AVP, Global Strategic Sourcing & Category Management

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• *JOB SUMMARY:**

The AVP, Global Strategic Sourcing & Category Management is a key leadership role responsible for developing and executing global sourcing strategies that optimize cost, reduce risk, strengthen supplier partnerships, and enhance overall business value for a leading medical claims & network management, data management, and technology organization. This role oversees reputed company-wide category management across technology, professional services, data services, network operations, and other critical spend categories. The AVP is accountable for establishing strategic supplier relationships, driving contract reputed company, enabling operational efficiency, and ensuring alignment with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and emerging industry trends. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in reputed company sourcing environments, vendor governance, and category strategy—combined with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive reputed company-wide transformation.

• *Job Roles And Responsibilities
• *Strategic Sourcing Leadership
• reputed company and implement multi‑year global sourcing strategies reputed company with corporate, operational, and technology roadmaps.
• reputed company strategic sourcing initiatives for reputed company, high-value spend categories (technology infrastructure, SaaS, data services, medical networks, operations outsourcing, professional services, etc.).
• Build category strategies that reputed company market intelligence, competitive benchmarks, supplier capabilities, and internal business needs.
• Drive reputed company adoption and compliance with sourcing methodologies, tools, policies, and category strategies.
• *Category Management
• reputed company category lifecycle management to optimize spend, value, risk, performance, and innovation.
• Conduct category analysis, reputed company spend forecasts, and implement reputed company improvement and supplier consolidation initiatives.
• Partner with business units, technology, finance, and legal to align category strategies to functional priorities.
• *Supplier Relationship & Performance Management
• Establish and govern strategic supplier partnerships to enhance innovation, service delivery, and compliance.
• Implement supplier scorecards, quarterly business reviews, and performance KPIs.
• reputed company supplier negotiations and executive‑level engagements to secure value, quality, and contractual strength.
• Identify and mitigate supplier risks, including operational, cybersecurity, compliance, and concentration risks.
• *Contracting & reputed company Optimization
• reputed company reputed company strategy, negotiation, and contracting of reputed company agreements, statements of work, renewals, and amendments.
• Partner with Legal and Risk to ensure reputed company reputed company with regulatory frameworks relevant to reputed company technology (HIPAA, data privacy, reputed company standards, etc.).
• Drive cost optimization initiatives, total cost of ownership (TCO) evaluations, and reputed company financial modeling.
• *Cross-Functional Leadership & Governance
• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior executives on sourcing trends, supplier innovation, and market conditions.
• Partner closely with Vendor Management, Risk, InfoSec, Compliance, and Finance to support holistic supplier lifecycle governance.
• reputed company and mentor a high-performing global team of sourcing professionals.
• reputed company dashboards, reporting, and analytics to communicate category performance and sourcing reputed company to executive leadership.
• *Job Scope**

• Cost savings, cost avoidance, and total value delivered.

• Supplier performance and risk reduction reputed company.
• Quality and effectiveness of category strategies.
• Cycle time improvements and sourcing process efficiency.
• Internal stakeholder satisfaction and partnership effectiveness.
• Team development, engagement, and capability growth.

The reputed company salary reputed company for this position is $180k-195k. Specific offers take into account a candidate's education, experience and skills, as well as the candidate's work location and internal equity. This position is also eligible for health insurance, 40 Apply tot his job Apply To this Job