Procurement Lead

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The Procurement Lead develops and executes strategic sourcing and category management strategies that deliver value, optimize spend, and strengthen supplier performance across the organization. The role shapes high-impact outsourcing strategies and partners with senior leaders to solve complex business challenges, design effective sourcing and commercial approaches, and build supplier relationships that deliver measurable, sustainable value. Success in this fast-paced, evolving environment requires strategic thinking, commercial acumen, analytical rigor, and a strong executive presence. The Procurement Lead must confidently articulate complex business cases, influence senior leaders, and translate complex information into clear recommendations and decisions. The Procurement Lead operates across business strategy, operations, finance, risk, technology, and the supplier marketplace, building trusted partnerships and influencing across the enterprise. The role requires curiosity, confidence, and collaboration to challenge assumptions, navigate ambiguity, bring diverse perspectives together, and drive alignment around the best path forward.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead complex, business-critical outsourcing and strategic sourcing initiatives from initial opportunity assessment through recommendation, negotiation, contracting, and value realization.
• Develop multi-year category and sourcing strategies using spend and demand analysis, market intelligence, supplier benchmarking, competitive assessments, and cost modeling.
• Design and lead end-to-end RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs, including strategy development, supplier evaluation, negotiation planning, award recommendations, and contracting approaches.
• Partner with, advise, and influence senior and executive leadership by applying strategic thinking, analytical rigor, and commercial judgment to constructively challenge assumptions, articulate compelling business cases, and translate complex business needs into clear recommendations and effective sourcing, supplier, and commercial strategies.
• Build fact-based business cases and scenario analyses that bring together financial, operational, supplier, and market insights, enabling leaders to evaluate trade-offs and make informed decisions.
• Shape outsourcing and managed-services commercial models, including FTE-based, fixed-fee, transaction-based, productivity, and outcome-oriented structures, to align supplier economics with business outcomes.
• Draft, negotiate, and execute contracts and amendments, partnering with Finance, Legal, Risk, Operations, Technology, and other stakeholders to establish sound commercial terms, implementation and transition plans, governance, controls, and risk mitigation.
• Evaluate and manage strategic suppliers based on performance, capabilities, financial health, risk, innovation, and long-term fit; establish governance and performance mechanisms that support accountability and continuous improvement.
• Advance supplier diversity, sustainability, responsible sourcing, and supplier code-of-conduct expectations within category and supplier strategies, as appropriate.

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Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, supply chain, supplier management, contracting, or a related field.
• 3+ years experience leading end-to-end strategic sourcing initiatives, including RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, supplier evaluations, and negotiations.
• Experience drafting, negotiating and executing complex contracts and amendments in partnership with Legal, Finance, Risk and business stakeholders.
• Experience sourcing complex services and leading outsourcing or managed-services category strategies; experience with professional services, technology, or other enterprise-level categories is also valued.
• Experience developing and executing multi-year category and sourcing strategies using spend analysis, market intelligence, supplier benchmarking, and financial analysis.
• Strong financial and analytical capabilities, including experience using data to build business cases, scenario analyses, cost models, forecasts, total-cost-of-ownership assessments, and executive-level recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex sourcing initiatives simultaneously while adapting to changing business priorities and market conditions.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships, influence senior leaders, constructively challenge assumptions, facilitate trade-off discussions, and build alignment across competing priorities.
• Strong communication skills and executive presence, including the ability to simplify complex commercial, financial, and operational topics, articulate a clear point of view, and inspire confidence with executive audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, business, supply chain, or a related discipline.
• Project management experience or formal training.
• Experience with spend analytics, reporting, and data visualization.
• Professional procurement, supply chain, or project management certification, such as CPSM, CPSD, C.P.M., CSCP, or PMP.

Work at Home Requirements: To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested. In certain roles, the minimum recommended internet speed required by Humana may not be sufficient for business needs. Humana reserves the right to require associates to upgrade their internet service if necessary. Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information. Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40 Pay Range The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

$104,000 - $143,000 per year

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance. Description of Benefits Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

Application Deadline: 11-13-2026

About us

About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com.

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