Contract Analyst

Premier Inc.•King of Prussia, PA

2d•$62,000 - $93,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Contract Analyst is responsible for the creation of analytic deliverables to support strategies to bring top value to the membership and revenue opportunities for Premier. The Contract Analyst will be responsible for creating high standard, reliable analytics and executing on-time deliverables to optimize the value of the GPO, clinical tools, and services. The Contract Analyst will work with the local Premier team (Account Executives, Account Support Managers and Senior Contract Analyst) to support the needs of the member to ensure new technology & processes meet their needs. The Contract Analyst will also maintain product and service knowledge and technical competency in all products offered throughout Supply Chain Services. In addition, the Contract Analyst will be responsible for awareness and knowledge of other business groups to better serve accounts and to drive additional member engagement.

Requirements

2 or more years of applicable work experience
High School Diploma or GED (Required)

Nice To Haves

Business analytics
Ability to Communicate using data to summarize market conditions, and make recommendations.
Intermediate/Advanced skills with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel and PowerPoint)
Analytical skills to critically evaluate the information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information into more general understanding, distinguish presented user requests from the underlying true needs and distinguish solution ideas from requirements
Familiarity with Advanced Business Intelligence tools or data pulls for strategic process creation
In-depth understanding and knowledge of Premier data sources
Ability to organize large amounts of data gathered during elicitation and analysis, and to cope with rapidly changing information
Large data set review skills
Customer service skills (internal and external customers)
Ability to troubleshoot and communicate data/tool issues
Organizational skills
Detail- oriented
Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Knowledgeable of Sourcing strategy and ability to integrate with analytics
Ability to work independently and be self-accountable
Experience in healthcare and IT environment preferred.
Similar analytic experience preferred.
Ability to prepare and present clinical and/or financial data utilizing Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Premier tools to share cost management and/or clinical performance improvement opportunities.
Bachelor’s Degree

Responsibilities

Creating high quality, member-ready analytic deliverables to support members and revenue generation
Identify and assist with issue resolution and troubleshoot data/tool issues for escalation to the local team Manager for resolution
Assist the local team to identify any gaps in member solutions including Sourcing/Contracting, Technology and Analytics
Adhere to data standard and governance guidelines
Follow Member Operation Plans outlining nuances for report creation
Maintain an understanding of all the revenue driving, and value add products and services offered to the membership
Understand data flow, large data set review, and cleanup issues (ex: UOM)
Conduct routine analytics required to demonstrate the value of Premier contracts and to drive contract penetration.
Be an expert on Supply Chain ITS tools. This includes the collection, uploading, management, and manipulation of all related data.
Respond to issues quickly and correctly and ensure they are resolved or escalated to the Manager
Support the development of MVE goals of enabling Premier members to realize their supply chain and clinical improvement potential, optimizing the value of the GPO, clinical tools, and services.
Support an evolving analytics model by providing insights about data, optimization, performance, and technology.
Participate in cross functional teams across Business unit’s regional operations teams as requested
Understand organizational structure and related product offerings
Understand how supply chain collaboratives work, including rules and member and contract eligibility.