Prime Vendor Analyst

Medline•Lebanon, NH

About The Position

Under general supervision, the Prime Vendor Analyst analyzes and presents business trends and results to identify opportunities for improvement and solutions in support of customers and the sales organization. The role works with internal and external customers to achieve defined distribution metrics and reporting requirements, and partners with sales and customers to identify, prioritize, track, and manage projects and KPI performance. The analyst builds relationships with customers, sales teams, and vendors; participates in customer meetings; reviews pricing and inventory performance; and supports contract terms, brand conversions, savings tracking, and project reporting. The role also resolves issues involving inventory surplus, backorders, and outstanding invoices, and collaborates with Sales, IS, Finance, supply chain, and materials services to maintain accurate and timely reporting.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of experience in sales analysis and support, or a high school diploma and at least 5 years of experience in sales analysis and support.
Experience developing and delivering presentations to audiences at various levels, both inside and outside an organization.
Experience analyzing and reporting data to identify issues, trends, or exceptions, improve results, and find solutions.
Experience establishing and maintaining relationships with people at all levels of an organization, in the business community, and with vendors.
Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, such as using SUM, setting borders and column widths, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers, or print scaling.
Willingness to travel for business needs such as training, account meetings, and development.

Nice To Haves

Previous analytics experience in the healthcare industry.
Experience with the Veterans Affairs.
Previous inventory or supply chain analytics experience.
Experience providing training and developing process documentation or user manuals.

Responsibilities

Create, maintain, and develop relationships with customers, sales teams, and the vendor community.
Lead or participate in meetings on behalf of the customer, such as value analysis committee meetings.
Meet with vendors to discuss products, pricing, and terms.
Present findings to key contacts in the customer’s procurement team.
Measure trends, efficiencies, and effectiveness of pricing and inventory KPIs.
Support the sales team by managing contract terms, assisting with brand conversions, and tracking savings and projects.
Present project updates, business results, committee findings, and other relevant information.
Review pricing to identify discrepancies.
Ensure new pricing rules are reviewed and approved by the respective sales teams.
Resolve issues including inventory surplus, backorders, and outstanding invoices; partner with internal teams and communicate resolutions promptly.
Host weekly meetings with supply chain, materials services, and Medline Sales teams.
Collaborate with Sales, IS, and Finance to develop, create, and maintain reporting requirements and ensure systems provide accurate and timely data.

Benefits

Competitive total rewards package.
Continuing education and training.
Health insurance for eligible employees.
Life and disability insurance for eligible employees.
401(k) contributions.
Paid time off.
Employee Assistance Program access for employees working fewer than 30 hours per week.
Employee Resource Groups for employees working fewer than 30 hours per week.
Employee Service Corp access for employees working fewer than 30 hours per week.
Bonus and/or incentive eligibility.