Director - Hospital Purchasing

Job Title: Director

Location: System Business Office

Department Name: Purchasing

Req #: 0000235978

Status: Salaried

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $133,924.00 - $189,167.00 per year

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated annual salary range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Job Overview:

The Director of Purchasing is accountable for providing overall leadership strategic direction and operational oversight of the Purchasing function across the enterprise.

This role leads complex high impact initiatives with significant operational financial and system interdependencies ensuring alignment with organizational goals policies and regulatory requirements.

The Director builds and sustains strong cross functional relationships and regularly engages with senior leadership using influence sound judgment and data driven insights to guide decision making and drive results.

This role is responsible for establishing, monitoring and enforcing performance standards key performance indicators and quality measures related to productivity accuracy timeliness cost effectiveness and compliance.

**Please Note: This is a Hybrid Role - 3 days in office, 2 remote. **

Qualifications:

Bachelor Degree required,

Minimum of eight years of progressive purchasing experience including at least four years in a healthcare or integrated delivery network environment preferred with demonstrated experience leading complex initiatives and working across multiple functional areas.

A minimum of five years of people management experience is required with direct accountability for hiring retention performance management coaching counseling and professional development of staff.

Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.

Essential Function:

Provide overall leadership and strategic direction for the Purchasing function with direct accountability for the successful execution of enterprise wide initiatives and projects involving significant operational financial and system interdependencies.

Lead planning prioritization execution and change management efforts to ensure outcomes are achieved on time within scope and in alignment with organizational objectives.

Key Competencies

Direct and manage daily purchasing operations with full accountability for people leadership including hiring onboarding performance management coaching counseling retention strategies succession planning and staff development.

Establish clear expectations foster accountability and build a high performing engaged team capable of meeting current and future organizational needs.

Build and sustain strong cross functional partnerships across clinical financial operational and technology teams.

Serve as a key liaison to senior leaders by presenting complex information clearly influencing outcomes resolving issues and navigating competing priorities to support enterprise purchasing objectives and continuity of operations.

Serve as the subject matter expert for ERP MMIS systems PeopleSoft preferred and purchasing related technologies leading system optimization automation initiatives process improvements reporting enhancements and golive project implementation activities.

Lead vendor and stakeholder engagement including supplier performance management issue resolution contract collaboration financial coordination and customer service escalation while supporting budget management continuity planning and enterprise purchasing objectives.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Benefits and Perks :

At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees’ physical, emotional, social, and financial health.

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plans
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Life & Accidental Death Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Wellness Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
• Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, Verizon, and more!

Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!

RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered,

high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering

a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.

RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey—whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.

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RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer