Strategic Procurement & Contracts Lead

Blue Cross of Idaho; United States; On-site; USD 78,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Paid holidays

401(k) matching

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Education reimbursement

Employee assistance plan

Adoption assistance

Paid family leave

Job summary

Blue Cross of Idaho is seeking a Procurement Contract Manager based at our Meridian, Idaho corporate office. You will lead supplier contracting initiatives, draft and negotiate agreements, and collaborate with business owners to align contracts with objectives, risk, and regulatory requirements.

The role requires five years of contract management experience, a Bachelor's degree or equivalent, and preferred health insurance industry experience.

Qualifications

• Five years of contract management experience, including supplier contracting, negotiations, and strategic sourcing.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience (Two years' relevant work experience is equivalent to one-year college)
• Healthcare/health insurance industry experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead and support supplier contracting activity in partnership with Business Owners, ensuring contract language is substantive, complete, accurate, and aligned with business objectives, regulatory expectations, and risk mitigation standards.
• Draft, review, redline, and negotiate supplier agreements, statements of work, amendments, exhibits, and related documents to improve clarity, define deliverables, address timelines, establishes measurable outcomes, and reduce ambiguity.
• Partner with internal Business Owners with competitive bidding and supplier selection activities, including RFx planning, supplier research, response evaluation, commercial analysis, documentation of conclusions, and supplier notification.
• Partner with internal Business Owners to understand the business need, supplier relationship, requested scope, pricing model, service expectations, performance requirements, and any operational impacts that should be reflected in a supplier agreement.
• Coordinate with Legal, Compliance, Privacy, IT/Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Finance, and other subject matter experts to resolve contract issues, address identified risks and confirm required reviews and approvals are completed before execution.
• Assess contract terms for financial, operational, regulatory, privacy, cybersecurity, reputational, and business risk, and escalation concerns when contract language or supplier obligations may expose the organization to unacceptable risk.
• Support supplier negotiations involving pricing, commercial terms, service level agreements, performance standards, data use, confidentiality, implementation expectations, termination rights, renewal language, and other key business or risk protections.
• Identify opportunities to improve supplier value, reduce costs, strengthen contract protections, standardize language, streamline processes, and improve the overall contracting experience for Business Owners and stakeholders.
• Maintain awareness of assigned suppliers, business areas, contract volume, renewal activity, emerging risks, and category needs so Procurement can support complex contracting work proactively.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for supplier market insights, negotiation approaches, contracting practices, process controls, and supplier relationship management.

Skills

Contract management

Negotiation

Strategic sourcing

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Blue Cross of Idaho is seeking a Procurement Contract Manager based at our Meridian, Idaho corporate office. You will lead supplier contracting initiatives, draft and negotiate agreements, and collaborate with business owners to align contracts with objectives, risk, and regulatory requirements.

The role requires five years of contract management experience, a Bachelor's degree or equivalent, and preferred health insurance industry experience.