Procurement Business Partner - Des Moines, United States - EMC Insurance

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remote type

Remote

locations

Des Moines- Corporate Office

time type

Full time

posted on

Posted 2 Days Ago

job requisition id

R5181

At EMC, you'll put your skills to good use as an important member of our team. You can count on gaining valuable experience while contributing to the company's success. EMC strives to hire and retain the best people by engaging, developing and rewarding employees.

Essential Functions:
Serves as procurement resource for entire annual spend of assigned categories and/or departments through collaboration with business unit leaders
Collaborates with business units to understand the business processes and procedures a vendor's products/services support
Champions the vendor management program as an enterprise-wide function that allows management to control costs, drive service excellence, mitigate risks, and understand the vendor spend component of EMC's expense ratio
Drives monthly business reviews, covering active and future pipeline, along with key industry, supplier, or internal changes and acts as the key procurement contact for assigned business units, educating partners on policy, contract status, and payment processing
Leads the negotiation of the financials, contract length, and deliverable / product / service terms of vendor contracts, including implementing improvements to commercial terms of contracts based on knowledge of business partner needs
Prioritizes vendor contracts based upon size, scope, and replacement difficulty to ensure that resources are expended appropriately
Closely coordinates review of supplier contracts with adjacent business partners, such as Information Security, IT, Innovation, Risk Management, Privacy, and Legal, to ensure alignment between commercial, technical and legal terms and conditions of supplier contracts
Leads the request process (RFx) with key suppliers and develops pricing models, payment terms, engagement lengths, KPI's and SLA's for contracts with suppliers and drives efficiencies in the Procurement and/or Sourcing Model

Provides post-contract support to business units regarding usage-based commercial terms and assists in the identification of common contractual soft costs incurred by company.

Maintains a level of expertise in an assigned category or categories to continue to monitor and evaluate potential new partnerships and/or tools to meet assigned category and/or business unit needs.

Education & Experience:
Bachelor's degree, preferably business, supply chain, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience
Seven years of experience in procurement, sourcing, or supplier management, including contract negotiation experience or related experience
Prior property and casualty insurance experience preferred
Relevant industry certification(s) or designation(s) preferred

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Thorough knowledge of contract principles and the contract negotiation process
Excellent interpersonal skills, including contract negotiation
Excellent ability to read, comprehend, and communicate contractual language to make recommendations to stakeholders
Ability to work strategically and collaboratively across all departments
Strong knowledge of the RF(X) process
Advanced verbal and written communication skills, including documentation and presentation skills
Strong analytical ability, including strong knowledge of spend analytics
Strong computer skills, including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Excellent analytical, investigative, and problem-solving abilities
Strong attention to detail, multi-tasking, organizational, and project management skills

Our employment practices are in accordance with the laws that prohibit discrimination due to race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, active military status, citizenship status, marital status or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

All of our locations are tobacco free including in company vehicles.
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About Us

Why should you choose to apply for a position at EMC? We can give you plenty of reasons why EMC is a great place to work:
More than 105 years of financial strength and stability
In the top 60 insurance organizations in the U.S. based on net written premium
Named a five-star insurance carrier by

Insurance Business America
Two-time recipient of the Best Practices Award of Excellence from the Independent Agents & Brokers of America
Multiple locations recognized as Top Workplaces based solely on team member feedback
Corporate culture that engages and empowers team members to achieve their best
Outstanding benefits with life, medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Competitive paid time off plan and a full day of volunteer time off annually
Financial incentives, including a 401(k) plan match, pension plan, OneEMC bonus plan and recognition and anniversary awards
Professional development and growth opportunities, including tuition reimbursement
Wellness initiatives to improve team member well-being and reduce health insurance costs
Flexibility to dress for your day and opportunities for alternative work arrangements

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