Easter Seals Jobs

Description - hybrid remote, direct hire, must be able to work W2 without sponsorship*

Our customer has experience exponential growth since 2015 fueled by an innovative approach to building and integrating profitable, growth oriented companies which provide insurance, reinsurance, asset management services to their customers. They're currently looking for a Principal Procurement Analyst to drive the build and oversight of their Vendor Lifecycle Management process. This person will have an opportunity to work with leadership to build and standardize their processes to mature their Vendor Management organization.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Serve as a primary contact with vendors and champion internal and external relationships.

• Drive sourcing functions of vendor selection including Requests for Information (RFIs), Requests for Proposal (RFPs) and competitive bidding.

• Drive in the due diligence and evaluation process for current and proposed potential vendors.

• Drive procurement functions including negotiating price and contract language.

• Drive vendor management function of continuous vendor review according to Vendor Management Office policies.

• Drive overall performance oversight in accordance with contractual, accreditation and/or regulatory compliance.

• Evaluate current and proposed vendor relationships to identify and recommend savings opportunities. Identify key action steps to capture and implement

savings opportunities.

• Drive contract management with vendors, Legal, Risk Management, IT Enterprise Architecture, and Business Owners; this may include negotiating agreements,

exhibits, statements of work and pricing; serve as liaison for drafting RFP/RFI process along with evaluation and selection of service providers.

• Monitor and provide overall oversight of Vendor Lifecycle Management as outlined in corporate and departmental policies, as well as accreditation, contractual

and regulatory requirements, through regular review and follow up on metrics of vendor’s performance.

• Drive coordination efforts between Kuvare and service providers to ensure expectations are met/exceeded; create transparency and partnership through formal

meetings and knowledge share.

• Drive the continual review and adjust contract to terms to best fit corporate objectives and overall spend.

• Conduct vendor risk assessments, scoring and ongoing program evaluation as required via the Vendor Management Office Standard Operating Procedures

(SOPs).

• Develop control reporting by compiling, analyzing and reviewing data, and providing critical technology vendor information to management.

• Develop and maintain SOPs for the functions of Sourcing, Procurement and Vendor Management.

• Participate/lead in the testing, correction and revision of SOPs.

Skills

Procurement, Vendor management, Software, Hardware, sourcing, contracts, contract management, contract negotiation

Top Skills Details

Procurement,Vendor management,Software,Hardware,sourcing,contracts,contract management,contract negotiation

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Kuvare is a growth-oriented insurance platform that delivers diversified annuities, life insurance, and supplemental products to the middle-income and mass-affluent consumer segments through its acquisition-led growth strategy. Kuvare provides proven capabilities, strategic support, substantial resources, and patient capital to help insurance companies pursue and achieve sustainable growth opportunities. With its patient capital, Kuvare targets differentiated annuity and life insurance companies to bring into its family of brands.

Skills/Competencies:

• Analytic and problem-solving skills and experience.

• Strong organizational skills. Candidate must be detail-oriented.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Vendor lifecycle management.

• Experience using an industry-known Third-Party Risk Management platform.

• Technical support skills.

• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills required.

• Can manage competing priorities with poise and professionalism.

• Strong customer service orientation.

• Experience working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential.

Physical Demands:

• Normal office working environment.

• Some travel may be required for meetings with vendors, suppliers, service providers, or offsite contractors.

• Occasional evening and weekend hours to meet deadlines.

• Ability to type/perform data entry.

• Ability to read from a computer screen and paper reports.

• Express ideas and otherwise communicate with the spoken word.

Other

• Ability and willingness to travel as needed.

• Occasional evening and weekend work to meet deadlines.

• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Experience Level

Expert Level

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $120000.00 - $135000.00

Our customer provides health, dental, and vision insurance as well as a 401k match and paid time off. A detailed benefits package will be shared with candidates directly.

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Cedar Rapids,IA.

Application Deadline

This position will be accepting applications until Dec 21, 2024.

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.