Contract Integrity Specialist

Highmark Health • Pittsburgh, PA

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About The Position

The Contract Integrity Specialist reviews and approves non-contract purchase requests before they are converted into purchase orders. The role ensures purchases comply with existing contracts, identifies potential contracting opportunities, and communicates with organizational customers about transitioning from non-contracted requests to contracted products. Purchase requests are entered into Meperia, populating the Coupa item file to support accurate ordering, expense allocation, spend reporting for sourcing events, and routing orders to the appropriate procurement staff member.

The position reviews price files and Coupa item and purchase-order activity, validates non-contract requisitions, investigates price discrepancies, and may help activate or develop local contracts with oversight from sourcing. The role also follows the organization’s ethical, legal, privacy, and information-security requirements, including requirements related to HIPAA and confidential customer information.

Requirements

• Associate's degree, or 3–5 years of relevant experience in lieu of an Associate's degree.
• Knowledge of commodity codes.
• Knowledge of contract language, terms, and conditions.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• General product knowledge or the ability to research products to determine an appropriate commodity code.
• Effective communication skills with hospital-based customers and sourcing staff.

Nice To Haves

• 3–5 years of experience in procurement.

Responsibilities

• Review price file submissions from sourcing for accuracy and consistency in supplier name, product description, commodity code, contract term dates, and net-new products added through contract updates.
• Review Coupa item-file products without assigned contracts and identify contracted equivalents or potential contract opportunities for sourcing.
• Communicate with using departments when products need to be transitioned to contracted alternatives.
• Review non-contract requisitions for items at or above the stated threshold (currently $3,000, subject to change), validate them based on contract knowledge, and consult sourcing when needed before approving as requested.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies between expected contracted prices and supplier invoice prices, including price-file errors or suppliers not honoring committed contract prices.
• Identify opportunities to activate contracts or develop local contracts for repair and service areas, with oversight from sourcing.
• Perform other duties as assigned or requested.
• Comply with applicable laws, company policies, the Code of Business Conduct, HIPAA privacy requirements, and information-security guidelines.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree