CO Salary Range: USD 110,000.00 - 161,000.00 per year
Posting Date
05/02/2025
2000 16th Street, Denver, Colorado, 80202, United States of America
We are currently seeking a Senior Project Manager of Procurement Operations Excellence to join our Village, working at our World Headquarters in Denver. This teammate will lead project management as it relates to our supply chain business systems and manage Village-wide procurement operational excellence process improvements.
As a Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of innovators and problem solvers, helping to decipher complex business issues from strategy to execution. The following duties and responsibilities reflect the expectations of this position and are not intended to be all inclusive.
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- Project manage the technology enablement part of our procurement strategy, including requirements, roadmap and rollout (e.g. P2P Systems, ERP)
- Support the deployment of procurement best practice and operational excellence processes
- Facilitate cross-team discussions and drive business to ensure all ideas are represented while ultimately steering stakeholders towards decision and action
- Develop and implement innovative and creative solutions to business problems. Encourage and expect others to think progressively and not be limited by existing processes and procedures.
- Positive mindset attitude - conveys ideas and projects tasks to teams as opportunities
- Foster an environment of trust, transparency, and quick decisions with the ability to pivot based on understanding the dynamic needs of the business and risks at hand
- Manage ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations. Ability to explain and describe complex problems concisely; adjusts to audience and gains confidence /buy-in
- Build collaborative partnerships with internal and external stakeholders
- Contribute technical or operational knowledge, where appropriate
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead Process Improvements and Operational Excellence Projects
- Provide overall project management support to procurement initiatives, including activities such as development of project plans, risk/issues overseeing, status tracking/reporting, enhancement/release planning, and creating presentations
- Assist in the transformation of the Procurement function by engaging with business stakeholders and to document requirements, model current/future business processes and organization changes
- Lead support and discovery process on new opportunities to bring more spend into the Procurement system(s), scoping tasks, defining product requirements and establishing quantifiable success metrics to track value over time.
- Align process and system changes to new Procurement policy and practices to meet multi-year goals and objectives, inclusive of the definition of project scope and deliverables for multiple project activities
- Continually monitor and report on the progress of programs to all stakeholders and project teams
- Implement and guide scope changes and interventions to achieve objectives
- Develop and maintain internal documentation for Procurement technology platforms, such as process flows, design specifications, configuration documentation, and test scripts
- Understand the procurement process and systems and how end-users (teammates and suppliers) interact and engage with them
- Work in a collaborative fashion, facilitate problem solving, drive decisions and communicate effectively
- Maintains project management schedule and budget constraints
- Host and facilitate weekly status meetings
- Provide agendas for upcoming meetings as well as sending out meeting notes
- Bachelor's degree
- 7+ years of business-related experience in a Project Management role
- Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills
- Preferred experience implementing and supporting ERP/P2P systems such as Coupa and/or Oracle modules
- Experience using and supporting a variety of Sourcing and Procurement related processes, systems and programs a plus
- Agile project management experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent analytical skills geared towards troubleshooting, with the ability to resolve complex problems using simple solutions
- Ability to forecast project resourcing and project timeline based on tasks and team member allocation
- Ability to effectively work with team members that have a range of expertise from technical to non-technical
- Excellent time management, decision making, problem solving, presentation, documentation, communication, planning and organization skills.
- PMO (Project Management Professional) Certification or equivalent preferred
- Travel required up to 10%
More than just pay, our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most. Teammates are eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment. Below are some of our benefit offerings.
- Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
- Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more
- Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita's online training platform StarLearning.
At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second. We want all teammates to experience DaVita as "a place where I belong." Our goal is to embed belonging into everything we do in our Village, so that it becomes part of who we are. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements. Individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
This position will be open for a minimum of three days.
Salary/ Wage Range
$110,000.00 - $161,000.00 / year
Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at https://careers.davita.com/benefits
Colorado Residents: Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.