Director of Procurement (Hybrid)

Awarded a Healthiest Employer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona aims to fulfill its mission to inspire health and make it easy. AZ Blue offers a variety of health insurance products and services to meet the diverse needs of individuals, families, and small and large businesses as well as providing information and tools to help individuals make better health decisions.

This role requires work and residency within the state of Arizona.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Direct and oversee the procurement operations function while building and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders and key suppliers. Develop and maintain best practice Procurement to Pay processes that maximize the value for the business, the experience for the internal customers and the partnership with a diverse supplier base. Accountable for segmenting the work between the various specialties, including accounts payable, sourcing, supplier management, ensuring a seamless transition, and working in close partnership with Procurement Business Partners to continuously improve the process, and in risk-intelligent ways, manage exceptions.

QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Required Work Experience

· 10 years of experience in procurement lifecycle, including requirement gathering, contracting, and post-purchase vendor management

· 10 years of leadership experience of the procurement operation functions including transaction management, sourcing, and pricing analytics

· 10 years of experience managing, coaching, and developing a team of procurement professionals and or other management experience

· Consideration can be given for related business, management, and industry experience, or possession of advanced degrees in business (MBA, Supply Chain, etc.) in lieu of 10 years’ experience.

2. Required Education

· Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business, or accounting

3. Required Licenses

· N/A

4. Required Certifications

· N/A

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Preferred Work Experience

15 years of experience in procurement lifecycle, including requirement gathering, contracting, and post-purchase vendor management

· 15 years leadership experience of the procurement operation functions including transaction management, sourcing, and pricing analytics.

· 15 years of experience managing, coaching, and developing a team of procurement professionals and or other management experience

2. Preferred Education · Advanced degree in Supply Chain Management or master’s in business administration with prior procurement work history

3. Preferred Licenses

· N/A

4. Preferred Certifications

· Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.)

· Institute of Supply Managmeent (I.S.M.) affiliation

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Lead the entire Procurement to Pay function representing a 200M+ in annual addressable spend.

· Oversee compliance with all policy and procedures to ensure efficient and compliant operations.

· Work directly with business leaders and procurement operations to determine enterprise sourcing strategies and tactics to realize those strategies.

· Develop category and market expertise that allows the organization to effectively compete in target market segments; this includes market trends and competitive analysis.

· Leverage market intelligence to validate and benchmark costs and competitive pricing.

· Manage innovation, authority, and autonomy for standard and complex deals.

· Achieve the best value for the business through efficient buying, sourcing, and category planning.

· Manage on-going supplier relationships and execute supplier performance management initiatives in accordance with standards and guidelines and in collaboration with business partners.

· Manage multiple projects and initiatives within assigned categories with the ability to meet defined timelines and provide proactive status communication to business partners.

· Provide support to ensure efficient accounts payable processes including requisition, purchase order, thru payment.

· Provide oversite and strategy for management of our suppliers, working with the business and reporting to the executive team.

· Develop, implement, report, and drive our Diversity spend in accordance with our Diversity goals.

· Coach, mentor, and develop our procurement professionals.

· Maintain strong working relationships with BCBSAZ leaders,

· Ensure close collaboration with the Legal department to ensure contracts are in compliance with Legal directives.

· Develop and maintain strong professional relationships with key vendors and other outside partners

· The position requires a full-time work schedule. Full-time is defined as working at least 40 hours