Third Party Management Directors- Hybrid

The job profile for this position isThird Party Management Directorwhich is a Band 5 Senior Contributor Career Track Role withCigna-Evernorth Services Inc.

Responsibilities-

• Accountable for teams of software and technology sourcing associates and managing vendor issues as they arise within the assigned categories.

• Minimize risks to Cigna through the companys various software agreements and to reduce costs.

• Lead teams that negotiate with suppliers securing competitive prices resolving issues as they arise and achieving favorable terms for Cigna.

• Directly perform negotiations for more complex and strategic work alongside management responsibilities.

• Lead the end-to-end sourcing process from requirements to contract execution analyzing business requirements and developing and executing sourcing strategy and category plans for assigned business categories in conjunction with stakeholders.

• Identify and implement process improvements within the software category management teams activities.

• Continue to direct proactive management and understanding of industry best practices and technology trends and provide insight to executive management as needed.

• Drive cost savings through negotiations competitive bids and execution of sourcing strategies and identify evaluate and implement the use of diverse suppliers.

• Manage complex vendor management issues as they arise for software suppliers within the space that do not have dedicated business or vendor managers collaborating with business stakeholders category teams internal stakeholders and others.

• Supervise a team of Category Management professionals (currently 10 FTEs).

• Hybrid work schedule available.

Qualifications-

Requires at least a Bachelors degree and 5 years of sourcing or third party management experience.

Must have experience with: iCertis CLM; Ariba S2C and P2P; ProcessUnity; SOW; MSA; BAA; and demonstrated expertise with NDA negotiations Market Research Category Plan Creation Executive Communication and People Management and development.

About The Cigna Group

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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The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Iowa Kansas Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Nebraska Ohio Pennsylvania Texas Utah Vermont and Washington State.

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