Director, Process Excellence - Health Systems

The Director Process Excellence is responsible for translating customer insight into prioritized process improvements across Health Systems & Government Services (HGS). This role builds the governance, operating disciplines, and accountability models that make customer-centered execution repeatable and scalable, assesses operational readiness for customer-facing change, and surfaces customer risk before implementation. Partners closely with the Vice President, Customer Excellence to drive measurable, sustained improvements in customer experience, retention, loyalty, and responsiveness. The incumbent applies Lean Six Sigma methods and health system operating expertise, collaborates with multiple cross-functional departments, and drives action on customer insights that Strategic Initiatives generates.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Converts customer feedback, research, survey findings, market intelligence, and experience data into actionable business priorities in partnership with the Vice President, Customer Excellence and Strategic Initiatives.
• Identifies recurring operational themes requiring intervention; leads root cause analysis and drives cross-functional resolution.
• Prepares analysis, recommendations, and status for HGS leadership forums to support customer-driven prioritization and resource decisions.
• Establishes governance, accountability models, and operating disciplines that make customer-centered execution repeatable across functions and customer segments.
• Designs and maintains standardized workflows, standard operating procedures (SOPs), service levels, and escalation protocols using Lean Six Sigma methods such as DMAIC, value stream mapping, and control plans.
• Strengthens consistent customer-focused practices and builds continuous improvement capability within partner teams.
• Assesses operational readiness for customer-facing initiatives and establishes customer impact assessment and readiness standards.
• Surfaces customer risks before implementation and aligns operational capability, field execution, and customer expectations.
• Partners with enterprise and transformation leaders to minimize disruption and improve adoption during periods of change.
• Establishes owners, measures, and review rhythms around priority customer issues and drives closed-loop action planning through completion.
• Monitors operational and customer experience metrics, triggers corrective actions, and reports outcomes that demonstrate stronger experience, retention, loyalty, and responsiveness.
• Tracks issues, dependencies, and action plans against delivery commitments to mitigate initiative risk.
• May serve on cross-functional and enterprise projects as requested to represent the customer perspective.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Experience and Educational Requirements:

• Requires broad-based experience in large complex organizations with responsibility for key functional operations such as process improvement, operations, healthcare administration, business administration, or similar vocations generally obtained through completion of a four-year bachelor's degree program; MBA or MHA preferred.
• Requires a minimum of ten (10) years of progressive responsibility in process improvement, operations excellence, or change management, and demonstrated ability to effectively manage medium to large-scale change and improvement initiatives.
• Health system experience required.
• Lean Six Sigma certification required, Green belt preferred
• PMP or change management certification (e.g., Prosci, CCMP) preferred.

Minimum Skills, Knowledge and Ability Requirements:

• Ability to exercise independent judgment and creative problem-solving techniques in a complex highly matrixed environment.
• Strong leadership, influencing, and collaboration skills necessary to navigate broadly across a multitude of internal departments and organizational levels without direct authority.
• Thorough knowledge of Lean Six Sigma and continuous improvement methodologies, quality management concepts, and data-driven decision practices.
• Thorough knowledge of health system operations, customer needs, and market dynamics.
• Ability to define, implement, and maintain processes, protocols, and standards to drive performance and execution.
• Ability to translate ambiguous, complex customer problems into structured plans and decisions.
• Strong analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving skills to evaluate business problems and apply knowledge to identify appropriate solutions.
• Knowledge of customer experience measurement (e.g., NPS, CSAT, voice of customer).
• Excellent organizational skills; attention to detail, and strong project management skills.
• Ability to execute sizeable projects from vision through implementation.
• Skill in escalation management and status communication with senior leaders with sound judgment.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, including executive presentations.
• Solid understanding of Cencora business segments, including health systems, retail, alternate care, and group purchasing organizations.

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

*This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York/Hawaii/Vermont/Minnesota/Massachusetts/Illinois State-specific locations may be up to 10% lower than the minimum salary range, and 12% higher than the maximum salary range.

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company's continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

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