Hiring: Procurement Manager II Company: Blue Cross of Idaho Location: Meridian, ID Job Posted Time: 2026-09-11 10:40:37 Employment Type: Contract Target Skills & Keywords : Risk Management About the job Qualifications: •Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience (Two years’ relevant work experience is equivalent to one-year college) •What Your Day May Look Like •Lead and support supplier contracting activity in partnership with Business Owners, ensuring contract language is substantive, complete, accurate, and aligned with business objectives, operational needs, regulatory expectations, and risk mitigation standards. •Draft, review, redline, and negotiate supplier agreements, statements of work, amendments, exhibits, and related documents to improve clarity, define deliverables, address timelines, establishes measurable outcomes, and reduce ambiguity. •Partner with internal Business Owners with competitive bidding and supplier selection activities, including RFx planning, supplier research, response evaluation, commercial analysis, documentation of conclusions, and supplier notification. •Partner with internal Business Owners to understand the business need, supplier relationship, requested scope, pricing model, service expectations, performance requirements, and any operational impacts that should be reflected in a supplier agreement. •Coordinate with Legal, Compliance, Privacy, IT/Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Finance, and other subject matter experts to resolve contract issues, address identified risks and confirm required reviews and approvals are completed before execution. •Assess contract terms for financial, operational, regulatory, privacy, cybersecurity, reputational, and business risk, and escalate concerns when contract language or supplier obligations may expose the organization to unacceptable risk. •Support supplier negotiations involving pricing, commercial terms, service level agreements, performance standards, data use, confidentiality, implementation expectations, termination rights, renewal language, and other key business or risk protections. •Identify opportunities to improve supplier value, reduce costs, strengthen contract protections, standardize language, streamline processes, and improve the overall contracting experience for Business Owners and stakeholders. Compensation: •$78,064 - $117,095 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!