Hiring: Assistant Director Procurement Company: The University of Kansas Health System Location: Shawnee, KS Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 14:37:34 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : Change Management, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management About the job Experience: •6 or more years of progressive healthcare supply chain, spend management, procurement or logistics experience. •4 or more years of leadership experience managing teams and healthcare operations. •3 or more years of experience overseeing procurement, sourcing, inventory operations, or related healthcare supply chain functions. •3 or more years of demonstrated success in cost savings initiatives, supplier management, or operational improvement initiatives. •7 or more years of experience developing supply chain risk management or resiliency strategies. Required Skills: •The Assistant Director of Spend Management is a strategic healthcare supply chain leader responsible for optimizing organizational spend, ensuring supply continuity, and driving operational excellence across Procurement, Consignment Operations, and Spend Management Resiliency programs. •Lead and oversee the continued strategic and operational growth of all programs within their scope of responsibility while collaborating across business units (internal and external to health system) to process improve and maintain high patient safety standards. Qualifications: •Strong knowledge of healthcare supply chain operations and spend management practices. •Strong financial acumen and analytical capabilities. •Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills. •Demonstrated capacity to influence decisions and build partnership across all levels of the organization. •Strong change management abilities. •Important Information For You To Know As You Apply •The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link asktalentacquisition@kumc.edu. •Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP. •Need help finding the right job? •We can recommend jobs specifically for you! Create a custom Job Alert by selecting criteria that suit your career interests. Compensation: •See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!