Category Management Senior Advisor

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...