Your Role
The Global Business Services (GBS) department is responsible for delivering strategic and category supplier sourcing, contracting and governance excellence at Blue Shield of California.
The Principal Sourcing Specialist (Supplier Procurement / Contracting) is responsible for the management and execution of the enterprise sourcing process including supporting the business in making effective sourcing decisions.
This person executes and delivers value through strategic, operational, and transactional sourcing initiatives working in partnership with the assigned Blue Shield of California Business Unit(s).
Your Work
In this role you will :
- Manage relationship with business unit and act as a trusted advisor and provide leadership through sourcing strategy advice and consultation to best achieve the business strategy and objectives
- Capture and aggregate business requirements for sourcing support requested. Build and execute procurement plan with Business Unit(s)
- Analyze business unit demand and support overall capacity planning and alignment. Capture / define demand forecasts and annual budget and provide supplier / market insights as part of business unit plans
- Promote small, disadvantaged, and minority-owned businesses through a supplier diversity program
- Provide guidance to Business partners and seek alignment to influence spend and cost savings through vendor rationalization and driving economies of scale
- Analyze the supplier market to identify best sources for acquisition of goods and services
- Manage RFx process including supplier selection and qualification through a competitive bid process for goods and / or services
- Lead, structure, and guide business partners on complex contracts. Research cost drivers and conduct industry and spend analysis for the development of negotiation strategy
- Utilize contract templates and create contract documents that fully encompass the business requirements and mitigate risk
- Write and negotiate statements of work
- Assist the Business in maintaining compliance with all Blue Shield policies regarding contracting and purchasing
- Assist the Business to resolve vendor management issues such as vendor disputes and / or vendor termination. Facilitate vendor risk management, due diligence and on boarding activities
- Present status and issue identification / resolution effectively to management
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