SUMMARY: This role leads a team of professional buyers to achieve organizational goals, which include ensuring cost-effective transactions by supply chain with exceptional service levels. The Director is responsible for the organizations tactical purchasing operations, including the procurement of supplies, processing of requisitions and purchase orders, procurement of equipment and services as determined by Strategic Sourcing or customers, including order acknowledgment and confirmations, expediting, troubleshooting, back orders, recalls, returns and collection of credits. This individual will manage supply issues that impact patients, such as physician preference items, supply chain service quality, product availability, emergency and disaster response management, recalls, hazardous wast