Erin Wilson

About Erin Wilson

UnitedHealth Group relies on a seasoned procurement leader with over two decades of experience in sourcing, contract management, and operational excellence to oversee its $1B annual real estate services spend. By implementing digital procurement technology tools and leveraging best-in-class processes, the team enhances speed-to-contract and ensures consistent terms across critical categories such as facilities, data centers, construction, and security technologies. With a mission to drive efficiency and value, the organization fosters partnerships that deliver scalable, data-driven outcomes. Previous leadership roles in procurement have cultivated a results-oriented approach to cost reduction and risk mitigation, ensuring alignment with enterprise goals while supporting large-scale, geographically distributed teams.

Experience

1. Director, Enterprise Sourcing & Procurement - Real Estate Services

   UnitedHealth Group

   Jul 2020 — Present · Minnetonka, MN, US

   A Fortune 3 company; global leader in healthcare services • Lead procurement strategy for a $1B annual spend across UHG’s global corporate real estate portfolio. • Categories include facilities services, data centers, construction/projects, security including technology, capital medical equipment, aviation, print/mail and pharmacy benefits manager equipment (PBM) inncluding cold chain consumables. • Leveraged best in class processes to enhance speed-to-contract while delivering consistent and commercial terms across the enterprise. • Utilized digital procurement technology tools and workflows to optimize sourcing processes and contract lifecycle management (Ariba, SpendHQ, PowerBI, Sharepoint and AI). • Built and led a global high-performing team. • Fostered strategic partnerships with JLL and CBRE. • Led supplier rationalization during M&A integration, delivering cost synergies and operational efficiencies. • Negotiated contracts including MSAs, NDAs, SOWs and technology agreements ensuring compliance and value creation. • Partnered with legal, risk, finance, and IT across a highly matrixed environment. • Supported supplier performance reviews (QBRs). • Contributed to operational budgeting and long-term capital planning. • Successfully partnered with B2B commercial sales teams while leveraging existing and growth supplier relationships. • Consistently delivered 1% of managed spend reductions annually. • Strong data analytical skills.

Education

• St. Mary's University of Minnesota

  Bachelor of Arts, Marketing

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Sap Apo
• Leadership
• Business Strategy
• Erp
• Business Process Improvement
• Sap Erp
• Sap
• Food Industry
• Logistics
• Crm
• Sap Products
• Management
• Salesforce.com
• Tehcnical Skills
• International Trade
• Inventory Management
• Transportation Management
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
• Vendor Management Skills
• Food
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Process Improvement
• Vendor Management
• Demand Planning
• Customer Oriented
• Hp Quality Center
• Pricing
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Procurement
• Supply Chain
• Logistics Management
• Business Process
• Demand Forecasting
• Trading
• Accounts Payable