Inland Empire Health Plan
Vendor Contracts Administrator
Inland Empire Health Plan, Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States, 91739
Overview:
What you can expect!Find joy in serving others with IEHP! We welcome you to join us in healing and inspiring the human spirit and to pivot from a job opportunity to an
authentic experience!As the Vendor Contract Administrator for IT VMO, youre the maestro of contract management, shaping agreements that define responsibilities, deliverables, and costs for seamless performance and cost management. You lead negotiations, working closely with legal protections, your role extends to collaborating with various teams to ensure vendors meet regulatory obligations, while also administrating financial arrangements. Its a role where you orchestrate the success of vendor contracts, making a significant impact on IEHPs operational efficiency.Key Responsibilities:1. Establish contract management objectives, procedures, templates, and workflow processes for vendor contracts and deliverable schedules. Maintain a contract management database that contains all executed contracts, as well as contracts that are under development but are not yet active. Moreover, track obligations, deliverables, and contract change notes. Manage and control access to documents as appropriate.2. Develop contracts that clearly outline responsibilities, deliverables and costs that can be translated to effective performance and cost management.3. Work with legal representatives to develop and insert appropriate legal protections in contracts, as warranted.4. Work with all teams (security, compliance and tax, HR, accounts payable [AP], etc.) to ensure that vendors are performing in accordance with existing requirements and regulatory obligations.5. Develop a knowledgebase of negotiating strategies, best practices, and negotiation personnel and teams. Make improvements to processes, procedures, workflow, and organizational structures for contract management.6. Administer commercial and financial arrangements with vendors to include billing, invoicing, performance incentives and remedies, and internal chargebacks, where appropriate.7. Work alongside procurement colleagues to assist with developing statements of work (SOWs) and understand any current requests for information (RFIs), requests for quotation (RFQs), and requests for proposal (RFPs) that are in the pipeline.8. Work with vendors and key stakeholders to establish clear contract change control processes.Commitment to Quality: The IEHP Team is committed to incorporate IEHPs Quality Program goals including, but not limited to, HEDIS, CAHPS, and NCQA Accreditation.Additional Benefits:Perks
IEHP is not only committed to healing and inspiring the human spirit of our Members; we also aim to match our Team Members with the same energy by providing prime benefits and more.CalPERS retirement457(b) option with a contribution matchGenerous paid time off- vacation, holidays, sickState of the art fitness center on-siteMedical Insurance with Dental and VisionPaid life insurance for employees with additional optionsShort-term, and long-term disability optionsPet care insuranceFlexible Spending Account Health Care/ChildcareWellness programs that promote a healthy work-life balanceCareer advancement opportunities and professional developmentCompetitive salary with annual merit increaseTeam bonus opportunities
Qualifications:Education & ExperienceMinimum of Six (6) years of experience with negotiating and managing contract life cycles, with an emphasis on technology or IT service agreementsExperience in managing large complex contracts in one or more IT categories, including hardware, software, service, and communicationExperience working with all key departments (security, compliance, finance, tax, AP, legal and procurement), and knowledge of procurement and vendor management practices and certifications (CIPS, ITIL, and COBIT)Bachelors degree in general business, Economics, Psychology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or Finance from an accredited institution requiredKey QualificationsKnowledge of how to determine contractual and financial exposure and negotiate contractsKnowledge of contracting trends, licensing models, and traditional and emerging contract and vendor performance modelsDeep market knowledge of the category of IT vendor for which the contract manager is responsibleUnderstand contract risks and to work with other parts of the organization in crafting tactics and strategies for risk mitigationKnowledge of best practices for IT contract negotiation tactics and strategiesKnowledge of how to structure bids, evaluate bids against a broad set of evaluation criteria, and provide recommendations for vendor selectionWhere applicable, understanding of government and industry regulations that will influence contracting approach and vendor behavior (for example, FINRA for financial institutions, and U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act [HIPAA] for healthcare organizations)
Start your journey towards a thriving future with IEHP and apply TODAY!Pay Range:USD $43.87 - USD $58.13 /Hr.
What you can expect!Find joy in serving others with IEHP! We welcome you to join us in healing and inspiring the human spirit and to pivot from a job opportunity to an
authentic experience!As the Vendor Contract Administrator for IT VMO, youre the maestro of contract management, shaping agreements that define responsibilities, deliverables, and costs for seamless performance and cost management. You lead negotiations, working closely with legal protections, your role extends to collaborating with various teams to ensure vendors meet regulatory obligations, while also administrating financial arrangements. Its a role where you orchestrate the success of vendor contracts, making a significant impact on IEHPs operational efficiency.Key Responsibilities:1. Establish contract management objectives, procedures, templates, and workflow processes for vendor contracts and deliverable schedules. Maintain a contract management database that contains all executed contracts, as well as contracts that are under development but are not yet active. Moreover, track obligations, deliverables, and contract change notes. Manage and control access to documents as appropriate.2. Develop contracts that clearly outline responsibilities, deliverables and costs that can be translated to effective performance and cost management.3. Work with legal representatives to develop and insert appropriate legal protections in contracts, as warranted.4. Work with all teams (security, compliance and tax, HR, accounts payable [AP], etc.) to ensure that vendors are performing in accordance with existing requirements and regulatory obligations.5. Develop a knowledgebase of negotiating strategies, best practices, and negotiation personnel and teams. Make improvements to processes, procedures, workflow, and organizational structures for contract management.6. Administer commercial and financial arrangements with vendors to include billing, invoicing, performance incentives and remedies, and internal chargebacks, where appropriate.7. Work alongside procurement colleagues to assist with developing statements of work (SOWs) and understand any current requests for information (RFIs), requests for quotation (RFQs), and requests for proposal (RFPs) that are in the pipeline.8. Work with vendors and key stakeholders to establish clear contract change control processes.Commitment to Quality: The IEHP Team is committed to incorporate IEHPs Quality Program goals including, but not limited to, HEDIS, CAHPS, and NCQA Accreditation.Additional Benefits:Perks
IEHP is not only committed to healing and inspiring the human spirit of our Members; we also aim to match our Team Members with the same energy by providing prime benefits and more.CalPERS retirement457(b) option with a contribution matchGenerous paid time off- vacation, holidays, sickState of the art fitness center on-siteMedical Insurance with Dental and VisionPaid life insurance for employees with additional optionsShort-term, and long-term disability optionsPet care insuranceFlexible Spending Account Health Care/ChildcareWellness programs that promote a healthy work-life balanceCareer advancement opportunities and professional developmentCompetitive salary with annual merit increaseTeam bonus opportunities
Qualifications:Education & ExperienceMinimum of Six (6) years of experience with negotiating and managing contract life cycles, with an emphasis on technology or IT service agreementsExperience in managing large complex contracts in one or more IT categories, including hardware, software, service, and communicationExperience working with all key departments (security, compliance, finance, tax, AP, legal and procurement), and knowledge of procurement and vendor management practices and certifications (CIPS, ITIL, and COBIT)Bachelors degree in general business, Economics, Psychology, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or Finance from an accredited institution requiredKey QualificationsKnowledge of how to determine contractual and financial exposure and negotiate contractsKnowledge of contracting trends, licensing models, and traditional and emerging contract and vendor performance modelsDeep market knowledge of the category of IT vendor for which the contract manager is responsibleUnderstand contract risks and to work with other parts of the organization in crafting tactics and strategies for risk mitigationKnowledge of best practices for IT contract negotiation tactics and strategiesKnowledge of how to structure bids, evaluate bids against a broad set of evaluation criteria, and provide recommendations for vendor selectionWhere applicable, understanding of government and industry regulations that will influence contracting approach and vendor behavior (for example, FINRA for financial institutions, and U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act [HIPAA] for healthcare organizations)
Start your journey towards a thriving future with IEHP and apply TODAY!Pay Range:USD $43.87 - USD $58.13 /Hr.