PTP) or similar systems is a plus
• Strong negotiation and commercial strategy skills
• Data‑driven mindset with strong analytical and reporting capabilities
• Demonstrated track record of successfully implementing procurement tools, controls, operating models and systems and driving adoption to ensure achievement of enterprise goals
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability influence internal and external parties without authority
• Effective prioritization skills including a demonstrated track record of simultaneously managing multiple projects and workstreams with competing timelines
• Strong ability to work in dynamic, fast-paced environment while delivering to company performance expectations
• Demonstrated track record of developing strong, collaborative relationships across organizations (internal and external) at all levels from entry-level team members to senior leadership
• Personally exhibit characteristics of resilience and “growth mindset” in the face of new and unexpected challenges, intellectual curiosity and exceptional EQ and fosters these characteristics in others
• Demonstrated track record of successful organizational leadership including contributing to building teams with positive, performance oriented cultures and high employee engagement
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office products (e.g., Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
• A disposition to function in a team environment and to maintain confidentiality
• Strong ability to use tact, discretion, and independent judgment to analyze and resolve work problems
• Displays a strong sense of urgency with the ability to self-motivate and remain flexible

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Ability to use sensory skills to effectively communicate and interact with other employees and the public through use of the telephone, email, video conference and face to face contact
• Ability to use manual dexterity, visual acuity and hearing acuity to effectively use and operate office related equipment such as but not limited to a computer, copier, scanner, camera, phone, headset, keyboard and mouse
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time at a keyboard and workstation with low periods of reaching and standing
• Ability to lift up to 15 pounds at times

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: Ingenovis Health is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, age, or any other protected status set forth in federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization.

Reservation of Rights: Essential functions contained within this job description are listed above; they are subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons set forth by management.   

Compensation Range

Benefits include: health, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, company-paid life insurance, 401K with discretionary match, paid time off, paid parental leave, and tuition reimbursement.