[Hiring] Vendor Management & Sourcing Specialist @Pie Insurance

Role Description

The Vendor Management & Sourcing Analyst is the operational backbone of Pie’s Claims Vendor Management and Procurement function, owning end-to-end work across both sourcing/procurement execution and vendor relationship and performance management. In this senior individual contributor role, you will lead the full sourcing lifecycle by:

• Translating business needs into RFx processes
• Conducting market research, spend analysis, benchmarking, and competitive bid evaluations
• Delivering data-backed vendor selection recommendations

You will also manage the Claims vendor portfolio by:

• Coordinating stewardship meetings
• Monitoring scorecard performance
• Handling day-to-day vendor communications
• Driving issues through the escalation log from identification to resolution

This role operates within a lean team and requires independent judgment, strong follow-through, and proactive delivery of leadership-ready outputs with minimal oversight.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; Bachelor’s degree preferred in business, finance, supply chain, or a related field
• 4+ years of combined experience in vendor management, strategic sourcing, procurement, or a related role
• Direct experience in workers’ compensation or commercial lines insurance is required
• Demonstrated history of executing sourcing activities independently
• Experience managing vendor relationships and performance
• Exposure to contract review, commercial term analysis, and negotiation support

Requirements

• 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
• Prepare comparison matrices, commercial term analyses, and leadership-ready recommendation summaries
• Support contract negotiations by conducting pre-negotiation research
• 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
• Develop and refine sourcing templates, standard operating procedures, and playbooks
• Serve as the primary day-to-day point of contact for all active Claims vendors
• Coordinate and prepare for quarterly stewardship meetings with high-risk and claims-critical vendors
• Track vendor performance against scorecards
• Maintain the Issues & Escalations log
• Coordinate vendor onboarding documentation collection and verification
• Collaborate with Claims leadership and Legal to support vendor contract compliance
• Support the defense counsel panel oversight program

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