Procurement Process Excellence Lead

Procurement Process Excellence Lead

Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first. The Procurement Process Excellence Lead drives continuous improvement and operational excellence across all procurement functions. This role focuses on enhancing procurement policies, processes, governance, and compliance to improve efficiency, reduce risk, and ensure regulatory adherence. It also leads transformation initiatives, performance monitoring, and change management to deliver strategic value and strengthen procurement capabilities across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Governance & Policy : Develop, maintain, and enforce procurement policies, procedures, and standards in alignment with company requirements. Manage process documentation, policies, and procedures; ensure timely updates and communication.
• Controls & Compliance : Monitor and audit procurement activities to ensure compliance with company policies, contractual obligations, and regulatory requirements. Collaborate with internal business partners and stakeholders to ensure alignment with enterprise objectives.
• Continuous Improvement : Optimize procurement processes, continuously assess and improve procurement processes, policies and systems to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements. Identify, evaluate, and implement automation and digitalization opportunities within procurement. Champion continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or Agile within procurement operations. Lead process assessment, redesign, and standardization initiatives to improve procurement efficiency, quality, and compliance.
• Issues & Risks Management : Owns Procurement Issues and Opportunities ("IOPs") portfolio consisting of identified process improvements, audit findings, and working towards resolution by both developing and implementing mitigation strategies and improvements. Support audits, risk assessments, and mitigation plans related to procurement activities.
• Performance Monitoring : Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs, such as policy compliance rates, spend under management, audit findings) for procurement processes, and drive data-driven decision-making. Report on process improvement outcomes and make recommendations for future enhancements.
• Talent Development and Change Management : Provide leadership, coaching, and guidance to procurement teams on process excellence principles. Facilitate change management and training programs to support adoption of new procurement processes and tools.

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Information

This position is remote. The role is available to candidates located in the following areas : Louisville, KY; Philadelphia PA; DC metro / Reston VA; Atlanta Metro / GA; Dallas / Austin, TX or Tampa, Orlando, Miami, FL; NYC, NY.

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

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, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

About Us

Humana Inc. (NYSE : HUM) is committed to putting health first for our teammates, our customers and our company. Through our Humana insurance services and 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, Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment. Humana complies with all applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. We also provide free language interpreter services.