Executive Director, Global Sourcing and Procurement – Indirect Category
Labcorp
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Burlington • North Carolina • United States
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About the role
- Provide executive leadership for global indirect sourcing and procurement across multiple categories
- Develop and execute multi-year category strategies aligned with enterprise financial, operational, and growth objectives.
- Drive margin improvement initiatives through strategic sourcing, demand management, supplier consolidation, and commercial negotiations.
- Lead and develop a geographically dispersed team, fostering a high-performance culture focused on people development, leadership capability, analytics, and negotiation excellence.
- Serve as a strategic advisor and business partner to senior stakeholders across Finance, Legal, Compliance, HR, IT, Operations, and business leadership.
- Establish and maintain effective sourcing governance, policies, procedures, and standard operating models in collaboration with key stakeholders.
- Oversee complex supplier relationships, including vendors with long-standing MSAs and multiple SOWs, ensuring commercial optimization, risk mitigation, and contract compliance.
- Partner with Legal, Compliance, and Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) teams to ensure adherence to regulatory, ethical, and risk standards.
- Leverage sourcing tools, contracting platforms, ERP systems, analytics, and benchmarking resources to enable data-driven decision-making and transparency.
- Lead cross-functional sourcing initiatives associated with enterprise transformation, system implementations, and process standardization.
- Monitor market trends, supplier innovation, and industry best practices to continuously improve sourcing outcomes and capabilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Operations
- 12 or more years of progressive experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain, with significant leadership responsibility.
- Master’s degree or higher (preferred)
- Certification in CPSM, CIPS or PMP (preferred)
- Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-category indirect sourcing organizations in a large, matrixed, global environment.
- Proven track record of delivering measurable cost savings, margin improvement, and enterprise value through strategic sourcing initiatives.
- Experience leading sourcing transformations, ERP or contract lifecycle management (CLM) implementations, or operating model redesign
- Strong business judgment, integrity, and commitment to compliance and ethical standards.
- Experience in healthcare, life sciences, diagnostics, or other highly regulated industries.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life
- STD/LTD
- 401(k)
- Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
sourcingprocurementsupply chainstrategic sourcingcontract lifecycle managementdata-driven decision-makingmargin improvementsupplier consolidationcommercial negotiationsanalytics
Soft Skills
leadershippeople developmentnegotiation excellencebusiness judgmentintegritycommitment to compliancehigh-performance culturecross-functional collaborationstakeholder engagementrisk mitigation
Certifications
CPSMCIPSPMP