Strategic Procurement Manager: Contracts & Negotiations

bcidaho; United States; On-site; USD 78,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Insurance (medical/dental/vision)

401(k) matching

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Education reimbursement

Employee assistance program (EAP)

Adoption assistance

Paid family leave

Job summary

Blue Cross of Idaho is seeking a Procurement Contract Manager to collaborate with internal partners and oversee supplier negotiations and contracting activities from our Meridian, Idaho corporate office.

The role emphasizes managing contract lifecycles, competitive bidding, risk mitigation, and value optimization across materials and services procurement, with an annual bonus potential based on company performance.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead and support supplier contracting in partnership with Business Owners, ensuring language is clear, complete, accurate, and aligns with objectives and risk standards.
• Draft, review, redline, and negotiate supplier agreements, statements of work, amendments, exhibits, and related documents to improve clarity and timelines.
• Partner with Business Owners on competitive bidding, RFx planning, supplier research, response evaluation, and commercial analysis.
• Understand business needs, supplier relationships, requested scope, pricing, service expectations, performance requirements, and operational impacts for agreements.
• Coordinate with Legal, Compliance, Privacy, IT/Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Finance, and other SMEs to resolve issues and obtain necessary approvals before execution.
• Assess contract terms for financial, operational, regulatory, privacy, cybersecurity, reputational, and business risks and flag concerning clauses.
• Support supplier negotiations involving pricing, SLAs, performance standards, data use, confidentiality, termination rights, renewal terms, and protections.
• Identify opportunities to improve value, reduce costs, standardize language, and streamline contracting processes for stakeholders.
• Maintain awareness of suppliers, contract volumes, renewal activity, risks, and category needs to proactively support contracting work.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for supplier market insights, negotiation approaches, contracting practices, and process controls.

Skills

Contract management

Supplier contracting

Negotiation

Strategic sourcing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Blue Cross of Idaho is seeking a Procurement Contract Manager to collaborate with internal partners and oversee supplier negotiations and contracting activities from our Meridian, Idaho corporate office.

The role emphasizes managing contract lifecycles, competitive bidding, risk mitigation, and value optimization across materials and services procurement, with an annual bonus potential based on company performance.