Strategic Sourcing Consultant

About the role

The Strategic Sourcing Consultant role requires in-office 1-2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity while offering flexibility for productivity and work-life balance. Candidates must reside within commuting distance from an office or be willing to consider alternate locations.

Responsibilities

• Executes standardized strategic sourcing processes for vision, dental, and other Medicare and Medicaid product suppliers.
• Builds and maintains strong working relationships with internal customers and key suppliers for sub-categories.
• Focuses on cost savings.
• Participates in cross-enterprise commodity teams for sub-categories and aggressively tracks and improves non-compliance preferred suppliers.
• Participates in fact-based negotiations and executes contracts utilizing approved terms and conditions.
• Implements sourcing recommendations and develops and manages e-procurement catalog content.
• Aggressively monitors, tracks, and reports supplier compliance and performance benefits.

Requirements

• Requires a BA/BS; 5 years of experience in sourcing/supplier selection with at least 3 years' experience with negotiation of pricing and contract terms and conditions; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences

• MBA preferred.
• CPM preferred.
• Dental and/or vision contracting experience in Medicaid or Medicare strongly preferred.
• Ariba experience preferred.
• iCertis experience preferred.
• ServiceNow experience preferred.
• MS Office experience preferred; intermediate Excel experience strongly preferred.

Benefits

For candidates working in person or virtually in the below locations, the salary* range for this specific position is $68,960 to $124,128. Location(s): California; Illinois; New York; Virginia. In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

Pay

The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the Company. The Company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws.

Schedule

No amount is wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.