GPO Implementation Specialist CoC

 

What you will be doing:

The COC GPO Implementation Specialist is responsible for the successful implementation of new continuum of care customers and ensures that the customers are connected to their distributor or wholesaler and all vendors, meeting the expectations of the customer and the field sales team for a successful implementation. The purpose of this role is to support the Premier sales teams through the new member implementation and conversion process. This position is extremely versatile working in collaboration with the Premier sales teams, Premier Channel Partners, Contracted Distributors and Wholesalers, Contracted Suppliers as well as other Continuum of Care support teams including pharmacy analysts, contract analysts, the data analytics team, and suppliers contract connection teams. This role is also responsible for assisting in contract tracking, supplier engagement and contract onboarding, analytics, member communications and support, project deliverable monitoring, distribution pricing connection facilitation, savings documentation, maintaining relationships with internal and external groups and other tasks as needed throughout the implementation process.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibility #1 – 50%

• This position will communicate, at any given point in time, the status of all new customer implementation or conversion projects to all stakeholders including members. They will track the results of the projects and communicate those results to appropriate stakeholders. They will develop an understanding of customer supply chain operations and procedures for each individual customer conversions and apply that understanding to adapting our internal processes for project completion.

• They will ensure timely and complete communication of progress to key stakeholders, and they will serve as the central ‘air traffic controller’ of all new implementation or conversion projects. Completion will be defined by the members’ expectations.

Responsibility #2 – 50%

• This position will also work ongoing with existing member contract connections including opportunities identified through site expansion, renewal agreements, and identified opportunities from distributor/wholesaler audits. This role will contact members directly to obtain appropriate paperwork and/or information to connect agreements, working with sales and marketing to obtain missing contact.

​Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

Years of Applicable Experience - 4 or more years

Education:

High School Diploma or GED (Required)

 

Preferred Qualifications

Skills:

• Critical thinking
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Project Management

Experience:

• At least 2 years managing projects with cross functional teams desired. Ability to implement both new business process creation and existing process modification required because of project deliverable impact on existing and new processes.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills to include providing direction to others; facilitating group discussions/presentations; communicating complex and technical information in a clear, concise manner.
• Experience in a healthcare/pharmacy company a plus.

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 

 

Working Conditions: Remote

 

Travel Requirements: No travel required

 

Physical Demands: Sedentary: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves remaining stationary most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if movement is required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

 

Premier’s compensation philosophy is to ensure that compensation is reasonable, equitable, and competitive in order to attract and retain talented and highly skilled employees. Premier’s internal salary range for this role is $72,000 - $120,000. Final salary is dependent upon several market factors including, but not limited to, departmental budgets, internal equity, education, unique skills/experience, and geographic location. Premier utilizes a wide-range salary structure to allow base salary flexibility within our ranges.

Qualified full-time and part-time 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