Product Utilization Mgr.

BJC HealthCare • St. Louis, MO

3h • Hybrid

About The Position

BJC HealthCare is seeking a Product Utilization Manager for its supply chain team. The role drives physician and clinician engagement through relationship building, analysis, and education to promote effective use of preferred medical products and maximize organizational value. It provides strategic, operational, and tactical support to health service organization (HSO) executives, physicians, surgeons, clinicians, and operational leaders as they identify, evaluate, and execute supply opportunities in support of the SupplyPlus mission of achieving superior outcomes with better value in a transparent, collaborative manner.

The position involves working with clinicians and physicians to evaluate products for clinical efficacy while maintaining or reducing total supply costs. It also supports product presentations and promotions, utilization changes, vendor management, and supply savings initiatives. This is a hybrid role, and applicants must be located in Missouri or Illinois.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a business- or healthcare-related field.
• Five to ten years of experience.
• Clinical background, medical sales experience, or supply chain knowledge is considered ideal.
• Ability to discuss complex products and communicate with providers and clinicians.
• Ability to manage multiple product types, follow-ups, and internal processes.
• Ability to use available tools and resources to learn about products, their uses, and clinicians' specification requirements.
• Strong customer service, relationship management, and communication skills.
• Ability to critically review supply needs and assess whether similar products are available.
• Applicants must be located in Missouri or Illinois for the hybrid role.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree.
• Clinical background, medical sales experience, or supply chain knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and grow relationships with HSO physicians and clinicians to engage them in identifying, evaluating, piloting, and implementing products while ensuring clinical efficacy and maintaining or reducing total supply costs.
• Engage physicians before, during, and after Clinical Expert Council forums to encourage participation, address analytical questions, present trade-off opportunities, and quantify savings from changes in physician practice.
• Participate in existing leadership forums to support cultural change aimed at achieving supply savings while maintaining superior outcomes.
• Analyze surgeon utilization patterns to identify savings opportunities, reduce surgical case costs, and quantify achieved savings.
• Develop long-term strategies for managing local vendors, including new product introductions, pilot opportunities, education, and compliance with vendor policies.
• Provide presentations, promotions, and education concerning preferred medical products at the HSO and BJC system levels.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available on the first day of the month after hire.
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC.
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution.
• 401(k) plan with BJC match.
• Tuition assistance available on the first day.
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development.
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Paid Time Off combining vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time.
• Adoption assistance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level