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10 UnitedHealth Group procurement leaders
These ten people hold or have held director-level or higher sourcing and procurement roles at UnitedHealth Group, including two vice presidents of sourcing and procurement. A reader can learn how these leaders build and run procurement teams in insurance companies.
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01—10Ann Pavelka
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Sourcing and Procurement · UnitedHealth Group
Vice President Sourcing and Procurement at UnitedHealth Group from 2019, listed without an end date, though the profile headline marks the role (Ret). The profile describes developing sourcing strategies to drive value across a global portfolio of over $3.5B annually. Former Sr. Director Sourcing and Procurement (2015–2019) and former Director Sourcing and Procurement (2007–2015) at UnitedHealth Group.
David Olson Sr.
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Enterprise Sourcing & Procurement · UnitedHealth Group
Former Vice President, Enterprise Sourcing & Procurement at UnitedHealth Group (2017–2019). Former UnitedHealth Group roles include Senior Director, Enterprise Sourcing & Procurement (2011–2017), Director, Enterprise Sourcing & Procurement (2008–2011) and Senior Manager, Sourcing & Procurement (2004–2008).
Irina St. Thomas
LinkedInExperience: Director Strategic Sourcing · UnitedHealth Group
Director Strategic Sourcing at UnitedHealth Group since 2023, a role the profile tags at the Director level in the Operations department. Former Sourcing Associate Director at UnitedHealth Group (2018–2023) and former Indirect Sourcing Manager of IT and Facilities at Patterson Medical (2017–2018).
Jeff Caldwell
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Enterprise Procurement at UnitedHealth Group · UnitedHealth Group
Senior Director, Enterprise Procurement at UnitedHealth Group since 2025. Former UnitedHealth Group roles include Senior Director, Technology, Infrastructure and Strategy, Enterprise Readiness & Delivery (Optum) (2021–2025) and Director, Vendor Performance Management, Enterprise Sourcing & Procurement (2018–2021).
Joe Bents
LinkedInExperience: Director - Enterprise Procurement · UnitedHealth Group
Director - Enterprise Procurement at UnitedHealth Group since 2025, and former Associate Director - Enterprise Sourcing and Procurement at UnitedHealth Group (2020–2025). Former Manager - Technology Sourcing and Supply Chain (2014–2017) and former Sr MBA Associate - Strategic Sourcing (2012–2014) at Delta Air Lines.
Matt Jacobs
LinkedInExperience: Director, Sourcing and Procurement · UnitedHealth Group
Director, Sourcing and Procurement at UnitedHealth Group since 2021, a role the profile tags at the Director level in the Operations department. Former Senior Director, Enterprise Vendor Management (2018–2021) and former Director, Vendor Relations (2014–2018) at Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC.
Michael Luzum
LinkedInExperience: Director, IT Sourcing and Procurement · UnitedHealth Group
Director, IT Sourcing and Procurement at UnitedHealth Group since 2021, a role the profile tags at the Director level. Former Senior Manager, Global Technology Sourcing at LSEG (2021) and at LSEG Data & Analytics (2018–2021), and former Senior Manager, Global Technology Sourcing at Thomson Reuters (2011–2018).
Rebecca Harvey, CPPM
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Enterprise Sourcing and Procurement · UnitedHealth Group
Senior Director, Enterprise Sourcing and Procurement at UnitedHealth Group since 2021; the profile lists category leadership of clinical operations and real estate in that role. Former Director, Enterprise Sourcing and Procurement (2018–2021) and former Associate Director, Enterprise Sourcing and Procurement (2016–2018) at UnitedHealth Group.
Rohit Sood
LinkedInExperience: Director, Head - Enterprise Sourcing & Procurement · UnitedHealth Group
Director, Head - Enterprise Sourcing & Procurement at UnitedHealth Group since 2016; the profile describes leading end-to-end indirect procurement strategy, accountable for $570 Mn annual spend across indirect super-categories including IT and real estate. Former Associate Director - Enterprise Sourcing at UnitedHealth Group (2014–2016) and former Head of Procurement at Serco (2009–2014).
Steven Taylor, MBA
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Sourcing and Procurement · UnitedHealth Group
Senior Director Sourcing and Procurement at UnitedHealth Group since 2017; the profile says the role deployed collaborative forecasting, analytics, demand planning, inventory planning and procure to pay systems. Former Director Demand and Supply Planning at Kaiser Permanente (2015–2017) and former Director, SIOP at Zimmer Biomet (2014–2015).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does UnitedHealth Group organize sourcing teams across its business segments and spend categories?
- 02What does a supplier need to show to win and keep a contract with a large health company?
- 03How are vendor performance and supplier risk tracked after a contract is signed?
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