Head of Procurement leading global indirect procurement strategies at Castrol. Responsible for managing USD 0.8b global spend across multiple categories.
About the role
- IT Procurement Lead managing software renewal activities for Humana. Ensuring supplier compliance, tracking renewals, and collaborating with stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Establish and implement software renewal activities across Humana’s enterprise
- Proactively track and execute software renewals to ensure timely end-to-end processing
- Lead and support associates on daily software renewal activities
- Identify and collaborate with key stakeholders to align business objectives, compliance and enhance stakeholder satisfaction
- Participate in strategic planning and process improvement
- Ensure that supplier compliance and performance aligns with organizational objectives, standards, cost-saving initiatives, and agreement terms
- Recommend policies, standards and procedures that are aligned with IT standards and strategy
- Maintain a centralized renewal calendar and monitor renewal statuses through completion and recording
- Review and assign software renewal activities and tasks to associates across the IT Procurement & Supplier Management team
- Review licenses or contracts to ensure that software is covered by the contract and documented
- Analyze software spend and identify cost-saving opportunities to maximize Return on investment
- Negotiate with suppliers to secure favorable terms, pricing, and compliance
- Research and recommend supplier optimization strategies
- Review supplier analysis including capabilities, goals, risk profile, and financial health
- Collaborate cross-functionally to align procurement with organizational strategies
- Conduct research, assemble data, and use reporting tools and dashboards to refine information delivery
- Follow internal procurement policies and external regulatory requirements
- Exercise independent judgment and decision making on complex issues regarding job tasks and related tasks
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree preferably in a business or information technology discipline
- 8 or more years of experience in Procurement of IT systems and/or software
- 2 or more years of project leadership experience
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Word and Excel
- Be able to assimilate, analyze, draw conclusions, and make recommendations from multi-faceted and often ambiguous data
- Demonstrate critical thinking and analytical problem-solving skills
- Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness, identifies process improvements
- Verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact across all organizational levels
- Effectiveness in working collaboratively with cross-functional teams
- Flexible and willing to learn new skill sets quickly as the need arises
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision benefits
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave)
- short-term and long-term disability
- life insurance
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