Strategic Vendor Contracts & Partnerships Lead

WelbeHealth, LLC.; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401K savings + match

Bonus compensation package

Job summary

WelbeHealth seeks a strategic Senior Manager, Vendor Contracting & Partnerships to lead enterprise contracting strategy and governance across the organization. You will own the end-to-end contract lifecycle, drive complex negotiations, and shape the vendor portfolio to support WelbeHealth’s mission and growth.

You will collaborate with executives to ensure compliant, scalable, and high-impact partnerships. Responsibilities include developing standardized templates and playbooks, leading

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business management, logistics, or contract management preferred.
• CIP or NVQ certifications a plus.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of progressive experience in strategic vendor contracting, procurement, sourcing, or vendor management.

Responsibilities

• Serve as WelbeHealth’s enterprise subject matter expert in vendor contracting, advising leaders on contract structure, risk, negotiation strategy, and business tradeoffs.
• Own development, standardization, adoption, and refinement of contract templates, playbooks, approval workflows, and governance standards.
• Lead strategic sourcing and vendor selection for complex, high-impact needs.
• Lead complex and high-value negotiations balancing commercial value, operational needs, risk, and long-term partnership potential.
• Establish scalable contracting operating procedures, governance standards, and service expectations across the organization.
• Use portfolio, performance, risk, and spend insights to identify priorities and improvements.
• Set the approach for vendor performance management and ensure actions are tracked to completion.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Contract management

Vendor negotiations

Data-driven analysis

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business management, logistics, or contract management

CIP or NVQ certification (plus)

Tools

Jaggaer

Coupa

SAP Ariba

Job description

WelbeHealth seeks a strategic Senior Manager, Vendor Contracting & Partnerships to lead enterprise contracting strategy and governance across the organization. You will own the end-to-end contract lifecycle, drive complex negotiations, and shape the vendor portfolio to support WelbeHealth’s mission and growth.

You will collaborate with executives to ensure compliant, scalable, and high-impact partnerships. Responsibilities include developing standardized templates and playbooks, leading