Global Supply Manager IV [AQ-13552]

About the role

Partner with Aquent to join a globally recognized leader, renowned for its innovative spirit and unwavering commitment to enhancing human well-being. This organization stands at the forefront of leveraging strategic sourcing and supply management to deliver unparalleled benefits and healthcare solutions, profoundly impacting millions worldwide. Act as a primary commercial advisor, bridging clinical strategy with financial and legal acumen, directly influencing the well-being of a vast global workforce. Your contributions will drive value-based care and lowest net-cost outcomes, ensuring the highest standards of compliance and performance for critical programs that touch lives across the globe.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end RFx processes for complex healthcare and benefits programs.
• Negotiate commercial terms, service level agreements, and pricing models that drive value-based care and lowest net-cost outcomes.
• Partner directly with legal and privacy teams to draft, review, and execute Master Agreements, Statements of Work, and data privacy addendums.
• Ensure all vendor contracts strictly adhere to the organization’s risk, liability, and compliance postures.
• Serve as the primary procurement liaison between business teams, finance, marketing, and legal.
• Translate ambiguous business requirements into actionable, legally sound procurement strategies.
• Build complex “should-cost” models to evaluate vendor proposals.
• Conduct deep-dive spend analyses across the benefits portfolio to identify cost-avoidance opportunities, eliminate redundant administrative fees, and execute hard savings initiatives.
• Drive ongoing performance management for key strategic partners.
• Monitor service level agreement compliance, conduct quarterly business reviews, and manage high-stakes escalations to ensure vendors deliver on clinical and operational commitments.

Requirements

• 5+ years of strategic procurement, sourcing, or management consulting experience, with a heavy emphasis on the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, or Corporate Benefits sectors.
• Deep understanding of healthcare economics, including fee-for-service vs. value-based care models, self-insured employer dynamics, and health tech data privacy regulations.
• Proven ability to redline and negotiate complex commercial contracts.
• Strong understanding of legal mechanics including indemnification, limitations of liability, and order of precedence (Statement of Work vs. Master Agreement).
• Advanced proficiency in financial modeling, spend analytics, and ROI calculations.
• Ability to translate complex datasets into executive-level presentations.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Ability to navigate high-ambiguity environments, push back constructively, and drive consensus across diverse, cross-functional teams.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Experience negotiating with major healthcare carriers, pharmaceutical benefits managers, or digital health solutions.
• Familiarity with international benefits structures.
• Prior experience operating within a large, highly matrixed organization.

About Aquent Talent

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands. Eligible talent gain access to benefits including:

• Subsidized health, vision, and dental plans.
• Paid sick leave.
• Retirement plans with a match.
• Free online training through Aquent Gymnasium.

About the Client

Our client is a global leader in consumer technology, renowned for redefining the intersection of hardware, software, and services. Known for their uncompromising commitment to world-class design and user experience, they create products that have become essential to daily life. You will be joining a team that values craftsmanship and simplicity, working on high-impact projects that reach hundreds of millions of people worldwide.