Global Procurement Operations Technology Team Senior Analyst - Hybrid

Global Procurement and Third-Party Management Shared Services (GPTPMS) is Cigna's official strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management organization.

Whether an employee or function is looking to purchase new goods or services, renew an existing supplier relationship, or identify suppliers for consideration of a good or service, the GPTPMS organization has the tools and processes in place to achieve those goals.

Global Procurement and Third-Party Management Shared Services at Cigna operates under four key pillars:

Category Management & Strategic Sourcing (CMSS): manages the end-to-end process for contracting with suppliers by identifying opportunities to source more effectively through careful monitoring of various drivers and conducting in-depth analysis, qualifying suppliers, leading negotiations, and evaluating bids in order to help the business select the best supplier.

Third Party Management (Business, IT, and International): manages Cigna supplier relationships by working with internal business areas to understand strategies, clarify precise business needs and identify supplier opportunities and acting as the point person, for both Cigna and the Supplier, for ongoing management of the relationship including contract adherence, performance, risk, collaborative innovation, service and sales delivery, etc.

Strategic Enablement: supports the Category Management & Strategic Sourcing and Third-Party Management teams by recognizing continuous improvement opportunities within the organization and supporting process change and the implementation of best practices and leading the analysis of the overall spend with suppliers in order to identify savings and cost containment opportunities.

Systems Operations & Analytics: includes the Third-Party CommandCenter & insights, Procurement Operations, Business SolutionsImplementation, Buying Channel Strategy, and 3rdParty Diversity &Sustainability.

Description

This position is located in the Business Solutions Implementation team in the Systems Operations & Analytics group.

The 'Technology' team of Business Solutions is responsible for supporting the bigger GPTPMS organization by playing a critical role in designing, implementing and supporting the key systems and technological roadmaps.

This role will focus on supporting and administrating the key systems used in the GP&TPMS department.

The two main goals of this team are to maintain the day-to-day functioning of the systems, as well as develop new functionality and plans as demanded by process and project priorities.

This individual will be part of the team responsible for building and executing on the GP&TPMS strategic initiatives and will be responsible for coordinating with business/customers, application development, and operations teams to create a unified GP&TPMS program.

This person will also work with appropriate personnel within GP&TPMS to execute key communications, training and other critical knowledge transfer that has broa...