Senior Sourcing and Procurement Consultant

UnitedHealth Group

(Minnetonka, Minnesota)
Full Time
Job Posting Details
About UnitedHealth Group

UnitedHealth Group is the most diversified health care company in the United States and a leader worldwide in helping people live healthier lives and helping to make the health system work better for everyone.

Summary

We'll put you in the driver's seat on vital projects that have strategic importance to our mission of helping people lead healthier lives. Yes, we share a mission that inspires. We need your organizational talents and business discipline to help fuel ours. It's the opportunity to do your life's best work.

Responsibilities
  • Review, develop, redline, and negotiate third-party vendor contracts, including Master Services Agreements (MSAs), Statements of Work (SOWs), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) and amendments in cooperation with legal, internal stakeholders and external business partners
  • Negotiate rates, value adds, service level agreements (SLA's) and other legal and business terms
  • Develop impactful SLA's or key performance indicators (KPI's) for a supplier's services
  • Effectively partner with key internal support functions, legal, finance and risk
  • Support category management, sourcing (RFx) and contracting efforts in assigned areas
  • Create project plans, as appropriate, to manage and execute on all contracting initiatives
Ideal Candidate

Required Qualifications:

  • Business or related undergraduate degree, or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of Contract management, drafting, development, redlining and negotiation experience
  • Ability to identify risk and contract around it appropriately
  • Ability to work with multiple internal stakeholders at all levels
  • Demonstrated ability to achieve targeted, positive outcomes and results
  • Ability to manage and influence change
  • Ability to build and maintain relationships with business owners
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and manage multiple projects and tasks, and effectively prioritize work
  • Ability to work both independently and in a team environment
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills
  • Strong organizational and time management skills
  • Experience with MS Office

Preferred Qualifications:

  • MBA or JD
  • Strategic Sourcing and Procurement experience
  • Experience with Ariba and PeopleSoft

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Minnetonka, Minnesota
Skills Desired
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  • MS Office
  • PeopleSoft
  • Sourcing
  • Non-disclosure Agreements
  • Procurement
  • Key Performance Indicator
  • Service Level Agreement
  • ARIBA System
  • Category Management
  • Contract Management
  • Statement of Work
  • Master Service Agreements

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