Global Process Owner, Procure to Pay (P2P)

Global Process Owner, Procure to Pay (P2P)

Schedule: Full-time, Days

Job Location Type: On-site (Brentwood, TN)

Your experience matters

At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Lifepoint Business Services (LBS) team, you'll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier ®.

More about our team

Our Lifepoint Business Services (LBS) team is leading a large-scale transformation to standardize and modernize enterprise processes across Finance, Supply Chain, and People Services. This team plays a critical role in driving Oracle optimization, automation, and integration efforts-especially as we prepare to onboard newly acquired facilities. If you're passionate about building scalable, high-impact processes and influencing change at an enterprise level, you'll find meaningful work here.

How you'll contribute

A GPO who excels in this role:

• Own and lead the end-to-end Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process, including procurement, AP, vendor management, and payment execution

• Reintegrate and align procurement and accounts payable functions into a unified P2P model

• Drive process standardization and simplification across a highly fragmented supplier environment (~38,000 vendors)

• Lead transformation to improve:

  • Invoice cycle time

  • Payment accuracy

  • Supplier experience

  • Reduction in credit holds and escalations

• Address operational challenges including:

  • High volume of vendor escalations

  • Aging invoice backlog

  • Credit holds and supply disruption risks

• Lead implementation of automation solutions, including:

  • OCR/invoice capture

  • Three-way match optimization

  • Touchless invoice processing

  • Supplier portal adoption

• Improve supplier master data governance and vendor consolidation strategies

• Establish and track P2P KPIs and performance dashboards

• Lead M&A integration efforts for procurement and AP processes

• Partner with Supply Chain, Finance, IT, and Shared Services teams to ensure end-to-end alignment

• Serve as escalation point for critical supplier and payment issues

What we're looking for

Applicants should have a bachelor's degree in Business, Finance Supply Chain, or related field. Additional qualifications include:

• Process improvement certification required (Lean, Six Sigma, PMP, or equivalent) 

• 10-12+ years of experience in Procure-to-Pay, Accounts Payable, or Procurement Operations leadership
• Proven experience owning end-to-end P2P processes (not just AP)
• Oracle Financials / SCM experience REQUIRED
• Experience in shared services / GBS environments
• Strong experience with:
  • Invoice processing and exception management
  • Vendor master governance
  • Payment execution and treasury coordination
• Demonstrated success in automation and digital transformation initiatives (OCR, AI, touchless processing)
• Experience managing large, complex supplier environments
• Experience supporting M&A integrations
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in high-volume, operationally complex environments
• Ability to lead cross-functional transformation initiatives

Why join us 

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

EEOC Statement

Lifepoint Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.

Employment Sponsorship Statement

You must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.
 

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.