[Remote] Vendor Management & Sourcing Specialist

Note The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pie Insurance is a company dedicated to empowering small businesses by making commercial insurance affordable. They are seeking a Vendor Management & Sourcing Specialist who will lead the sourcing lifecycle and manage vendor relationships to optimize performance and costs. Responsibilities • Lead end-to-end sourcing activities needs intake, market research, RFx development and management, bid evaluation, and vendor selection recommendation packages • Conduct spend analysis and competitive benchmarking across the active vendor portfolio to identify cost optimization, consolidation, and renegotiation opportunities • Prepare comparison matrices, commercial term analyses, and leadership-ready recommendation summaries that enable vendor decisions based on data, not assumptions • Support contract negotiations by conducting pre-negotiation research identifying risk areas, pulling historical contract data, and developing favorable position recommendations • Execute operational expense bill review, flagging invoice discrepancies, out-of-scope charges, and savings opportunities • Build and maintain data integrity within the vendor tracking system, ensuring spend records, pipeline data, and vendor information are accurate and current • Develop and refine sourcing templates, standard operating procedures, and playbooks that create repeatable, defensible sourcing processes • Serve as the primary day-to-day point of contact for all active Claims vendors, managing routine communications, requests, and issue triage • Coordinate and prepare for quarterly stewardship meetings with high-risk and claims-critical vendors, including agenda development, performance data compilation, and follow-up tracking • Track vendor performance against scorecards, populating data and flagging performance gaps to the Senior Manager for action • Maintain the Issues & Escalations log — documenting, routing, and tracking vendor issues from identification through resolution • Coordinate vendor onboarding documentation collection and verification W-9s, insurance certificates, compliance certifications, and NDAs • Collaborate with Claims leadership and Legal to support vendor contract compliance, regulatory audit coordination, and billing guideline enforcement • Support the defense counsel panel oversight program, including spend tracking by firm and stewardship meeting coordination Skills • High school diploma or GED required • 4+ years of combined experience in vendor management, strategic sourcing, procurement, or a related role — with demonstrated competency in both sourcing execution and vendor relationship management • Direct experience in workers' compensation or commercial lines insurance is required • Demonstrated history of executing sourcing activities independently RFx development, spend analysis, bid evaluation, and vendor selection • Experience managing vendor relationships and performance, including stewardship meetings, scorecard tracking, and escalation management • Exposure to contract review, commercial term analysis, and negotiation support • Bachelor's degree preferred in business, finance, supply chain, or a related field Benefits • Competitive cash compensation • A piece of the pie (in the form of equity) • Comprehensive health plans • Generous PTO • Future focused 401k match • Generous parental and caregiver leave • Each year Pie reviews company performance and may grant discretionary bonuses to eligible team members. Company Overview • Pie Insurance is an insurance company specializing in small business. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https//pieinsurance.com.

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