Senior Director, Vendor Management & Strategy - Remote

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

Job summary

Centene Corporation seeks a strategic Vendor Manager to oversee enterprise initiatives and vendor partnerships acrossclinical, operational, and financial objectives. The role requires coordinating RFI/RFP activities, contract development, and governance to drive performance.

You will interact with executives, cross-functional teams, and external vendors, delivering insights on opportunities and benefit realization while ensuring corrective actions as needed.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Manage strategic vendor partnerships and enterprise initiatives.
• Lead stakeholder and oversight meetings with vendors, business leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Provide executive-level reporting and recommendations related to vendor performance, business opportunities, and strategic initiatives.
• Facilitate collaboration between vendors and internal partners, including 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 performance metrics to vendors.
• Ensure vendor performance improvement plans are initiated and completed as expected.

Skills

Vendor management

Project management

MS-Project / MS-Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or related field

Tools

MS-Project

MS-Office

Job description

Centene Corporation seeks a strategic Vendor Manager to oversee enterprise initiatives and vendor partnerships acrossclinical, operational, and financial objectives. The role requires coordinating RFI/RFP activities, contract development, and governance to drive performance.

You will interact with executives, cross-functional teams, and external vendors, delivering insights on opportunities and benefit realization while ensuring corrective actions as needed.