Chief Procurement Officer and Executive Director of Operations

🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, NC 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Operations 🗓️ March 9th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a Chief Procurement Officer and Executive Director of Operations. The role oversees procurement, card services, travel services, and accounts payable operations totaling around $900 million annually, designs and implements strategic sourcing, and leads spend management initiatives across academic and administrative units. The position directs a team, negotiates vendor contracts, ensures compliance and customer satisfaction, and partners with campus stakeholders to optimize purchasing and payment services.

Highlights

Oversee central procurement, card services, travel services, and accounts payable operations with approximately $900 million in annual expenditures.
Design and implement university-wide, data-driven strategic sourcing and spend management operations.
Lead a team of senior spend management professionals transforming their work from transaction to spend management.
Negotiate advantageous contracts and coordinate university-wide spend activities ensuring compliance and cost-effectiveness.
Build strong relationships and coalitions across the university to foster consensus on spend management initiatives.
Minimum of eight years senior-level experience with broad stakeholder engagement, preferably in higher education or private sector.
Required education: Relevant post-baccalaureate degree with three or more years related experience, or a bachelor's degree with five or more years relevant experience.
Strong business and financial acumen, problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.
Experience with process reengineering, talent management, and implementation of procurement systems and tools.
Compensation commensurate with experience; full-time permanent position with 40 hours per week.