Vanderbilt University Medical Center · 15 hours ago
Director Sourcing
Mount Juliet, TN
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
5+ years expVanderbilt University Medical Center is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and is dedicated to advancing health and wellness through exceptional patient care, education, and research. The Director of Sourcing provides leadership in purchasing products under cost-effective contracts, manages a team of sourcing officers, and ensures timely completion of contracts and negotiations with suppliers.
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Responsibilities
Develop goals and objectives for the department based on interpretation of institutional policy and goals
Plan to achieve goals or establish priorities
Help department understand, share and support the vision
Initiate changes in or develop new policies, procedures and/or methods
Analyze long-range impact of decisions and plans
Ensure the most effective operations of the department through program development, process improvement and coordination/integration of processes with other departments
Design, implement, evaluate and market programs to maximize clinical outcomes, functional status, patient/customer satisfaction and reimbursement
Standardize services, processes, resources, and practice to improve efficiency
Supervision to include responsibility for planning, coordinating, and controlling the work and procedures; provide advice/consultation to staff regarding problems
Adjust work schedules or project priorities to meet emergencies or changing conditions
Participate on departmental and/or interdepartmental committees to address problems and facilitate information exchange about programs, problems, etc. Provide information to others (oral or written) to explain/clarify problems, issues or requests
Participate in periodic management meetings to keep top management informed of department problems and concerns
Analyze and evaluate ongoing department programs to identify areas where adjustments/improvements are needed
Develop staffing plans to ensure developmental objectives are being met
Define and achieve financial targets in support of business goals of the institution
Prepare an annual operating budget for a unit or department, including direct labor, material and supplies, services, equipment maintenance and replacement
Present and justify a proposed budget (operating and capital expenditure) to a management review committee
Evaluate organizational functions and structures to best determine the allocation and utilization of resources
Analyze and evaluate budget variance to determine cause
Prepare justification or develop alternatives for cost containment/reduction
Project future budgets based upon analysis of current operations
Create and exceed service standards utilizing key service dimension and from knowledge of patient/customer expectations and best practice
Establish service standards for the department and determine if service standards are compatible with financial targets
Ensure that the service standards are met or exceeded by utilizing customer satisfaction, best practices and market information to improve customer service and satisfaction
Qualification
Required
5+ years contract negotiation
5+ years people management
Value analysis experience
Budget management experience
Bachelor's
Preferred
CLM experience preferred
Healthcare experience preferred
Company
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is a nonprofit institution specializing in patient care, research, and nobility in medical education.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (92)
2024 (74)
2023 (73)
2022 (113)
2021 (96)
2020 (70)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$35.3MKey Investors
National Institute on AgingAdvanced Research Projects Agency for HealthNational Cancer Institute,National Human Genome Research Institute,National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
2025-07-02Grant· $25M
2024-11-15Grant· $3.3M
2024-09-13Grant
Leadership Team
Wright Pinson
Deputy CEO and Chief Health System Officer
Cecelia Moore
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
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