Senior Operational Support Manager

The Cigna Group

Operational Support Senior Manager overseeing multi-vendor purchasing and pricing management for Fusebox. Implementing strategic initiatives and improving supply chain performance in hybrid work schedule.

Posted 6/26/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $112,200 - $187,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Oversee the multi-vendor purchasing service.
Partner with different vendors to serve different needs for shared accounts and facilitate the onboarding process for different types of Fusebox accounts.
Develop and implement strategic initiatives, by crafting, evaluating, and implementing supply chain strategies and initiatives that align with long-term organizational objectives, focusing on operational excellence, customer satisfaction, and complete customer financial oversight.
Enhance team performance by streamlining existing processes, establishing and implementing performance metrics to drive behaviors, offering support and guidance on complex cases, providing constructive feedback, and fostering a collaborative environment.
Oversee contract and pricing management by guiding and supporting contract pricing analysts on multi-vendor pricing management, and by setting standards on pricing control and verification for different types of accounts.
Enhance partnerships with different vendors, as well as examine existing procedures on pricing management.
Guide and support the order confirmation analysts to improve overall account purchasing experiences by troubleshooting challenging cases, monitoring EDI file transactions, and setting standards for multi-vendor order fulfillments, invoice-specific pricing verification, and account proprietary vendor relationships management.
Lead new accounts’ pre-onboarding process by managing the initial Fusebox account setup.
Work with vendors to set up purchasing environments.
Ensure a smooth transition by coordinating resources, aligning expectations, and partnering with the account managers to provide ongoing support.
Hybrid work schedule.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field and 3 years of experience in any supply chain management and support role.
Must have experience with: Vendor pricing management;
Fusebox platform including contract pricing management, translating business needs into actionable Fusebox requirements, setting pricing control standards across account types, and guiding software enhancement with stakeholders including CEO validation;
Multi-vendor purchasing service orchestration including monitoring EDI transactions, troubleshooting complex purchasing cases, and Setting standards for order fulfillment, invoice-level pricing verification, and proprietary vendor relationship management;
End-to-end contract pricing and governance including establishing procedures and controls to ensure pricing accuracy across customers and purchase orders;
EDI 810 invoice discrepancy management including establishing procedures and controls to ensure pricing accuracy across customers and purchase orders;
Requirements engineering with tech teams in an agile environment including validating software requirements for pricing/contracts workflows and driving automation to minimize manual labor and increase security and efficiency;
Strategic supply chain initiative design and execution including crafting, evaluating, and implementing long horizon strategies focused on operational excellence, customer satisfaction, and closing vendor performance gaps while keeping in mind financial oversight outcomes;
Cross-functional team leadership at scale including leading direct and indirect teams, setting performance metrics, and coaching on complex issues;
Sorting through complex pricing and invoice datasets to diagnose root causes and design corrective solutions;
Building pricing controls, comparisons, and reconciliation models (vlookups/index match/pivot logic, audit trails) to support accuracy in day to day purchasing and billing;
Stakeholder navigation across vendors & accounts;
Providing scheduled coverage for order confirmation workflows to ensure smooth purchasing across time zones;
SLA/KPI design and behavioral alignment including defining performance metrics, measuring outcomes, and iterating processes to close gaps;
Customer financial oversight in supply chain context;
Vendor trend analysis & continuous improvement Including detecting and addressing pricing discrepancy patterns with vendors;
Executive level communication & influence; Programmatic collaboration rhythms; and, Complex Healthcare Purchasing Platforms.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs.
401(k)
Company paid life insurance
Tuition reimbursement
A minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year
Paid holidays
Leaves of absence

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Hard Skills & Tools

vendor pricing managementmulti-vendor purchasing service orchestrationend-to-end contract pricing and governanceEDI 810 invoice discrepancy managementrequirements engineeringstrategic supply chain initiative designcross-functional team leadershippricing controlsdata analysisagile methodology

Soft Skills

team performance enhancementcollaborative environment fosteringconstructive feedbackexecutive level communicationinfluencecoachingtroubleshootingstakeholder navigationbehavioral alignmentcustomer satisfaction focus

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business AdministrationBachelor’s degree in Human ResourcesBachelor’s degree in related field