Contract Analyst - UnityPoint Health

What you will be doing:

The Contract Analyst is responsible for the creation of analytic deliverables for the Member Value Enablement ("MVE") division to support strategies to bring top value to the membership and revenue opportunities for Premier. The Contract Analyst will be responsible for creating high standard, reliable analytics deliverables and executing on-time improved analytics deliverables to optimize the value of the GPO, clinical tools, and services.

The Contract Analyst will work with the Director, Manager, and Senior Contract Analysts to support the needs of the member and commercial team nationwide to ensure new technology & processes meet their needs. The Contract Analyst will also maintain product and service knowledge and technical competency in all products offered throughout Supply Chain Services. In addition, the Contract Analyst will be responsible for awareness and knowledge of other business groups to better serve accounts and to drive additional member engagement.

Key Responsibilities

Analysis - 90%

• Creating high quality, member-ready analytic deliverables to support members and revenue generation

• Identify and assist with issue resolution and troubleshoot data/tool issues for escalation to the Manager for resolution

• Assist the Manager to identify any gaps in member solutions including Sourcing/Contracting, Technology and Analytics

• Adhere to data standard and governance guidelines

• Follow Member Operation Plans outlining nuances for report creation

• Maintain an understanding of all the revenue driving, and value add products and services offered to, the membership

• Understand data flow, large data set review, and cleanup issues (ex: UOM)

• Conduct routine analytics required to demonstrate the value of Premier contracts and to drive contract penetration.

• Be an expert on Supply Chain ITS tools. This includes the collection, uploading, management, and manipulation of all related data.

• Respond to issues quickly and correctly and ensure they are resolved or escalated to the Manager

MVE Analytics Development - 10%

• Support the development of MVE goals of enabling Premier members to realize their supply chain and clinical improvement potential, optimizing the value of the GPO, clinical tools, and services.

• Support an evolving analytics model by providing insights about data, optimization, performance, and technology.

• Participate in cross functional teams across Business unit's regional operations teams as requested

• Understand organizational structure and related product offerings

• Understand how supply chain collaboratives work, including rules and member and contract eligibility

Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

Education:

Preferred Qualifications

Skills:

• Health Care

• Business analytics

• Communication

• Intermediate/Advanced skills with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel and PowerPoint)

• Analytical skills to critically evaluate the information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information into more general understanding, distinguish presented user requests from the underlying true needs and distinguish solution ideas from requirements

• Familiarity with Advanced Business Intelligence tools or data pulls for strategic process creation

• In-depth understanding and knowledge of Premier data sources

• Ability to organize large amounts of data gathered during elicitation and analysis, and to cope with rapidly changing information

• Large data set review skills

• Customer service skills (internal and external customers)

• Ability to troubleshoot and communicate data/tool issues

• Organizational skills

• Detailed oriented

• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills

• Knowledgeable of Sourcing strategy and ability to integrate with analytics

• Ability to work independently and be self-accountable

Experience:

• Experience in healthcare and IT environment preferred.

• Similar analytic experience preferred.

• Ability to prepare and present clinical and/or financial data utilizing Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Premier tools to share cost management and/or clinical performance improvement opportunities.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree

Additional Job Requirements:

• Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time

• Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines

• Attention to detail

• Operate computer programs and software

• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences in person and in electronic formats.

• Day-to-day contact with others (co-workers and/or the public)

• Making independent decisions

• Ability to work in a collaborative business environment in close quarters with peers and varying interruptions

Employees also receive access to the following benefits:

* Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance

* 401k retirement program

* Paid time off

* Participation in Premier's employee incentive plans

* Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities

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• Ranked #1 on Charlotte's Healthiest Employers list for 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023 and 21st Healthiest Employer in America (2023)

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• Modern Healthcare Best in Business Awards: Consultant - Healthcare Management (2024)

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Employees receive:

• Perks and discounts

• Access to on-site and online exercise classes

Premier is looking for smart, agile individuals like you to help us transform the healthcare industry. Here you will find critical thinkers who have the freedom to make an impact. Colleagues who share your thirst to learn more and do things better. Teammates committed to improving the health of a nation. See why incredible challenges require incredible people.

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