Strategic Sourcing Consultant

Role Overview

• responsible for supporting Procurement
• Executes standardized strategic sourcing processes for vision, dental and other Medicare and Medicaid product suppliers
• Builds and maintains strong working relationships with internal customers and key suppliers for sub-categories
• Focuses on cost savings
• Participates in cross-enterprise commodity teams for sub-categories and aggressively tracks and improves non-compliance preferred supplier(s)
• Participates in fact-based negotiations and executes contracts utilizing approved terms and conditions
• Implements sourcing recommendations and develops and manages e-procurement catalog content
• Aggressively monitors, tracks and reports supplier compliance and performance benefits

Requirements

• Requires a BA/BS
• 5 years of experience in sourcing/supplier selection
• at least 3 years’ experience with negotiation of pricing and contract terms and conditions
• MBA preferred
• CPM preferred
• Dental and/or vision contracting experience in Medicaid or Medicare strongly preferred
• Ariba experience preferred
• iCertis experience preferred
• ServiceNow experience preferred
• MS Office experience preferred; intermediate Excel experience strongly preferred

Tech Stack

• ServiceNow

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package
• incentive and recognition programs
• equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution
• paid holidays
• Paid Time Off
• medical benefits
• dental benefits
• vision benefits
• short and long term disability benefits