Strategic Procurement Contract Manager

Blue Cross of Idaho; Meridian (ID); On-site; USD 78,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Community service days

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Education reimbursement

EAP

Adoption assistance

Paid family leave

Job summary

Blue Cross of Idaho is seeking a Procurement Contract Manager to partner with internal teams to negotiate supplier contracts, oversee lifecycle, and align agreements with business objectives. This role is based at our Meridian, Idaho Corporate Office and prioritizes risk mitigation, value optimization, and strong vendor relationships in healthcare procurement.

You will lead RFx planning, review and redline supplier agreements, and coordinate with Legal, Compliance, Privacy, IT, Risk, and Finance

Qualifications

• Five years of contract management experience including supplier contracting and negotiations.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.
• Healthcare/health insurance industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support supplier contracting activity with Business Owners, ensuring language is complete, accurate, and aligned with objectives, regulatory expectations, and risk standards.
• Draft, review, redline, and negotiate supplier agreements, statements of work, amendments, exhibits, and related documents to improve clarity, define deliverables, address timelines, establish measurable outcomes, and reduce ambiguity.
• Partner with internal Business Owners on RFx planning, supplier research, response evaluation, and commercial analysis.
• Collaborate with Business Owners to understand needs, pricing models, service expectations, and performance requirements for supplier agreements.
• Coordinate with Legal, Compliance, Privacy, IT/Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Finance to resolve issues and secure required reviews and approvals.
• Assess contract terms for financial, operational, regulatory, privacy, cybersecurity, reputational, and business risk; escalate concerns as needed.
• Support supplier negotiations on pricing, terms, SLAs, performance standards, data use, confidentiality, and renewals.
• Identify opportunities to improve supplier value, reduce costs, standardize language, and streamline contracting processes.
• Maintain awareness of suppliers, volumes, renewals, risks, and category needs to support complex contracting.
• Serve as SME for supplier market insights, negotiation approaches, and supplier relationship management.

Skills

Contract management

Negotiations

Strategic sourcing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Blue Cross of Idaho is seeking a Procurement Contract Manager to partner with internal teams to negotiate supplier contracts, oversee lifecycle, and align agreements with business objectives. This role is based at our Meridian, Idaho Corporate Office and prioritizes risk mitigation, value optimization, and strong vendor relationships in healthcare procurement.

You will lead RFx planning, review and redline supplier agreements, and coordinate with Legal, Compliance, Privacy, IT, Risk, and Finance