Spearhead supplier relationship management initiatives for a health solutions leader dedicated to transforming health care and serving 70 million consumers in 50 states. Play a key role in managing over $180M in annual spend. Set, guide, and continuously improve operational strategy. Create and leverage partnerships with internal and external stakeholders. Guide teams through evolving process changes and mentor individuals in growing their knowledge bases and careers. Promote excellence and accountability in all supplier relationship touchpoints. - Develop and introduce effective processes from the ground up, thereby building an efficient operating structure that enables program evolution, innovation, and increased performance. - Cultivate, grow, and sustain strong relationships with a diverse range of suppliers and other strategic partners. - Consistently recognized by suppliers for attention to detail and ability to grow their business and service offerings. - Serve as the company’s Performance Management Program Ambassador and provide in-depth training across the organization to promote operational excellence initiatives including governance, risk management, and other efforts. - Create a host of strategic content and informational material that boost client knowledge bases on an ongoing basis. - Develop and deliver presentations to internal and external stakeholders, including C-level executives. - Directly responsible for monitoring, measuring and evaluating performance levels while simultaneously identifying and mitigating risks, systemic issues, and other gaps.

Recruited to manage over 60 contractual agreements and 16 strategic partner relationships for the company’s health plan division in California, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Managed the performance of the company’s dental, vision, chiropractic, alternative medicine, fitness, behavioral health, wellness and life products, and employee assistance products across all lines of business. - Created and implemented growth initiatives for Commercial Medicare and Medicaid business lines. - Ensured solvency for $175M+ in annual product spend and $200M+ in annual product revenue. - Established, grew, and leveraged a diverse range of strategic partnerships to drive ongoing revenue growth. - Continuously identified improvement areas and developed solutions to improve overall performance. Reported directly to Vice President, Product Development.

Pain management, orthopedics, urology, and Ob/Gyn specialties