CuraScript SD a specialty pharmaceutical distributor that provides customized business solutions and access to specialty drugs to community physicians, specialty pharmacies, and health systems; it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Evernorth – a Cigna Company.

CuraScript SD is seeking an experienced and highly motivated IT Business Relationship Manager (BRM) to join its technology team.

The BRM will serve as a strategic partner and share ownership for both business strategy and business value results. The BRM owns the leadership relationship and serves as a single point of focus for the procure to pay, warehouse management, and supply chain planning functional solutions (PTP, MM, IBP, EWM) where they will surface and shape demand for business and technology capabilities, while ensuring the anticipated value from those capabilities are captured, optimized, and recognized. This is achieved by partnering with appropriate resources to facilitate the creation of idea documents, business cases, requirements, and value plans; ensuring value optimization and communication; and enabling continuous improvement in all areas and people around them.  The ideal candidate will be well versed in the Supply Chain function, have in depth knowledge of the capabilities and business processes, have a solid understanding of the up/down stream process and data connections, and have awareness of industry best practices and trends.

Responsibilities:

Work with business leaders to articulate their function's needs and requirements to advance business performance

Maintain multi-year business/technology capability roadmaps

Partner with organizational change management to ensure effective business transformation for all initiatives

Partner with the PMO to ensure a healthy and well-managed initiative portfolio

Partner with business leaders to evaluate proposals, align them to business capability roadmaps and priorities

Measure adoption and work with business leadership to develop future roadmap and opportunities

Identify and integrate business partners' long-range plans into business capability roadmaps and priorities, as appropriate

Brief stakeholders on business partner plans

Focus on business value including risk assessments, business continuity, and business capability requirements.

Advocate for an awareness and focus on business partner strategic plans

Correlate business value and priorities to planning activities and goal setting

Engage as a project stakeholder by evaluating project efforts and progress against strategic plans and objectives

Be creative and innovative with regards to your knowledge and awareness of industry trends and digital advances as they relate to new opportunities and business needs

Ensure project and initiative progress, including consistent and effective communication; includes managing escalations and avoiding risk.

Skills:

Relationship building: ability to listen, build rapport, and credibility as a strategic partner

Strategic thinking: ability to understand organizational vision and influence business capability roadmaps

Ability to be relaxed, poised and confident in conversations with executives

Experienced at negotiating conflict and problem-solving to achieve win-win outcomes at all levels

Ability to set expectations with business partners and have hard conversations when needed

Ability to influence and break down silos within and across functional areas

Have a strong understanding of technology, requirements management, and ability to assess and articulate risk

Strong oral, written, and presentation skills

Have an outside in focus

Solid understanding of IT assets and capabilities

Be able to identify gaps and areas that need improvement

Overall Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in business management, management information systems, or related field

10+ years of experience in warehouse management, distribution, inventory management/planning, logistics, 3PL, transportation management

5+ years of experience facilitating the development and implementation of business initiatives and projects, based on management objectives

Additional Qualifications

Master of Business Administration, or Master of Supply Chain Management preferred

Big four experience as a Consulting Manager preferred

Experience in sourcing and procurement preferred

Experience in supply chain planning and management preferred

Experience in wholesale pharmaceutical distribution or life sciences preferred

Experience with SAP S4/HANA and/or SAP EWM preferred

Experience in ERP configuration preferred

Business Relationship Management certifications – BRMP, CBRM, or MBRM – preferred

Supply chain certifications – APICS, SCOR – preferred

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.