Strategic Vendor Consultant
Location: Topeka KS, or Olathe, KS
This position will work a hybrid model (remote and office). The ideal candidate will live within 50 miles of one of our Kansas Elevance Health PulsePoint locations.

The Strategic Vendor Consultant is responsible for managing relationships with vendors, stakeholders, and key decision makers in order to meet or exceed business goals. Acts as single point of accountability for internal and/or external business partners.

How you will make an impact:

• Develops communication documents and training criteria related to external client facing program success measures. 
• Manages the execution of vendor agreements to ensure compliance, monitor quality, and develop corrective action plans. 
• Responsible for managing the  overall  vendor performance per contractual service level agreements (SLA) and ensures vendor conformity to enterprise standards, operational processes and management guidelines to ensure business goals and budget are achieved for an enterprise function.  
• Participates in cross-functional teams to implement vendor services.   
• Drives continuous improvement activities and implementations across functional areas.  
• Recommends and implements vendor parameters regarding vendor production and quality in support of business objectives.   
• Provides SME support in constructing performance-based, accountability-driven vendor/business partner agreements, statements of work and action plans and procedures as needed.   
• Facilitates the planning and implementation of the transition of new work items assigned to the vendor in support of strategic goals and budget. 
• Reviews, reconciles and pays vendor invoices. 
• Works with business representatives to assure that all aspects of implementation run smoothly. 

Minimum Requirements:

• Requires a BA/BS degree in business or related field required; 3-5 years of increasingly responsible professional level contract management/vendor management experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:

• Understanding of and experience with Medicare/Medicaid, state and/or federal regulatory requirements strongly preferred.
• Ability to work independently and draw up plans to address issues/concerns strongly preferred.
• Excellent leadership, problem solving, organizational, planning, presentation, consultative and interpersonal communication skills strongly preferred.
• Proficient computer skills including window-based applications (Word, Power Point, Excel, & Access).
• Experience with word intake management tools (Ariba or similar), and/or spend management tools (Domo or similar).

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process. Candidates must reside within 50 miles or 1-hour commute each way of a relevant Elevance Health location.

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact elevancehealthjobssupport@elevancehealth.com for assistance.