Associate Principal, Hospitality Purchased Services

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Summary:

In this role, you will support the development and execution of sourcing, analytics, and operational strategies to grow Vizient’s non-healthcare revenue—particularly within the high-end hospitality sector. This role will help lead solution expansion initiatives, evaluate build/buy/partner options, and guide the enhancement of food procurement and distribution capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Lead enhancements to existing analytics, sourcing, and consulting solutions for hospitality and other non-healthcare markets.

• Develop and maintain product/solution roadmaps aligned with strategic growth goals.

• Serve as subject matter expert in high-end hospitality procurement and operations.

• Design sourcing and distribution frameworks for food and beverage categories tailored to luxury hospitality clients.

• Evaluate and execute build, buy, or partner strategies in collaboration with corporate development.

• Create business cases to support investment in new capabilities and services.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Analytics, Legal, Finance, Sales) to drive execution and solution adoption.

• Support the development of go-to-market messaging, sales enablement materials, and launch readiness activities.

• Stay current on hospitality trends, supply chain innovations, and emerging data sources to inform strategy.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, hospitality management, or related field preferred.  MBA or advanced degree in a relevant field desired.

• 10 or more years of relevant experience in strategy, sourcing, procurement, or product development required.

• Demonstrated expertise in the hospitality industry, particularly in food purchasing, procurement, and distribution for high-end customers required.

• Proven experience leading or contributing to build/buy/partner decision-making processes and implementations, with a demonstrated track record of executing cross-functional strategic initiatives required.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills; experience working across product, analytics, and commercial teams required.

• Experience with procurement or analytics platforms, hospitality ERP systems, or supply chain tools preferred.

• Familiarity with consultative selling or value-based solution design preferred.

• Ability to travel regularly and expeditiously throughout the year to meet clients’ needs and timetables.

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This position is also incentive eligible.

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