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Awarded a Healthiest Employer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona aims to fulfill its mission to inspire health and make it easy.AZ Blue offersa variety of health insurance products and services to meet the diverse needs of individuals, families, and small and large businesses as well as providing information and tools to help individuals make better health decisions. At AZ Blue, we have a hybrid workforce strategy, called Workability, that offers flexibility with how and where employees work. Our positions are classified as hybrid, onsite or remote. While the majority of our employees are hybrid, the following classifications drive our current minimum onsite requirements:
Hybrid People Leaders: must reside in AZ, required to be onsite at least twice per week Hybrid Individual Contributors: must reside in AZ, unless otherwise cited within this posting, required to be onsite at least once per week Hybrid 2 (Operational Roles such as but not limited to: Customer Service, Claims Processors, and Correspondence positions): must reside in AZ, unless otherwise cited within this posting, required to be onsite at least once per month Onsite: daily onsite requirement based on the essential functions of the job Remote: not held to onsite requirements, however, leadership can request presence onsite for business reasons including but not limited to staff meetings, one-on-ones, training, and team building
Please note that onsite requirements may change in the future, based on business need, and job responsibilities. Most employees should expect onsite requirements and at a minimum of once per week. This position is hybrid within the state of AZ only.This hybrid work opportunity requires residency, and work to be performed, within the State of Arizona.
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
This position's primary responsibility is to oversee Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, and Contracting functions within the company's Procurement department. These areas within the Procurement function have various responsibilities including Category Management, partnering with the Business, RFx, negotiations, and contract authoring and execution.
QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS Required Work Experience
- 5-7 years of experience related to one or more of the following: IT procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, supplier management, negotiations, and contracting. Previous experience in leading people
Required Education
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, accounting, or finance. Consideration can be given for related industry experience in lieu of a Bachelor's degree
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Preferred Work Experience
- 7 years of experience related to one or more of the following: procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, vendor management, negotiations, and contracting
- 3+ years of managing people
Preferred Education
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, or related field of stud
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ALL LEVELS
- Knowledge and application of the Source to Contract process including sourcing best practices, negotiating, and contracting.
- Development of multi-year view of addressable spend/pipeline.
- Continuing the development and refinement of the Procurement function, policies, and processes.
- Develop and implement change management plans.
- Working closely with the Procurement Operations team to ensure our service delivery is seamless and provides the best customer experience as possible.
- Develop quarterly and year end reporting packages.
- Deliver on departmental savings targets.
- Identify consolidation/supplier integration opportunities within BCBSAZ.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
- The position requires a full-time work schedule. Full-time is defined as working at least 40 hours per week, plus any additional hours as requested or as needed to meet business requirements.
Manager & Senior Manager Level
- Oversight and ownership of Category Management activities including the development category plan roadmaps, reviewing, and refreshing category plans, and ensuring category plans support organizational objectives, and departmental savings goals.
- Taking a strategic approach to category management and analyzing opportunities for strategic sourcing and value creation.
- Ensuring the Strategic Sourcing team executes projects in accordance with best practices and policies.
- Development and upkeep of source to contract templates, playbooks, and checklists.
- Ensure adherence to sourcing best practices throughout the organization.
- Ensure the team reviews/edits/authors contracts in accordance with playbooks and contract checklists and templates.
- Ensure team meets needs of all stakeholder groups and adheres to project/contract turnaround times.
- Responsible for managing Category Managers.
COMPETENCIES
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES Required Job Skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to build relationships with all levels of the organization
- Deep understanding of Procurement principles and best practices
- Developing and leading projects
- Attention to details
- Sound decision making
Required Professional Competencies
- Leadership skills
- Motivating teams and people to reach departmental and individual goals
- Strategic thinking, seeing the big picture
- Problem solving with ability to adapt to the situation
- Maintain confidentiality and privacy
PREFERRED COMPETENCIES Preferred Job Skills
- Advanced negotiation skills
- Information Technology sourcing experience
Preferred Professional Competencies
- Deep understanding and knowledge about sourcing principles and strategies
Preferred Leadership Experience and Competencies
Our Commitment AZ Blue does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected group. Thank you for your interest in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. For more information on our company, see azblue.com. If interested in this position, please apply.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
Jun 25, 2025