Director Contract Labor

Prisma Health•Greenville, SC

About The Position

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference. Job Summary Oversees contract lifecycle management processes and CLM solution to ensure standards and organizational policies are followed in accordance with defined internal procedures and processes within the organization. Oversees responsibility for annual legal budgets. Essential Functions All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference Oversees, administrators and manages of the organization’s contracting processes and CLM solution. Coordinates CLM process across organization and contracting departments, including, but not limited to: Supply Chain, Legal, IT/IS, Physician Contracting, Compliance, Real Estate. Participates on cross-functional teams of business users, legal, finance, IT, risk and data governance, internal audit, and integration teams. Engage in strategic initiatives to optimize contracts, standardize products, and enhance contract utilization to identify and realize cost-saving opportunities. Understands business needs and system capabilities; successfully translates into business requirements. Foster high-level collaborative relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure contract strategies are aligned with broader Prisma Health and Supply Chain initiatives. Promotes cohesive and integrated supply chain management. Ensures organizational policies, processes and defined procedures are followed and CLM solution is utilized in accordance with defined standards and contracting review/approval process. Manages and oversees the contracting lifecycle process within the organization / system, identifying workflow bottlenecks and opportunities for process optimization. Collaboratively develop and implement standardized processes for contract negotiation, execution, and management of product and purchased service contracts. Participate in ongoing educational initiatives for contract optimization, expense reduction, and process improvement. Completes system reviews to ensure necessary documentation and data points are captured in accordance with organizational policy (i.e., BAA, COI, FMV evaluations, etc.) Develops and provides reports to monitor actions on contract key critical dates, expirations, and auto renewals. Ensures accurate data is captured in CLM in compliance with processes and policies. Creates, reviews, presents dashboard reports and data for departmental and executive leadership review. Monitors CLM to ensure organizational and regulatory compliance standards are met. Answers questions on process, policies and system functionality. Provides periodic education on contracting process, system and organizational policies in association to contract review and management. Facilitates review of contracts / draft agreements on contract templates. Represent Prisma Health alongside Supply Chain leaders with GPOs, vendors, and other organizations, ensuring compliance and driving strategic partnerships through collaborative efforts. Share oversight of the Request for Proposal (RFP) process with Supply Chain leaders, ensuring thorough evaluation and strategic selection of vendors and services through a team-based approach. Partners with the organization to identify cost savings opportunities, i.e. , RFPs, mandatory reviews, etc. Facilitates and educates on organizational contracting policies and process to ensure users an understanding of the organizational processes. Provides ongoing support for user inquiries to align with CLM processes. Provides system administration support including user and CLM solution management. Reinforces Prisma’s contracting policies and procedures as it applies to contract administration. Ensures accuracy of data and completeness of contract information being entered and uploaded into CLM and communicating with users if there is a deficiency. Serves as primary point of contact for CLM solution, articulate system requests, initiatives and technical questions, working in partnership towards a resolution by providing accurate and detailed information. Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Education - Bachelor's degree
Experience - Experience administering and managing various transactions across a variety of service lines.
Ability to interpret complex internal / external business issues and take broad perspective in identifying and executing solutions
Ability to provide project leadership for team members (finance, contract administration, etc.) and occasionally direct other team members on specific tasks and objectives to complete and prioritize
Ability to provide strategic leadership and direction regarding projects, internal client needs, and input from senior leadership
Ability to independently plan and execute project timelines
Ability to engage colleagues through one-on-one conversations to articulate business strategy and resolve specific issues/concerns with contracting strategy or outcomes

Nice To Haves

Prior experience managing a contract life management cycle solution (i.e., Symplr, Ntracts, Thompson Reuters) preferred.
Paralegal and/or Contract Management /Contract Administration experience preferred

Responsibilities

Oversees, administrators and manages of the organization’s contracting processes and CLM solution.
Coordinates CLM process across organization and contracting departments, including, but not limited to: Supply Chain, Legal, IT/IS, Physician Contracting, Compliance, Real Estate.
Participates on cross-functional teams of business users, legal, finance, IT, risk and data governance, internal audit, and integration teams.
Engage in strategic initiatives to optimize contracts, standardize products, and enhance contract utilization to identify and realize cost-saving opportunities.
Understands business needs and system capabilities; successfully translates into business requirements.
Foster high-level collaborative relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure contract strategies are aligned with broader Prisma Health and Supply Chain initiatives.
Promotes cohesive and integrated supply chain management.
Ensures organizational policies, processes and defined procedures are followed and CLM solution is utilized in accordance with defined standards and contracting review/approval process.
Manages and oversees the contracting lifecycle process within the organization / system, identifying workflow bottlenecks and opportunities for process optimization.
Collaboratively develop and implement standardized processes for contract negotiation, execution, and management of product and purchased service contracts.
Participate in ongoing educational initiatives for contract optimization, expense reduction, and process improvement.
Completes system reviews to ensure necessary documentation and data points are captured in accordance with organizational policy (i.e., BAA, COI, FMV evaluations, etc.)
Develops and provides reports to monitor actions on contract key critical dates, expirations, and auto renewals.
Ensures accurate data is captured in CLM in compliance with processes and policies.
Creates, reviews, presents dashboard reports and data for departmental and executive leadership review.
Monitors CLM to ensure organizational and regulatory compliance standards are met.
Answers questions on process, policies and system functionality.
Provides periodic education on contracting process, system and organizational policies in association to contract review and management.
Facilitates review of contracts / draft agreements on contract templates.
Represent Prisma Health alongside Supply Chain leaders with GPOs, vendors, and other organizations, ensuring compliance and driving strategic partnerships through collaborative efforts.
Share oversight of the Request for Proposal (RFP) process with Supply Chain leaders, ensuring thorough evaluation and strategic selection of vendors and services through a team-based approach.
Partners with the organization to identify cost savings opportunities, i.e. , RFPs, mandatory reviews, etc.
Facilitates and educates on organizational contracting policies and process to ensure users an understanding of the organizational processes.
Provides ongoing support for user inquiries to align with CLM processes.
Provides system administration support including user and CLM solution management.
Reinforces Prisma’s contracting policies and procedures as it applies to contract administration.
Ensures accuracy of data and completeness of contract information being entered and uploaded into CLM and communicating with users if there is a deficiency.
Serves as primary point of contact for CLM solution, articulate system requests, initiatives and technical questions, working in partnership towards a resolution by providing accurate and detailed information.
Performs other duties as assigned.