Director, Procurement - IT

Owens & Minor is a global healthcare solutions company providing essential products, services and technology solutions that support care delivery in leading hospitals, health systems and research centers around the world. For over 140 years, Owens & Minor has delivered comfort and confidence behind the scenes, so healthcare stays at the forefront, helping to make each day better for the hospitals, healthcare partners, and communities we serve. Powered by more than 14,000 teammates worldwide, Owens & Minor exists because every day, everywhere, Life Takes Care™.   Global Reach with a Local Touch 140+ years serving healthcare Over 14,000 teammates worldwide Serving healthcare partners in 80 countries Manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Honduras, Mexico, Thailand and Ireland 40+ distribution centers Portfolio of 300 propriety and branded product offerings 1,000 branded medical product suppliers 4,000 healthcare partners served Position Summary The Director, Indirect Procurement – Information Technology leads category strategies, sourcing programs, supplier management activities, and complex procurement initiatives for assigned Indirect spend categories. This role partners with business leaders to understand requirements, improve supplier value, deliver cost savings, and strengthen procurement process discipline. The Senior Manager provides direct leadership to assigned procurement resources, including coaching, prioritization, work allocation, performance feedback, and professional development. The ideal candidate is a strategic procurement leader capable of operating independently with executive stakeholders, leading complex technology negotiations, delivering measurable financial results, and developing high-performing teams. They possess deep expertise in software licensing, SaaS negotiations, cloud economics, AI and IT services procurement while balancing commercial value, business requirements, and risk management.

(Exclude if less than 15%) Category Strategy • Develop and execute multiyear category strategies that support business objectives and procurement value targets. Responsible for development and actionable opportunity pipelines. • Develop actionable strategic sourcing plans, initiative pipelines, and category roadmaps for assigned Indirect categories. • Monitor and utilize market intelligence, supplier segmentation, and business demand patterns, and risk mitigation plans to inform sourcing strategy. • The robust category strategies should demonstrate category ownership for Software, SaaS, Cloud, IaaS, Hardware, Telecom, evolution of AI and IT services categories. Strategic Sourcing & Negotiations • Lead end-to-end sourcing events, including stakeholder alignment, supplier selection, RFP/RFQ execution, analysis, negotiations, and award recommendations. • Lead large impact targeted negotiations specifically the ones with Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Salesforce, AWS, Azure and other strategic technology negotiations • Develop negotiation strategies that address commercial value, service expectations, risk, contract flexibility, and supplier performance. • Partner with Legal, Finance, Compliance, and business stakeholders to support contract review and business decision-making. Supplier & Financial Management • Manage key supplier relationships and support supplier performance reviews, issue resolution, and continuous improvement efforts. • Deliver annual P&L Reduction and P&L Protection targets through sourcing, negotiation, demand management, supplier optimization, working capital, savings pipeline, benefit validation, and budget impact. • Track sourcing results, validate benefits with Finance as appropriate, and support leadership reporting.

Leadership • Directly supervise Category Managers, Analysts, Specialists, or other assigned procurement team members. • Provide coaching, feedback, talent development planning, workload prioritization,