Senior Category Manager
Durham, NC
100% Remote
Contract
$45/hr - $50/hr
Our client, a nationally recognized and award-winning company in the health insurance vertical, has a contract opening for a Senior Category Manager. They have over 4 million customers and 5,000+ employees dedicated to providing innovative solutions that simplify the healthcare system, improve efficiency and outcomes while reducing costs.
Location: ** While the position is Remote, work from home, you must reside in North Carolina or one of the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Contract Duration: 6+ Months
Required Skills & Experience
****To be eligible to contract at this client you must be able to pass a drug test and criminal background check
Location: ** While the position is Remote, work from home, you must reside in North Carolina or one of the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Contract Duration: 6+ Months
Required Skills & Experience
- Must have Infrastructure/Architecture, Cloud and Software IT Security.
- Bachelor's degree or advanced degree (where required). In lieu of degree, 7+ years of experience in related field
- 5+ years of experience in related field
- Must know Excel, V lookup, pivot tables.
- Establish sourcing strategies for an assigned category(ies) in conjunction with internal stakeholders and their associated business strategy.
- Conduct sourcing events, including development of project work plan, category profile, category strategy, minimum requirements and evaluation criteria, solicitation
- Develop and implement assorted bid documents and requests (i.e. RFP, RFI, RFQ); and manage status reporting and performance metrics of sourcing and category management activities.
- Understand, analyze and forecast complex market and industry dynamics and share subject matter expertise and industry knowledge within the established portfolio of products and services.
- Partner with stakeholders to source products and services using proven tools, processes, and analytics to drive and achieve business results.
- Evaluate analyses of sourcing results from a total cost of ownership perspective and provide optimization recommendations
- Participate in cross-functional teams responsible for complex vendor negotiations, including those that require specialized subject matter expertise, nonstandard risk mitigation solutions, and coordination of multiple arrangements.
- Review and lead supplier relationship management and performance within an assigned category
- Proactively establish and foster successful, positive working relationships with vendor personnel. Drive vendor engagement through formal and informal transactions.
- Engage stakeholders to implement and execute vendor relationship management plan.
- Coordinate and host vendor business reviews
- Develop, track and manage yearly vendor plans for assigned vendors within the assigned category(ies) and ensure vendor compliance.
- Coordinate vendor risk assessments and develop plans to track and address significant risks.
- Serve as an escalation point for the business in resolving vendor performance issues. issue resolution.
- Manage contracts and collaborate effectively with Corporate Compliance, Legal, Audit and Risk Management and other internal stakeholders for compliance activities to ensure regulatory conditions are met.
- Research, analyze and provide data driven recommendations regarding compliance or audit level issue resolution and remediation.
- Facilitate and monitor vendor implementation of relevant corrective action plans.
- Develop new procedures, training, initiatives, specifications and recommendations for process or policy changes and improvements, as appropriate.
****To be eligible to contract at this client you must be able to pass a drug test and criminal background check
You will receive the following benefits:
- Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
- Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
- Vision Benefits
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Hospital Indemnity Insurance
- 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
- Paid Sick Time Leave
- Legal and Identity Protection Plans
- Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
- 529 College Saver Plan
Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans/Disability/Women. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.