Procurement Lead

Humana

20h • $104,000 - $143,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Procurement Lead develops and executes strategic sourcing and category management strategies to deliver value, optimize spending, and strengthen supplier performance across the organization. The role shapes high-impact outsourcing strategies and partners with senior leaders to solve complex business challenges, design sourcing and commercial approaches, and build supplier relationships that deliver measurable, sustainable value.

The position operates across business strategy, operations, finance, risk, technology, and the supplier marketplace. It calls for strategic thinking, commercial acumen, analytical rigor, executive presence, curiosity, confidence, and collaboration to influence senior leaders, navigate ambiguity, challenge assumptions, and build enterprise alignment.

This is a remote position. Occasional travel to Humana offices for training or meetings may be required. Home or hybrid home/office employees must use a dedicated workspace that protects member PHI/HIPAA information and have self-provided internet with at least 25 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload; wireless, wired cable, or DSL service is suggested. Humana may require an internet service upgrade if needed for business requirements.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, supply chain, supplier management, contracting, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of experience leading end-to-end strategic sourcing initiatives, including RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, supplier evaluations, and negotiations.
• Experience drafting, negotiating, and executing complex contracts and amendments in partnership with Legal, Finance, Risk, and business stakeholders.
• Experience sourcing complex services and leading outsourcing or managed-services category strategies; professional services, technology, or other enterprise-level category experience is also valued.
• Experience developing and executing multi-year category and sourcing strategies using spend analysis, market intelligence, supplier benchmarking, and financial analysis.
• Strong financial and analytical capabilities, including using data to build business cases, scenario analyses, cost models, forecasts, total-cost-of-ownership assessments, and executive-level recommendations.
• Ability to manage multiple complex sourcing initiatives simultaneously while adapting to changing business priorities and market conditions.
• Ability to build trusted relationships, influence senior leaders, constructively challenge assumptions, facilitate trade-off discussions, and build alignment across competing priorities.
• Strong communication skills and executive presence, including the ability to simplify complex commercial, financial, and operational topics, articulate a clear point of view, and inspire confidence with executive audiences.
• For work from home, self-provided internet service must have at least 25 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload, and the employee must work from a dedicated space without ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI/HIPAA information.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in finance, business, supply chain, or a related discipline.
• Project management experience or formal training.
• Experience with spend analytics, reporting, and data visualization.
• Professional procurement, supply chain, or project management certification, such as CPSM, CPSD, C.P.M., CSCP, or PMP.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, business-critical outsourcing and strategic sourcing initiatives from opportunity assessment through recommendation, negotiation, contracting, and value realization.
• Develop multi-year category and sourcing strategies using spend and demand analysis, market intelligence, supplier benchmarking, competitive assessments, and cost modeling.
• Design and lead end-to-end RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs, including strategy development, supplier evaluation, negotiation planning, award recommendations, and contracting approaches.
• Partner with and influence senior and executive leaders, constructively challenge assumptions, articulate business cases, and turn complex business needs into clear sourcing, supplier, and commercial recommendations.
• Build fact-based business cases and scenario analyses from financial, operational, supplier, and market insights to help leaders assess trade-offs and make informed decisions.
• Shape outsourcing and managed-services commercial models, including FTE-based, fixed-fee, transaction-based, productivity, and outcome-oriented structures.
• Draft, negotiate, and execute contracts and amendments with Finance, Legal, Risk, Operations, Technology, and other stakeholders.
• Establish sound commercial terms, implementation and transition plans, governance, controls, and risk mitigation.
• Evaluate and manage strategic suppliers based on performance, capabilities, financial health, risk, innovation, and long-term fit; establish governance and performance mechanisms for accountability and continuous improvement.
• Advance supplier diversity, sustainability, responsible sourcing, and supplier code-of-conduct expectations within category and supplier strategies, as appropriate.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Paid time off, company and personal holidays, and paid parental and caregiver leave.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Bonus incentive plan based on company and/or individual performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed