Bring your heart to CVS Health. Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand - with heart at its center - our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver.

Our Heart At Work Behaviors™ support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.CVS Health's Enterprise Procurement department, a key function within the company's Corporate Finance organization, is in search of a Strategic Sourcing Analyst - Professional Services team . In this role, you will be responsible for leading the execution of a broad array of RFx events for indirect products and services within Professional Services (e.g., Marketing, Consulting, Print, HR, etc.) .In addition to executing a large variety of sourcing events, this role will also be responsible for providing analytical and project management support to sourcing leadership and assist with category management activities such as pipeline development, data management, and expiring contract reviews.This role reports directly to the Lead Director of Strategic Sourcing - Professional Services , and will work in a team environment that provides support and guidance to ensure that Enterprise Procurement is effectively serving its internal stakeholders.The Strategic Sourcing team manages over $11B in annual indirect spend across a range of IT and non-IT categories that support key business units across the enterprise (Retail, PBM, Insurance, Specialty/Clinical, etc.). As a Senior Analyst on the Sourcing team, you should have an enterprise mindset, possess an entrepreneurial self-starting mentality, and be a strong communicator who is able to establish lasting relationships with business leaders as well as internal and external stakeholders.Key Responsibilities:

• Execute and lead a variety of sourcing events in support of category
• Provide analytical support to category leaders on RFx events and major initiatives
• Support category management activities (expiring contract review, pipeline development, opportunity assessment, etc.)
• Provide project management and communication support to category leaders (project tracking, meeting minutes, etc.)
• Compile scope of work and requirements, analyze and evaluate vendor proposals, and negotiate final commercial terms
• Develop and confidently present analysis - both quantitative and qualitative - to Procurement and Business leadership to obtain approval to award business
• Effectively communicate and demonstrate Strategic Sourcing's value proposition to internal business partners/stakeholders

• 2-3 years of professional experience related to Sourcing & Category Management, Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Analytics, or Management Consulting

• Possess a strong business acumen and high level of problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with an ability to confidently and expertly interact with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong analytical ability, strategic thinker, learn and process new information quickly
• Ability to quickly capture, analyze, and summarize large data sets
• Strong organization and project management skills
• Shown ability to handle multiple tasks without direct supervision, while paying strong attention to detail and follow-up
• Intellectually curious, eager to gain new experiences, qualifications, and responsibilities