Senior Strategic Procurement Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Alaska, +12 more states.

📋 Description

• Facilitate the onboarding of new external partners, ensuring they comply with quality, cost, and regulatory standards.

• Oversee the supplier selection process, negotiate contracts, and cultivate supplier relationships to secure advantageous terms and conditions.

• Supervise daily workflows and offer guidance on processes and special handling items related to significant business expenses.

• Manage the daily performance of existing and prospective external partnerships.

• Set work priorities for current and future external partnerships and assess their performance.

• Track partner productivity levels to ensure that company objectives are achieved.

• Maintain performance criteria for current and future external partnerships as specified in contracts, tracking these criteria against actual performance.

• Generate monthly performance summaries for external partners.

• Assess the knowledge and skill levels of staffing within current and future external partnerships to guarantee performance aligns with GEHA’s business needs.

• Prepare analyses to evaluate partner contract performance for the approval of monthly invoices.

• Address grievances and relationship issues with partners as necessary, escalating to the Director if situations escalate.

• Provide comprehensive training for current and future external partnerships on new GEHA processes and additional training on existing procedures.

• Oversee recruitment for current and future external partnerships to ensure adequate staffing to support GEHA’s business needs.

• Collaborate with management to develop metrics and processes that ensure the ongoing review and management of partner relationships.

• Work with executives to evaluate and analyze new vendor relationships and manage the end-to-end RFP process.

• Create an end-to-end RFP process applicable to all contracts, including renewal frequency and other relevant details.

⛳️ Requirements

• 6-9 years of experience demonstrating expertise in strategic sourcing, procurement, or supply chain management.

• Bachelor’s degree.

• Proven success in developing and executing strategic sourcing strategies that achieve cost savings and enhance processes.

• Strong negotiation skills with the ability to effectively communicate with suppliers and internal stakeholders.

• Proficiency in sourcing tools and software applications.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills essential for supervisory, leadership, and training responsibilities.

• Business analysis experience in identifying needs and determining effective solutions.

• Project management abilities with a capacity to adapt to changing plans and priorities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health/Vision/Dental benefits effective from day one.

• 401(k) retirement plan with company match – dollar for dollar up to 4% employee contribution (pretax or Roth options), plus a 6% annual company contribution.

• Comprehensive employee well-being program.

• Paid Time Off.

• Personal Community Enrichment Time.

• Company-provided Basic Life and AD&D insurance.

• Company-provided Short-Term & Long-Term Disability insurance.

• Tuition Assistance Program.