Senior Sourcing and Procurement Consultant

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Senior Sourcing and Procurement Consultant

The candidate will draft, review and negotiate terms of agreements with Suppliers to optimize commercial outcomes, drive risk mitigation and ensure compliance with internal and regulatory protocols. Understand stakeholders needs and facilitate the negotiation of requirements among multiple stakeholders. Analyze current market trends, forecast future performance, identify value creating or cost savings opportunities and make procurement recommendations. Proactively monitor and analyze performance and trends within categories in order to identify and highlight issues and opportunities that support the business. Contribute to the development of improved strategic sourcing strategies. Collect and evaluate information about potential suppliers. Develop, implement and execute strategic sourcing practices, processes and techniques across multiple business segments. Manage the evaluation, administration, and selection of Clinical Service suppliers (prevention/wellness, patient care services, behavioral health, remote patient monitoring, digital health, etc.). Develop, execute and maintain consistent sourcing strategies, working toward a consolidated strategic supply base. Identify opportunities, make recommendations and obtain agreement for re-sourcing and re-negotiation of on-going supplier relationships and execute on the same. Develop negotiation strategies and leading complex negotiations and direct supplier sourcing. Document cost reduction achievements across business segments. Meet project timelines at the customer and corporate levels Leverage Ariba platform (Procure-to-Pay, Sourcing and Contracting) to drive process efficiencies and reduce costs.

Company info

UnitedHealth Group
9900 Bren Road East
Minnetonka
Minnesota
United States 55343
Website : http://www.unitedhealthgroup.com/