Senior Procurement Professional-Financial Services Category Manager

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 The Financial Services Category Manager is responsible for generating and implementing efficient sourcing and category management strategies, optimizing Humana’s Financial Services Procurement strategy. This role focuses on driving value and efficiency across strategic Financial Services Supplier Relationships, delivering business outcomes that align with Humana’s broader strategy. Leveraging deep category expertise and market insights, this individual will collaborate with internal stakeholders to structure multi-year agreements, establish clear performance metrics, and ensure alignment with Humana’s business objectives. The selected candidate will build relationships with suppliers and senior business stakeholders, working cross-functionally to proactively identify value creation opportunities, innovative solutions, and continuous improvement, thereby enabling business strategies for the enterprise. The Financial Services Category Manager will report directly to the Director of Talent, Consulting, and Financial Services in Enterprise Procurement and Supplier Management.

Strategic Supplier Partner Optimization

• Develop and execute procurement strategies for preferred strategic supplier relationships, ensuring alignment with Humana’s top Finance objectives.
• Structure and negotiate multi-year agreements, incorporating preferred commercial terms to drive cost efficiencies and accountability.

Category Management Execution

• Lead the end-to-end RFP and negotiation process, maximizing value creation while mitigating financial and operational risks.
• Ensure supplier contracts are structured to enforce supplier accountability, performance transparency, and continuous improvement.
• Analyze spend data, total cost of ownership (TCO), and market trends to drive informed procurement decisions.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Governance

• Function as the supply and sourcing relationship champion, leading a supply sourcing council ensuring seamless integration with procurement strategies and Humana’s business objectives with Finance and other business segments.
• Develop and implement procurement governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with internal policies and industry best practices.

Use your skills to make an impact
 

Required Qualifications

• Education: 4-year degree in a related field (business or technical discipline preferred).
• 3+ years of Procurement, Category Mgt, Vendor Mgt and/or Financial Services experience.
• 3+ years of negotiation experience
• Experience working cross functionally with Sr. Leadership
• Experience analyzing data, translating to actionable insights.
• Skills: Excellent communication, negotiation, financial acumen, and analytical skills.
• Proficiency: Microsoft products (Word, Excel, Access, Visio, PowerPoint), Sourcing and Contracting tools, PowerBi.
• Abilities: Manage multiple tasks/projects simultaneously, transfer lessons learned into new processes and maintain flexibility in job focus.

Key Competencies

• Accountability: Meets established expectations and takes responsibility for achieving results; encourages others to do the same. Employs focus, diligence, reliability, and appropriate prioritization to drive outcomes. Sees opportunities to contribute and takes the initiative to create solutions.
• Builds Trust: Consistently models and inspires high levels of integrity in decisions, speech, and actions. Lives up to commitments, taking responsibility for the impact of one's actions. Exercises the courage to prioritize principles and values over personal or professional gain.
• Collaborates: Engages others by gathering multiple views and being open to diverse perspectives, focusing on a shared purpose that prioritizes Humana's overall success. Develops and strengthens networks and relationships, both inside and outside the organization, that support company performance. Proactively and transparently contributes information and energy toward creating value with others.
• Creative Listening: Asks questions in a way that elicits actionable feedback. Adapts communication to collaborate with stakeholders in distinct roles with varying experience levels. Reads between the lines to understand what a person or team needs, beyond what is explicitly articulated.
• Customer Focus: Connects meaningfully with customers to build emotional engagement and advocacy. Develops and applies deep customer knowledge and intimacy to deliver products, services, and interactions that provide value beyond expectations. Simplifies complexity and integrates internal efforts to deliver an optimal customer experience.

 

Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

 

$78,400 - $107,800 per year

 

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

About us
 Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to putting health first – for our teammates, our customers and our company. Through our Humana insurance services and CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare, Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.

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It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.

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