Executive Director, Supply Chain and Procurement

About the role

• Job Posting Title: Executive Director, Supply Chain and Procurement
• Hiring Department: Dell Medical School
• Position Open To: All Applicants
• Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40
• FLSA Status: Exempt from FLSA
• Earliest Start Date: Immediately
• Position Duration: Expected to Continue
• Location: AUSTIN, TX

Job Details

The University of Texas at Austin is undertaking a once-in-a-generation transformation to build a world-class academic health system in Central Texas. Anchored by Dell Medical School and the growing UT Medicine clinical enterprise, this bold initiative is redefining how academic medicine delivers care, accelerates discovery, and prepares the next generation of healthcare leaders.

As UT Medicine expands clinical operations and advances plans for a future state-of-the-art specialty hospital, the organization is building an integrated academic health system designed to combine innovative care delivery, cutting-edge research, operational excellence, and a deeply patient-centered approach to health.

Within this rapidly evolving environment, UT Medicine is seeking an Executive Director, Supply Chain and Procurement to serve as the enterprise leader responsible for the strategic direction, governance, and operational performance of supply chain and procurement across the academic health system.

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, this leader will play a critical role in building and modernizing a highly integrated supply chain infrastructure that supports clinical, academic, and research operations while advancing operational resilience, financial stewardship, supplier strategy, and technology-enabled innovation across the enterprise.

What You'll Do

• Develop and execute enterprise-wide supply chain and procurement strategy aligned with organizational clinical, operational, and financial priorities
• Oversee sourcing, purchasing, inventory management, warehousing, logistics, and distribution operations across the health system
• Lead initiatives focused on enterprise cost stewardship, operational efficiency, and supply continuity
• Build and strengthen strategic vendor and supplier partnerships while optimizing contract performance and procurement operations
• Advance technology-enabled supply chain capabilities, including predictive analytics, AI-driven forecasting, automation, and real-time operational dashboards
• Collaborate closely with executive leadership across finance, clinical operations, IT, research, and administration to align supply chain strategy with enterprise growth objectives
• Lead organizational development efforts across supply chain functions, including leadership development, workforce planning, succession planning, and operational excellence initiatives
• Ensure compliance with healthcare procurement regulations, audit standards, internal controls, and risk management requirements
• Support operational readiness for future hospital expansion, ambulatory growth, and evolving academic and clinical programs

Who You Are

The ideal candidate is a strategic and operationally sophisticated healthcare supply chain executive with experience leading complex supply chain organizations within integrated health systems or academic medical centers. This individual will bring strong financial acumen, operational leadership capability, and the ability to build scalable infrastructure within a rapidly evolving healthcare environment.

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance, or related field
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare supply chain, procurement, logistics, or sourcing operations
• Experience leading large-scale supply chain operations within a complex integrated healthcare system or academic medical center
• Demonstrated success implementing technology, analytics, or AI-enabled solutions within supply chain operations
• Proven ability to manage large budgets, vendor ecosystems, and enterprise sourcing strategies
• Strong executive communication, change management, and cross-functional collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within a large academic medical center or multi-hospital health system
• Professional certifications such as CMRP, CPSM, CSCP, CPIM, Lean Six Sigma, or PMP
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise transformation, operational standardization, or system integration initiatives
• Experience supporting major expansion, construction, or hospital startup initiatives

Working Conditions

• May work around standard office conditions
• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation

Required Materials

• Resume
• Letter of interest
• 3 work reference names (with contact information)

Additional information

Important: Before submitting your online application, ensure that ALL required materials have been uploaded. Once submitted, you cannot make changes to your application.

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply.

This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

Employment Eligibility

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

Retirement Plan Eligibility

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. This position has the option to elect the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) instead of TRS, subject to the position being 40 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

Pay Transparency

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

Employment Eligibility Verification

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.