Director, Value Analysis

Trinity Health•Livonia, MI

About The Position

Responsible for designing, developing, and leading Value Analysis activities across Trinity Health’s Regional Health Ministries (RHMs). Serves as an organizational resource for initiatives that balance optimal clinical outcomes with appropriate product utilization and supply stewardship. Partners with the Unified Clinical Organization, Chief Nursing Officers, and clinical service line leaders to identify clinical care variation through product usage and consumption data and advance standards of care in nursing practice. Supervises colleagues in Livonia and across the RHMs, providing virtual and onsite support, mentoring, management, and education. Develops strategies for supply expense reduction, product standardization, utilization, and data-driven analysis; coordinates evidence-based activities to support patient outcomes; and tracks savings realization. Leads organization-wide initiatives, supports clinical decision-making and implementation, collaborates with stakeholders and suppliers, and communicates complex issues and recommendations to senior leadership. The role also incorporates reimbursement information into supply expense initiatives to assess profitability. The position operates in a typical office environment and requires travel to Trinity Health sites approximately 30% of the time or as needed. It requires organizing and adapting priorities, handling concurrent projects and interruptions, meeting deadlines, and working with people with diverse personalities and work styles.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN) or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Seven to ten years of work experience in an acute care setting, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Comprehensive knowledge of clinical products and Supply Chain management principles and practices.
Ability to develop relationships and interact professionally with employees across organizational levels, including senior management.
Excellent teamwork skills and comfort giving and receiving direction.
Experience in project and change management.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Expertise with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
Strong analytical skills and ability to synthesize findings clearly and concisely.
Experience identifying and realizing supply chain cost savings activities.
Working knowledge of Group Purchasing Organizations and contract compliance strategies.
Comfort presenting publicly to all levels of the organization.
Comfort working in a collaborative, shared-leadership environment.
Honesty, integrity, and caring, with the ability to inspire and motivate others in support of Trinity Health’s philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values.
Ability to organize work priorities and adapt to frequent changes.
Ability to concentrate, meet deadlines, manage several projects concurrently, and adapt to interruptions.
Ability to work on varied tasks and projects in a potentially stressful environment with people with diverse personalities and work styles.
Ability to travel to Trinity Health sites approximately 30% of the time or as needed.
Ability to comply with Trinity Health policies and procedures.

Nice To Haves

Two to four years of Supply Chain Management experience preferred.
Master’s degree preferred.
Lawson experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate Trinity Health’s mission, vision, and values in leadership behaviors, practices, and decisions.
Supervise colleagues in Livonia and the Regional Health Ministries, providing virtual and onsite support, mentoring, management, and education; establish annual common goals and provide feedback for annual reviews.
Develop strategies and processes to reduce supply expense through product standardization and utilization, benchmarked best practices, and data-driven analysis.
Use clinical evidence-based data to coordinate activities at RHMs that support better patient outcomes from products used.
Apply designated methodology to calculate savings targets and track realization across contract compliance, utilization review, and new technology cost avoidance.
Identify opportunities for product compression to improve internal and external operating costs and establish product succession processes through closed product formularies.
Lead initiatives across the organization and continuum of care.
Work with physician and clinician champions to ensure understanding of and support for Value Analysis initiatives.
Collaborate with key stakeholders, RHM senior management, GPOs, COI, sourcing managers, and suppliers to identify cost-reduction opportunities and remove barriers.
Facilitate and provide clinical expertise to the Trinity Health Value Analysis Council and Ministry Value Analysis Teams.
Research and identify best practices or established gold standards related to supply utilization.
Assist Ministry Value Analysis Teams in deciding on and implementing best practices or gold standards.
Serve as a liaison and resource to resolve post-implementation issues involving Value Analysis utilization or standardization initiatives at Trinity Health and national GPO levels.
Interface with COI and the Unified Clinical Organization on clinical protocols that affect product utilization and expense.
Promote and explain Value Analysis concepts and principles throughout the organization.
Support RHMs in identifying cost-reduction opportunities related to utilization misalignment, including waste, misuse, over-specification, and under-specification.
Identify ongoing opportunities for contract optimization and compliance.
Prepare executive summaries of complex issues requiring senior leadership decisions and recommendations.
Incorporate reimbursement information into supply expense reduction initiatives to determine actual profitability levels.
Maintain working knowledge of applicable laws, regulations, compliance requirements, the Code of Conduct, and organizational policies and procedures.