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Senior Director, Indirect Procurement - Technology
WalgreensUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 22 Jul 2026
About the role
Job Summary:
Responsible for setting the strategic direction and leading enterprise-wide procurement initiatives across Information Technology categories, including software, hardware, telecommunications, cloud services, digital platforms, and managed services. Leads a high-performing team of Directors, Category Managers, and Category Specialists, driving category strategies that align with business objectives, technology roadmaps, and financial goals.
Accountable for developing and executing both short- and long-term sourcing strategies, overseeing complex supplier negotiations, and optimizing vendor relationships to maximize value, mitigate risk, and accelerate innovation. Partners closely with executive leadership, IT, Finance, Legal, Security, and business stakeholders to establish procurement priorities, define operational requirements, and ensure alignment with enterprise transformation initiatives.
Drives change management, organizational adoption, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver sustainable business outcomes and maintain continuity of critical technology services. Monitors category performance, supplier effectiveness, contract compliance, and savings realization, providing executive-level reporting and strategic insights to senior leadership.
Champions procurement excellence through the development of scalable processes, governance frameworks, continuous improvement initiatives, and operational efficiencies. Serves as a key contributor to business planning, technology investment decisions, and enterprise transformation efforts. Indirectly manages and influences technology-related spend and company resources while ensuring strong financial stewardship, risk management, and supplier performance across the IT portfolio. #LI-NL1
This role is based in our Deerfield, IL office and is on‑site four days a week.
Job Responsibilities:
Responsible for setting the strategic direction and leading enterprise-wide procurement initiatives across Information Technology categories, including software, hardware, telecommunications, cloud services, digital platforms, and managed services. Leads a high-performing team of Directors, Category Managers, and Category Specialists, driving category strategies that align with business objectives, technology roadmaps, and financial goals.
Accountable for developing and executing both short- and long-term sourcing strategies, overseeing complex supplier negotiations, and optimizing vendor relationships to maximize value, mitigate risk, and accelerate innovation. Partners closely with executive leadership, IT, Finance, Legal, Security, and business stakeholders to establish procurement priorities, define operational requirements, and ensure alignment with enterprise transformation initiatives.
Drives change management, organizational adoption, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver sustainable business outcomes and maintain continuity of critical technology services. Monitors category performance, supplier effectiveness, contract compliance, and savings realization, providing executive-level reporting and strategic insights to senior leadership.
Champions procurement excellence through the development of scalable processes, governance frameworks, continuous improvement initiatives, and operational efficiencies. Serves as a key contributor to business planning, technology investment decisions, and enterprise transformation efforts. Indirectly manages and influences technology-related spend and company resources while ensuring strong financial stewardship, risk management, and supplier performance across the IT portfolio. #LI-NL1
This role is based in our Deerfield, IL office and is on‑site four days a week.
Job Responsibilities:
- Creates collaborative business plans with strategic vendors, develops negotiating strategies, and directs the execution of strategic programs. Provides direction and oversees that Directors and Category Managers develop and maintain positive vendor relationships. Approves Director and Category Manager vendor contract negotiations, guaranteeing the attainment of the most advantageous pricing, terms, discounts, allowances, quality, delivery, service and dating (where applicable). Ensures all goods and services meet established standards and legal requirements. Addresses business unit concerns / issues, requests, and questions and resolves within legal/tax and corporate guidelines. Establishes and maintains the sourcing strategy for the enterprise including supply chain strategies and metrics for indirect goods.
- Directs and approves the planning process with Directors and Category Managers in developing and recommending sourcing solutions, channels for distribution, and execution of best practices for the assigned categories. Applies analytics to enable optimized cost savings and ensures an adequate supply chain supply.
- Establishes inventory/ replenishment metrics and builds logistical solutions for the deployment of indirect goods enterprise wide.
- Plans, develops, directs, and implements complex business strategies through the establishment of short/long-range objectives, change management, performance goals, and metrics for each spend category. Collaborates with Operations, Legal, Supply Chain, Tax, Finance, the Business Units, and other customers as needed to champion enterprise wide cross-functional sourcing initiatives. Understands category specific details and store/pharmacy operational principles and produces analytics that contributes to the formation of budgets and effective P&L management by the business unit.
- Directs and executes budgetary cost reduction programs and initiatives that facilitate business owners achieving their business unit goals and financial targets. Assures the appropriate use of capital and financial resources.
- Generates analytics to support these positions.
- Directly manages complex negotiations with key suppliers that require a detailed strategic plan and that have a direct correlation with Corporate operational needs and/or goals. Decision maker and subject matter expert for risk management allowances, terms/conditions, pricing, transportation, pricing and quality control/acceptance.
- Manages the development of policies/procedures to ensure goods and services are available to business units and maintains sufficient inventory levels and/or supply chain availability to support all events to avoid negative budgetary/
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