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Job Function

Procurement

Job Sub Function

Strategic Sourcing

Job Category

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations

Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia

Job Description

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Director, Procurement Operations, located in Bogotá, Colombia.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Director, Procurement Operations, will ensure that the Regional Service Delivery Procurement Operations organization delivers results in support of Global Services, One Procurement, and DePuy Synthes business strategy and objectives. The role is accountable for reliable, compliant, and user-centered Source-to-Pay service delivery globally and works directly with business leaders, category teams, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Technology, and the broader Procurement function.

The Director leads regional managers and service teams, translates enterprise standards into regional execution, and owns performance, capacity, risk, controls, stakeholder experience,



digital adoption, and continuous improvement. The role balances standardized global processes with valid country and business requirements in a regulated environment, where supply continuity, quality, traceability, privacy, cybersecurity, and patient impact must inform decision making.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Director, Integral Procurement Operations will play a critical leadership role, leading, mentoring, and developing regional managers and professionals and providing the guidance, training, and support required to enhance skills and performance.
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Source-to-Contract function, including sourcing event management, negotiation of price and other contract terms, contract drafting and execution, and stakeholder management activities.
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of Requisition-to-Pay, including Accounts Payable, payments, Procurement Operations, purchase-order lifecycle management, and stakeholder and customer-experience management; deliver against agreed service levels while ensuring policy and legal compliance.
- Own operational performance across the approved Source-to-Pay service portfolio, including intake and inquiry management, requisition and purchase-order support, buying channels, supplier onboarding and enablement, catalog support, procurement data, operational reporting,



and contracting-process handoffs.
- Establish regional governance, service levels, performance routines, dashboards, capacity plans, escalation paths, and corrective actions, ensuring delivery against defined service commitments.
- Partner with Category Procurement, Finance, Accounts Payable, Legal, Compliance, Quality, Regulatory, Information Security, Privacy, Technology, Supply Chain, and business leadership to align operational services with company requirements and enterprise standards.
- Drive continuous improvements in user and supplier experience, effectiveness, efficiency, control performance, data quality, channel adoption, and cost to serve.
- Support the development and implementation of automation and artificial intelligence initiatives, and advance digital requirements by defining business needs, data quality expectations, integration points, workflow requirements, reporting needs, privacy and security controls, user testing, deployment readiness, and adoption measures.
- Use operational data, external insights, and structured root-cause analysis to prioritize process simplification, automation, touchless processing, self-service, and recurring-issue elimination.
- Ensure adherence to procurement policy, delegation of authority, segregation of duties, documented procedures, records requirements, and applicable legal, regulatory, and quality expectations; ensure delivery against agreed service levels and own timely remediation of control and audit findings.
- Create value by building trusted relationships regionally and globally, proactively understanding stakeholder needs, constructively influencing expectations, and securing cross-function

📌 Director, Procurement Ops, Americas (Bogotá)
🏢 Brighter Signals
📍 Bogotá