Senior Specialist, Contract Operations and Analytics

What you will be doing:

The Senior Specialist - Contract Operations and Analytics is accountable for providing complex analytics and leadership in the development and execution of new and innovative reporting mechanisms and offerings. This position works collaboratively with staff in Contracting, Performance Groups, Member Field Services, Data Management, and Operations to successfully deliver new offerings that are innovative to the market. The Specialist performs analytics, complex data extracts, and presents findings and deliverables to key project stakeholders to support various areas including: contract launch, contract sourcing, and/or throughout the contract life cycle. In addition, develops analysis plans for assigned product categories, from member need identification to contract execution, which includes spend analysis, financial modeling, direct negotiations, legal collaboration and contract integration with electronic tools used by our members. The Senior Specialist is the lead subject matter expert for one or more categories, advising other team members on complex or sensitive issues..

Key Responsibilities

Responsibility #1 - 30%

Business Intelligence Tool (Tableau) Development:

• Develop reports for Sourcing Operations, Contracting, Performance Groups, and Member Field Services

• Automate work and workstreams of the Sourcing Analytic process, wherever possible

• Produce and maintain reports and tools built in Business Intelligence Tools (Tableau)

• Imbed Quality Assurance mechanisms as part of the automated analytics production

• Interpret needs of decision-makers and help design analytic output

• Expand Business Intelligence Tool utilization into new capabilities and new reports to maximize value to Contracting, and member field services, where applicable

• Continuously pursue opportunities for streamlining analytics production and developing new business intelligence capabilities

Responsibility #2 - 25%

Contracting Analytics:

• Focusing on Complex Categories ONLY

• Execute analyses for staying with current or converting to new suppliers

• Partner with the Product Planning team to ensure the development of consistent analytic research in the pre-negotiations phase of sourcing that highlight and recommend sourcing rationale. This individual will drive the usage of all relevant and appropriate data sources to ensure accurate sourcing decisions are made.

• Performs analytics and produces key targeting and performance monitoring deliverables for strategic contract launches.

• Identify, obtain and analyze various disparate internal and external data sources required for completion of required deliverables.

• Communicate with contract managers and have robust product planning, negotiations, and performance monitoring knowledge.

• Develop analysis plan for assigned product categories, from member need identification to contract execution, which includes spend analysis, financial modeling, and contract integration with electronic tools used by our members.

• Complete pricing / spend data analysis.

• Assist in the development of award recommendation

• Present financial data in award presentation

• Adhere to the milestones and cycle times outlined in product category work plan, and notify team of deviations

• Conducts supplier and market intelligence research and analysis - including price trends, market size, key suppliers entering or exiting markets, identification of US and Premier market share by supplier, identification of new products introductions, compilation of product forecasting and growth rates or declines by market sets, and identification or projections of possible dynamic shifts or trends within a given market between contracting cycles.

• Perform product addition / deletion analytics.

• Create Price Increase/Decrease Analyses of products currently on contract.

• Identify and communicate regularly with supplier community to obtain market analytics and trends.

• Works with suppliers and others to maximize the sourcing process and benefit the members

• Assists Contract Launch in the development of the contract launch materials

Responsibility #3 - 45%

Centralized Analytics:

• Support Planning, Contracting, Performance Groups, Sourcing Operations, and Member Field Services by developing and producing global analytical reports using databases, analytical tools, and business acumen. Provide in depth analyses that help Sourcing and the Field Force to fulfill contract performance goals through contract optimization, standardization, aggregation, and other methods. Performing analyses that will encompass large groups or the membership as a whole.

• Perform in depth analysis of market trends, product usage, and spend history

• Complete projects through the development of various pre-launch analysis and savings calculations tools and resources that may include consistent reports, centralized database development, future standard, self-service reports, via Supply Chain Advisor, etc.

Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

Education:

Preferred Qualifications

Skills:

• Microsoft Excel

• Data Analytics

• Financial Analysis

Experience:

• Project team leadership experience

• Healthcare industry and/or statistics; Sourcing analytics or contract cycle analytics depending on need

• Tableau, Qlick, Power BI, Microstrategy, WinSql

Education:

• Bachelor's degree

Additional Job Requirements:

• Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time

• Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines

• Attention to detail

• Operate computer programs and software

• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences in person and in electronic formats.

• Day-to-day contact with others (co-workers and/or the public)

• Making independent decisions

• Ability to work in a collaborative business environment in close quarters with peers and varying interruptions

Qualified full and part time regular employees also receive access to the following benefits:

* Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
* 401k retirement program
* Paid time off
* Participation in Premier's employee incentive plans
* Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities

Premier at a glance:

• Ranked #1 on Charlotte's Healthiest Employers list for 2019, 2020, and 2022 and 49th Healthiest Employer in America (2022)
• Named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute for the 16th year in a row
• The only company to be recognized by KLAS twice for Overall Healthcare Management Consulting
  

Employees receive:

• Perks and discounts
• Access to on-site and online exercise classes

Premier is looking for smart, agile individuals like you to help us transform the healthcare industry. Here you will find critical thinkers who have the freedom to make an impact. Colleagues who share your thirst to learn more and do things better. Teammates committed to improving the health of a nation. See why incredible challenges require incredible people.

Premier is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful discrimination because of their age, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, pregnancy status, genetic information, status as a victim of domestic violence, covered military or protected veteran status (e.g., status as a Vietnam Era veteran, disabled veteran, special disabled veteran, Armed Forces Serviced Medal veteran, recently separated veteran, or other protected veteran) disability, or any other applicable federal, state or local protected class, trait or status or that of persons with whom an applicant associates. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Premier complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply.

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