Contract Management Specialist

Allina Health

1d • $39 - $53 • Hybrid

About The Position

Allina Health is a not-for-profit health system serving individuals, families, and communities throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The Contract Management Specialist supports enterprise sourcing and contracting, ensuring supply, equipment, and services contracts are appropriately managed and accurately maintained. The role leads the contract lifecycle process and works with clinical and administrative leaders across system sites, leading or participating in cross-functional, multi-site decision teams from requirements definition through contract award. Project impact generally ranges from $100,000 to $5,000,000.

This is a hybrid position with an 8-hour day shift, 40 hours per week, and no weekends. The employee must be available to attend in-office meetings as needed. The role is in the Supply Chain Management department.

Requirements

• 2 to 5 years of experience in finance, sourcing, project management, contracting, or another related field.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in business, health care, or a related field; the posting states this is preferred and required in lieu of experience.
• Sourcing experience is highly preferred.
• College degree is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work with clinical and administrative leadership across sites and lead or participate in cross-functional, multi-site decision teams from initial requirements definition through contract award.
• Review historical trends and expense data; identify cost-reduction opportunities; investigate options and market dynamics; define sourcing strategies; develop requests for proposals; evaluate and analyze bids; prepare negotiation plans; negotiate contracts; document the basis for contract awards; coordinate vendor support for implementation; and monitor supplier performance.
• Compile site-specific and provider-specific usage and cost analyses.
• Summarize financial and non-financial factors relevant to the contracting process.
• Develop, summarize, and present data to stakeholders to influence and guide contracting decisions.
• Develop effective working relationships with leaders, staff, and vendors to foster collaboration, minimize supply, equipment, and purchased-services expenditures, and ensure appropriate quality and supplier service levels.
• Deliver financial savings by addressing contract opportunities, including rebidding, extending, converting, or customizing and enhancing existing contracts.
• Support conversions and implementations.
• Support product trials.
• Coordinate with key vendors to implement vendor-managed inventories and assist site materials teams in understanding inventory requirements.
• Analyze significant or unique contract requirements and special provisions, working with Legal to ensure terms and conditions comply with applicable laws, regulations, corporate policies, and business-unit procedures.
• Review and monitor performance to ensure compliance with contract terms or proactively identify changes to mitigate risk.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical and dental benefits
• PTO/time away
• Retirement savings plans
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Voluntary benefits, including vision, legal, and critical illness coverage
• Tuition reimbursement or continuing medical education, as applicable
• Student loan support benefits to navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
• Well-being dollars, well-being navigators, programs, activities, articles, videos, personal coaching, and tools

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed