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Your Role

The Global Business Services (GBS) department is responsible for delivering strategic and category supplier sourcing, contracting and governance excellence at Blue Shield of California. The Senior Manager, Procurement Contracting role will report to the Director, Contracting. In this role you will be responsible for the management, prioritization and execution of the enterprise contracting initiatives and process including supporting the business in making effective sourcing decisions across multiple Customer Facing or Corporate Support Business Units. Acting as a trusted advisor, you will provide leadership through sourcing strategy advice and consultation to best achieve the business strategy and objectives. 

Your Work

In this role, you will:

• Executing and delivering value through strategic, operational and transactional contracting initiatives working in partnership with the business and key stakeholders including the Law team
• Act as a trusted advisor and provide leadership through sourcing strategy advice and consultation to best achieve the business strategy and objectives
• Provide guidance to Business Units and seek alignment to influence spend and cost savings through supplier rationalization and driving economies of scale
• Assist Business Unit in maintaining compliance with all BSC policies regarding contracting and purchasing
• Lead, structure and guide business partners on complex contracts
• Supervise a team consisting of professionals 
• Leading, directing and reviewing the work of team members to accomplish operational plans and results within schedule and budget
• Manage, lead and provide oversight over every phase of contract development from integrating relevant legal and compliance terms to negotiating the terms with BSC and BSC Promise suppliers and finalizing the agreement documents
• May collaborate with a legal team or work independently to evaluate bids and draft documents
• Assist clients to terminate and where necessary transition contracts on favorable terms for BSC and BSC Promise
• Manage, lead and provide oversight of the Contracting team, Contracting back-office operations for BSC and BSC Promise
• Provide strong leadership and be proficient in contracting best practices, operations and management and have strong ability to navigate tools and technology
• Develop strategy for and execute on the day-to-day contracting support efforts

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Requires at least 10 years of prior relevant experience, including 5 years of management experience
• Requires practical knowledge in leading and managing the execution of processes, projects and tactics within Sourcing/Supplier Relationship Management area
• Requires advanced knowledge and skills including technical or Sourcing/Supplier Relationship Management expertise, business acumen, financial analysis skills, risk management, delegation skills, critical thinking and decision-making skills 
• 7+ years of legal or paralegal experience preferred, preferably working directly with commercial contracts
• Experience working in the Healthcare or related services industry including and not limited to Financial/Banking industry

Pay Range: The pay range for this role is $136,400.00 to $204,600.00 for California.

Note: Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, location (California, Bay area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.

Blue Shield of California’s mission is to ensure all Californians have access to high-quality health care at a sustainably affordable price. We are transforming health care in a way that genuinely serves our nonprofit mission by lowering costs, improving quality, and enhancing the member and physician experience.

To fulfill our mission, we must ensure a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and fully contribute to meet the needs of the multifaceted communities we serve. Our continued commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion upholds our values and advances our goal of creating a healthcare system that is worthy of our family and friends while addressing health disparities, promoting social justice, and integrating health equity through our products, business practices, and presence as a corporate citizen.

Blue Shield has received awards and recognition for being a certified Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work, Military Friendly Employer, People Companies that Care, a Leading Disability Employer, and one of California’s top companies in volunteering and giving. Here at Blue Shield, we strive to make a positive change across our industry and communities – join us!

Our Values:

• Honest. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
• Human. We strive to be our authentic selves, listening and communicating effectively, and showing empathy towards others by walking in their shoes.
• Courageous. We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals.

Our Workplace Model:

Blue Shield of California is dedicated to making work-life balance a reality. Whether you prefer to work in an office or from home, we understand flexibility is more important than ever. That’s why Blue Shield is a hybrid company, offering you the opportunity to decide where you can do your best and most meaningful work.

Two ways of working: Hybrid (our default) and office

• Hybrid – In a business unit approved office a few times per year to 3 days per week, on average

• Office – In a business unit approved office 4+ days a week, on average. If the role you’re applying for is deemed an “Essential Role,” the company has determined that the role can only be performed in a Blue Shield office or in the field and would require your to meet the office worker classification.

Physical Requirements:

 Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Due to the current public health emergency in California, Blue Shield employees are almost all working remotely. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

 External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.