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

Bachelors 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 masters 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 per week, plus any additional hours as requested or as needed to meet business requirements.

Perform all other duties as assigned.

COMPETENCIES

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

1. Required Job Skills

Possess the ability to establish relationships to deliver effective and timely client procurement solutions

Strong project management skills

Excellent analytical, organizational, problem resolution, presentation, and verbal and written communication skills

Proficient in current industry standard PC applications

Ability to understand, balance and apply industry, enterprise and business demands, drivers, goals and their ability to support and or influence leaders in making value based acquisitions

Knowledge of current federal income tax laws, regulations, and procedures

Understanding of balance sheet and P&L impact of supplier-related decisions

The ability to manipulate large amounts of data and raw conclusions, recommendations and solutions.

Understanding of balance sheet and P&L impact of supplier-related decisions

The ability to manipulate large amounts of data and raw conclusions, recommendations and solutions.

Other related skills and abilities may be required to perform this job.

2. Required Professional Competencies

Maintain confidentiality and privacy

Analytical knowledge necessary to generate reports based on available data and then make decisions based on reported data

Capable of legal and analytical research

Ability to synthesize legal and regulatory information, identify key issues, and analyze their impact on the corporation

Strong writing skills and the ability to translate complex information into simple, clear language

Demonstrated ability to plan and implement complex procurement projects to meet specific deadlines.

Ability to communicate well, both verbally and in writing, to management on complex procurement matters.

3. Required Leadership Experience and Competencies

Ability to effectively work across a matrixed organization creating strong partnerships with internal and external resources while achieving key operating

Act as an internal consultant helping business customers develop solutions which drive cost, value, risk mitigation and overall supplier performance that exceed customer expectations

Establish and maintain strong working relations with all levels of employees and outside professionals.

PREFERRED COMPETENCIES

1. Preferred Job Skills

Distribution experience strongly preferred

5 years experience in Category Management or relevant business experience

2. Preferred Professional Competencies

Knowledge of a wide range of subjects pertaining to the organization's service and operations.

3. Preferred Leadership Experience and Competencies N/A

Our Commitment

AZ Blue does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected group.

Thank you for your interest in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. For more information on our company, see azblue.com. If interested in this position, please apply.