Strategic Sourcing & Outsourcing Lead

Humana, Inc.; Boise (ID); Remote; USD 104,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401(k) retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Parental and caregiver leave

Disability and life insurance

Job summary

Humana, Inc. is seeking a Procurement Lead to develop and execute strategic sourcing strategies that optimize spend and strengthen supplier performance.

The role partners with senior leaders to design outsourcing and commercial approaches and deliver measurable value across the enterprise. Success requires strategic thinking, commercial acumen, analytical rigor, and executive presence to translate complex business needs into clear sourcing strategies and recommendations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, supply chain, supplier management, contracting.

Responsibilities

• Lead outsourcing and strategic sourcing initiatives from opportunity assessment through value realization.
• Develop multi-year category and sourcing strategies using spend analysis, market intelligence, supplier benchmarking, competitive assessments, and cost modeling.
• Design and lead end-to-end RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs, including strategy development, supplier evaluation, negotiation planning, award recommendations, and contracting approaches.
• Partner with, advise, and influence senior and executive leadership by applying strategic thinking, analytical rigor, and commercial judgment to constructively challenge assumptions, articulate compelling business cases, and translate complex business needs into clear recommendations and effective sourcing, supplier, and commercial strategies.
• Build fact-based business cases and scenario analyses that bring together financial, operational, supplier, and market insights, enabling leaders to evaluate trade-offs and make informed decisions.
• Shape outsourcing and managed-services commercial models, including FTE-based, fixed-fee, transaction-based, productivity, and outcome-oriented structures, to align supplier economics with business outcomes.
• Draft, negotiate, and execute contracts and amendments, partnering with Finance, Legal, Risk, Operations, Technology, and other stakeholders to establish sound commercial terms, implementation and transition plans, governance, controls, and risk mitigation.
• Evaluate and manage strategic suppliers based on performance, capabilities, financial health, risk, innovation, and long-term fit; establish governance and performance mechanisms that support accountability and continuous improvement.
• Advance supplier diversity, sustainability, responsible sourcing, and supplier code-of-conduct expectations within category and supplier strategies, as appropriate.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Procurement

Category management

Supplier management

Contracting

Financial analysis

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, business, supply chain

Procurement certification (CPSM/CPSD/C.P.M./CSCP/PMP)

Job description

Humana, Inc. is seeking a Procurement Lead to develop and execute strategic sourcing strategies that optimize spend and strengthen supplier performance.

The role partners with senior leaders to design outsourcing and commercial approaches and deliver measurable value across the enterprise. Success requires strategic thinking, commercial acumen, analytical rigor, and executive presence to translate complex business needs into clear sourcing strategies and recommendations.