• Developing, managing, and executing the category and sourcing strategies across all Technology categories of spend (Software, Cloud, Hardware, Telecoms & Labor/Services) across the enterprise for Humana. • Business engagement of Technology stakeholders within the Technology organization. • Supplier Management of all segmented Technology suppliers according to enterprise supplier management standards. • Leadership of the Technology Procurement and Supplier Management team of over 30 associates, management of $1.8B spend. • Developing, managing, and executing the category strategies, strategic sourcing and supplier management for all the categories and subcategories under management (Software including renewals, Infrastructure, Services) across Technology, business segments and corporate functions. • Excellent Stakeholder Engagement: This position will be a strategic business partner to the Tech Leadership Team and be tasked with gaining a deep understanding of their business strategies to ensure resulting category and sourcing strategies are in place to drive the greatest value from the external marketplace. • Lead the Tech PSM team to partner with the stakeholder organizations and Tech Finance in identifying, prioritizing, and pursuing short-, mid- and long-term sourcing opportunities. • Establish the role as a strategic business partner to the Leadership teams with the ability to establish meaningful relationships and adapt to the challenger model. • Drive strong demand planning and management and budget alignment. • Elevate supplier management in collaboration with the Enterprise Supplier Management Center of Excellence. • Lead Category Management and Sourcing: Lead the Procurement team and stakeholders in the joint development, execution and monitoring of leading category strategies across all categories under management that drive valuable business outcomes. • Lead team to: Segment their supply base and develop preferred supplier lists. • Evaluate supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models and bench-marking analysis. • Support supplier diversity and sustainability initiatives by selecting diverse and environmentally conscious suppliers for RFX’s. • Conduct market analyses, competitive bids, cost modelling and benchmarking to demonstrate fair and reasonable pricing on new awards. • Maintain a robust project pipeline to drive target savings or spend reduction year over year. • Source strategic suppliers, negotiate and manage supplier contracts, pricing, and performance against business requirements for complex, high risk and/or enterprise critical engagements that may have significant impact to Humana’s operations or profitability. • Partner with the Sourcing Organization to ensure sourced spend is executed and managed in accordance with category plans and strategies. • Lead Supplier Management team and stakeholders in the joint management of the segmented supplier base, ensuring contractual value is delivered and new value is created. • Leverage the enterprise supplier relationship management framework and lead team to: Onboard and segment suppliers appropriately. • Manage supplier risk and incidences, driving timely root cause analysis, escalation, corrective actions and operational continuity and transparency. • Execute supplier performance management processes including facilitation of business reviews and ongoing performance evaluation. • Build and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers. • Leverage enterprise processes to drive supplier collaboration, capability development and harness innovation. • Compliantly manage supplier transition and exit. • Anticipate and support stakeholder’s evolving needs. • Support process optimization, and elimination of spend through unapproved buying channels within assigned categories. • Provide coaching, development, and growth opportunities to team members to strengthen the bench across the organization. • Work with finance and business leaders to identify total cost of ownership opportunities and validate project savings. • Develop talent across the team, fostering a culture of performance, ownership, and continuous learning.