OVERVIEW

The Category Management and Strategic Sourcing Senior Advisor is a sourcing professional accountable for some of the following categories: Corporate Services, Legal Services, and Human Resource Services.

The Category Management & Strategic Sourcing Senior Advisor is a category manager, sourcing professional, senior negotiator, and project manager accountable for end-to-end sourcing and contracting for assigned internal clients across Cigna as it relates to the procurement of various categories used by The Cigna Group businesses globally.

This includes owning a Sub-Category(s) for the Category Management & Strategic Sourcing Organization and driving sourcing strategies across the global organization for the assigned sub-category.  The Senior Advisor will lead sourcing and negotiation projects of varying sizes including highly complex competitive bids and direct negotiations in multi-year agreements with suppliers.

This resource must have experience in dealing with dynamic requirements that are tied to strategic level business and procurement objectives.  The Senior Advisor must have experience building relationships, communicating effectively, and effectively supporting both their internal customers and procurement objectives.

MAJOR OBJECTIVES

Develop and execute sourcing strategy and category plans for assigned sourcing subcategories in conjunction with Procurement Third Party Management peers

Drive cost savings through negotiations, competitive bids and execution of sourcing strategies

Mentor 2-3 resources supporting assigned subcategories

Resolve issues and handle external and internal escalations

Coordinate involvement of internal stakeholders in all stages of the sourcing process

Identify, evaluate, and implement the use of diverse suppliers

Requirements: 

Minimum of five years’ experience in strategic sourcing and/or category management

Thorough understanding and experience sourcing some or all the categories listed above

Bachelor’s Degree, strongly preferred

Sourcing and Negotiation: 

Structured problem solving, critical thinking, and decision-making skills 

Excellent sourcing strategy and negotiation skills 

Proven ability to lead a diverse negotiation team 

Highly collaborative and collaborates with appropriate experts to solve problems 

Makes decisions and takes action to solve a problem for a team or a unit in the organization 

Proven ability to work well in a dynamic, fast paced, and rapidly changing environment 

Articulates potential solution(s) effectively to key executives 

Excellent project management skills 

Proven ability to plan and manage large and complex projects 

Driven to meet or exceed business and financial milestones 

Proven ability to apply fact-based negotiation principles and tactics 

Proven ability to provide fact-based advice to decision makers and oversee development of market and industry analysis 

Proven ability to perform procurement-related economic and financial analyses – including total cost of ownership

Understands implications of key industry trends and developments 

Understands industry cost structures and drivers and implications for strategic position 

Make recommendations to optimize supplier relationship structures 

Ability to excel in an environment of high ambiguity 

Leadership: 

Strong communication skills - verbal, written, and presentation 

Able to collaboratively develop and engage others in a commitment to sourcing strategy, values, and goals 

Actively encourages the input of others in the development of the sourcing strategy within the enterprise, including superiors, peers, and extended team 

Demonstrates a commitment to the enterprise vision, values, and goals 

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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