Director, Workday Supply Chain

Current Employees:

If you are a current Staff, Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami, please click here to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a faculty or staff position using the Career worklet, please review this tip sheet.

Director, Workday Supply Chain

The University of Miami/UHealth department of Supply Chain has an exciting opportunity for a Full Time Director, Workday Supply Chain. The Director, Supply Chain Systems (H) directs the selection, implementation, and operations of supply chain systems in support of the University’s goals and objectives. Moreover, this position coordinates financial reporting and supply chain cost analyses. The incumbent operates intending to use systems, data, analytics, and costs to facilitate key business decisions.                                                                              

Workday Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Systems Director will be responsible for the improvement, execution and deployment of Workday Sourcing. Procurement, Supply chain, Expenses and Settlement applications. This role will have demonstratable expertise in deployment of Workday applications. This person provides advisory to business on strategies, options, and risks, and recommend varied approaches to meet business goals in the P2P area.

• Acts as the P2P Subject Matter Expert (SME) with focus on Process improvement along with industry knowledge, and applications in the following focus areas:

• Sourcing, Procurement, Account Payable, Cash & Settlement, T&E Expenses and financial systems optimization

• Responsibilities include identification, obtainment and processing of critical data (e.g. benchmarks) to challenge the status quo through innovative thought leadership in the application of standard industry practice solutions for high performing procurement functions

• Diagnose, document and resolve complex P2P issues from a functional, administrative and operational perspective

• Participate in EBS projects with focus on P2P involving strategy, support, and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) optimization related to Information Technology (IT) operations, business processes, security, and data integrity for the Workday applications

• Review and map P2P business processes

• Review business processes and advise business on system services available within the Workday application

• Identify and communicate findings to senior management

• Performs business analysis and composes clear, comprehensive functional requirements

• Manages staff responsible for the design and development of reports tracking performance against key metrics and makes recommendations to improve results.

• Works collaboratively with IT to develop and enhance systems and programs to help achieve supply chain metrics and automate manual processes.

• Acts as the department’s subject matter expert for supply chain software.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS                                                                                                         

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

• Workday Financials, Procurement & / or CPA preferred

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience

• 12+ years of experience working in healthcare and or Higher Education with at least 5 years of experience in Workday Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Systems preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:

• Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships.

• Ability to direct, manage, implement, and evaluate department operations.

• Ability to establish department goals and objectives that support the strategic plan.

• Ability to effectively plan, delegate and/or supervise the work of others.

• Ability to lead, motivate, develop and train others.

• Ability to exercise sound judgment in making critical decisions.

• Skill in collecting, organizing and analyzing data.

Any relevant education, certifications and/or work experience may be considered.

The University of Mia