Plans, directs, and coordinates the activities for centralized purchasing, professional services contracts and leases, property control, hospital materials management, safety/loss prevention, security, telecommunications, vehicle management, stockroom inventory control, mail/messenger service, and emergency preparedness and recovery. Processes approximately $265 million in purchase orders and over $531 million in professional services contracts for the system. This position is domiciled in Baton Rouge and statewide travel is required.

Baccalaureate degree and eight years of professional level administrative support experience directly related to procurement management, four of which must have been in a managerial or supervisory role involving the supervision of procurement staff. An additional four years of comparable experience may substitute for the baccalaureate degree. Desired qualifications include supervisory level procurement experience in a hospital or health care setting.

Interested and qualified applicants should send resume to the Director of Human Resources, LSU - Health Care Services Division, 8550 United Plaza Blvd., 4th Floor, Baton Rouge, LA. 70809.