Director, Strategic Vendor Partnerships (Remote)

Centene Corporation; Texas; Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 249,000; Full time

Job summary

Centene Corporation in Texas is seeking a Senior Vendor Manager to oversee strategic vendor partnerships and enterprise initiatives across clinical, operational, and financial objectives. You will manage evaluations, contracting, implementation, governance, and performance oversight with cross-functional leaders.

Requires a Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years in vendor management, healthcare or government programs, plus proficiency in MS Project and MS Office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business or related field.
• 7+ years of vendor management experience, including government programs health care or related operations.
• Proficient with MS-Project or other project management software and MS-Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and support strategic enterprise vendor opportunities, including business case development and RFI/RFP coordination.
• Lead stakeholder and oversight meetings with vendors, business leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Provide executive-level reporting and recommendations related to vendor performance and opportunities.
• Facilitate collaboration between vendors and internal partners across Clinical, Operations, Finance, Compliance, Procurement, Legal, and Technology teams.
• Accumulate, monitor, and report on vendor performance metrics to business unit management.
• Communicate expectations and vendor performance against established metrics to vendors.
• Ensure corrective action plans are initiated and completed; verify sustained performance improvements through audits.
• Conduct oversight meetings with vendors and internal stakeholders including participation in annual delegation audits.
• Provide follow-through on audit deficiencies to assure corrective actions are implemented.

Skills

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Contract negotiations

Project management

Vendor governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or related field

7+ years vendor management experience

Tools

MS Project

MS Office

Statistical analysis

Job description

Centene Corporation in Texas is seeking a Senior Vendor Manager to oversee strategic vendor partnerships and enterprise initiatives across clinical, operational, and financial objectives. You will manage evaluations, contracting, implementation, governance, and performance oversight with cross-functional leaders.

Requires a Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years in vendor management, healthcare or government programs, plus proficiency in MS Project and MS Office.