Strategic Sourcing Analyst, Senior
Posted on: 9 Apr 2021
Cumberland, RI
Job Description
Job Description
As a Senior Analyst on the Strategic Sourcing - Marketing Services team, your primary role will be to support the team by leading the execution of a broad array of sourcing projects (i.e. RFPs, RFQs, negotiations) for indirect products and services across the enterprise.
In addition to managing sourcing projects, this role involves assessing cost reduction opportunities by researching market trends, internal spend data, and evaluating current agreements with CVS Health's vendor partners. In this role, you may also be tasked with supporting Procurement leadership with the execution of other key special projects (e.g. acquisition integration, etc.).
This role reports directly to the Senior Manager of Strategic Sourcing Marketing Services, and will work in a team environment that provides support and guidance to ensure that Strategic Procurement is effectively serving its internal stakeholders.
This role is based in one of the headquarter locations (Cumberland, RI or Hartford, CT) or available as a work from home role.
Required Qualifications
1 or more years related professional experience
1 or more years advanced experience with Microsoft Excel in a professional or academic setting. Especially regarding data manipulation and formatting (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, Graph/Chart experience)
Preferred Qualifications
Previous analytical or procurement experience
Procurement and/or sourcing experience
Eager to gain new experiences, qualifications, and responsibilities
Experience with electronic sourcing platforms, such as Ariba eSourcing, strongly preferred
Negotiation Skills / Experience
Continuous Improvement / Lean Six Sigma Project Experience
Vendor Management / Consolidation Experience
Education
Bachelor's Degree required. Preferably a major or focused area of study in: Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Supply- Chain Management, Procurement, Marketing, Advertising. MBA preferred.
Business Overview
At CVS Health, we are joined in a common purpose: helping people on their path to better health. We are working to transform health care through innovations that make quality care more accessible, easier to use, less expensive and patient-focused. Working together and organizing around the individual, we are pioneering a new approach to total health that puts people at the heart.
We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day. CVS Health is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or promotion based on race, ethnicity, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status or on any other basis or characteristic prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for CVS Health job opportunities.
Aetna
Hartford, CT
Aetna Inc. operates as a health care benefits company in the United States. It operates through three segments: Health Care, Group Insurance, and Large Case Pensions. The Health Care segment offers medical, pharmacy benefit management service, dental, behavioral health, and vision plans on an insured and employer-funded basis. It also provides point-of-service, preferred provider organization, health maintenance organization, and indemnity benefit plans, as well as health savings accounts and consumer-directed health plans.
In addition, this segment offers Medicare and Medicaid products and services, as well as other medical products, such as medical management and data analytics services, medical stop loss insurance, workers’ compensation administrative services, and products that provide access to its provider networks in select geographies. The Group Insurance segment offers life insurance products, including group term life insurance, voluntary spouse and dependent term life insurance, group universal life insurance, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance; disability insurance products; and long-term care insurance products, which provide the benefits to cover the cost of care in private home settings, adult day care, assisted living, or nursing facilities.
The Large Case Pensions segment manages various retirement products comprising pension and annuity products primarily for tax-qualified pension plans. The company provides its products and services to employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, health care providers, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups, and expatriates. Aetna Inc. was founded in 1853 and is based in Hartford, Connecticut. As of November 28, 2018, Aetna Inc. operates as a subsidiary of CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
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IndustryInsurance
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