Category Management Sr Advisor
Cigna
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Category Management Senior Advisor
The Category Management Senior Advisor is a category manager, sourcing professional, negotiator, and project
manager accountable for end-to-end sourcing and contracting for assigned internal clients across The Cigna Group as it relates
to the procurement of technology used by The Cigna Groups businesses such as software and software-as-a-service. This
includes driving sourcing strategies across the global organization, managing the competitive process, negotiations,
contracting, and recommending a supplier that best meets the business objectives.
The Category Management Senior Advisor will lead technology sourcing and negotiations projects of varying sizes
including medium to highly complex competitive bids and direct negotiations in multi-year agreements with suppliers.
This will include negotiation of master license, cloud and services agreements as well as transaction agreements for
purchases.
The Category Management Senior Advisor will coordinate the involvement of all internal stakeholders including
business, IT, legal, information protection, privacy and other departments needed to negotiate agreements. This
resource must have experience negotiating complex technology agreements and the ability to negotiate multiple
deals at the same time. This resource must have experience in dealing with dynamic requirements that are tied to
strategic level business and information technology objectives. Th individual will regularly interface with Senior
Directors, Managing Directors, and Executive leaders to complete assigned work. As part of strategy and contract
finalization, this role will also interact with senior leaders at the Vice President and above levels within The Cigna Group.
Responsibilities
• Manage day-to-day execution of sourcing process and facilitate involvement of expert internal resources.
• Develop strategies for assigned categories that include market, spend, strategic importance, geographic
considerations, etc.
• Initiate and drive the sourcing process across the organization, managing multiple stakeholders.
• Lead the end to end sourcing process from market analysis to RFP through business terms and contract
execution.
• Develop timelines and organize internal matrix team to negotiate an agreement.
Qualifications
• BA / BS in Business, Supply Chain or related field; and/or relevant work experience.
• 5 plus years of progressive experience within a large, global organization.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong communication, facilitation and leadership skills with a proven ability to lead, influence and motivate.
If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.
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