Senior Manager, Vendor Management, Business Enterprise Program

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

At Aetna®, part of CVS Health, we proudly serve more than 26 million medical members through our broad range of health plan offerings. We're committed to delivering a simpler, more meaningful, and personal health care experience to each of them.

As a Business Enterprise Program (BEP) Manager you will play a critical role by owning the end-to-end process for contracting, tracking, validating, and reporting spend with businesses that have been certified as owned and controlled by persons who are minorities, female, or persons with disabilities (BEP certified vendor). This role partners with Procurement, Finance, Vendor Management and business stakeholders to ensure data quality, clear insights, and actionable recommendations that assure qualified diverse supplier spend.

This position will primarily support the Illinois Duals Special Needs Plan for members who receive Medicare and Medicaid services.

• Own the supplier diversity spend‑tracking, data sources, and comply with regulatory reporting cadence requirements
• Maintain a reliable process for confirming supplier classification (e.g., minority‑owned status) and documentation validity
• Partner with health plan leaders to identify vendor needs aligned to operational goals, member experience, regulatory requirements, and cost targets
• Assure compliance with contractual BEP requirements and maintenance of BEP Utilization Plan
• Build and manage dashboards and scorecards that show spend trends, gaps, and progress against targets
• Partner with Procurement/Sourcing to embed diverse supplier tracking into sourcing events and supplier onboarding
• Reconcile spending data across systems to ensure accurate attribution
• Establish data governance: rules, controls, exception handling, and audit‑ready documentation
• Identify opportunities to increase qualified spending (e.g., category deep dives, supplier outreach, where relevant)
• Prepare executive‑ready updates and narratives for stakeholders, including risks, blockers, and recommendations
• Train and enable business partners on how to code, classify, and capture spend correctly
• Support health plan initiatives to advance health equity and partner with Quality teams to drive improved health outcomes leveraging BEP vendor offerings

• 2+ years in procurement, finance, supplier management, or related operational reporting
• Experience building spend reports/dashboards and improving data quality across multiple systems
• Working knowledge of supplier diversity classification and certification concepts
• Strong stakeholder management skills across Procurement, Finance, and business teams
• Ability to translate data into clear insights and actions
• Demonstrated experience developing and delivering presentations for executive audiences
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Experience with vendor governance, SLA/KPI design, performance management, and issue escalation

• Experience with supplier diversity programs (BEP or similar)
• Familiarity with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)/spend tools and business intelligence platforms (e.g., SAP/Ariba/Power BI/Tableau)
• Experience defining data governance or audit‑ready reporting processes

We support a hybrid work environment. If selected and you live near a suitable work location, you may be expected to comply with the hybrid work policy. Under the policy, all hires for in‑scope populations should be placed into a hybrid or office‑based location, working onsite three days a week.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

The typical pay range for this role is:

$82,940.00 - $

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full‑time salary for all…