About Ascend Aesthetic Partners

Ascend Aesthetic Partners brings together a network of highly accomplished plastic surgeons committed to advancing aesthetic medicine and empowering patients to become their best selves. At Ascend Aesthetic Partners, we offer exciting career opportunities that allow you to grow professionally while making a significant impact on patient care in the plastic surgery and aesthetics industry. 

Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Procurement Manager to own day-to-day purchasing, vendor coordination, and inventory support across a growing, multi-site healthcare platform. This role combines tactical purchasing execution with light vendor negotiation, system implementation, and process standardization. 

The Procurement Manager will play a key role in implementing a new procurement and inventory system, rolling out a new GPO contract across clinics, and partnering with clinical leadership to reduce SKU complexity and increase adoption of cost-effective, non-brand products.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Other duties may be assigned)

Purchasing & Execution

• Create and manage purchase orders, catalogs, and item masters
• Resolve backorders, substitutions, delivery issues, and pricing discrepancies
• Serve as the primary point of contact for clinic-level ordering questions
• Lead procurement implementation of newly acquired practices

Vendor Management & Tactical Negotiation

• Manage ongoing vendor relationships and operational communication
• Conduct light vendor negotiations (pricing adjustments, substitutions, service issues, freight, MOQs)
• Support CFO/CEO-led negotiations with pricing analysis, vendor comparisons, and savings tracking
• Monitor vendor performance and escalate issues as needed

Procurement & Inventory System Implementation

• Lead the implementation of a new procurement and inventory management system
• Partner with Finance, Operations, and clinical teams to design workflows and controls
• Train clinic staff and managers on new systems and processes
• Drive adoption and compliance post-implementation
• Maintain procurement and inventory system

GPO Contract Rollout & Compliance

• Lead the rollout of a new GPO contract across all clinics
• Ensure clinics are purchasing through approved vendors and contracted pricing
• Monitor contract compliance and identify pricing variances
• Track savings versus baseline pricing and report results to leadership

Inventory, Standardization & Clinical Partnership

• Partner with clinical and OR leadership to:
  • Reduce SKU proliferation
  • Standardize supplies where appropriate
  • Increase use of approved non-brand and private-label products
• Support inventory processes including par levels, reorder points, and cycle counts
• Assist with preference cards and procedure-level supply optimization
• Reduce stockouts, expirations, and excess inventory

Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Prepare regular reporting on spend, pricing compliance, and savings
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction and process improvement

Document and improve procurement workflows as the company scales

QUALIFICATIONS  

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum of 3-6 years of experience in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain
• Healthcare, ASC, dental, or multi-state experience strongly preferred.

SKILLS/ABILITIES

Ascend Plastic Surgery Partners Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.