Manager Pharmacy Contracting

 

Manager Pharmacy Contracting

 

What you will be doing:

This position organizes, negotiates and manages (maintenance, member and supplier relations, communications, etc.) a large and/or complex portfolio of pharmaceutical contracts on behalf of the membership. This position analyzes current purchase patterns, assesses prevailing market conditions, prepares competitive bids and interfaces with suppliers to ensure the most competitive purchase agreements are accessible, accurate and available to our members. This position also advises members and clinical consulting pharmacists regarding the most valuable application of the portfolio in specific member-based projects.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibility #1 – 100%

• Contract development and maintenance, including accuracy, completion and updates

• Review terms and conditions, request/negotiate modifications as necessary

• Answer member and business partner inquiries regarding contracts, contract language and compliance

• Perform moderately complex financial analyses; review purchasing trends for assigned portfolio to model portfolio expenditures and associated fees

• Establish and build relationships with Premier Business Partners and Membership

• Establish new lines of business based on information taken from Market Surveillance

​Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

Years of Applicable Experience - 5 or more years

Education:

High School Diploma or GED (Required)

 

Preferred Qualifications

Skills:

• Contract administration

• Data analytics

• Supplier relationship management

Experience:

• Experience with complex and large volume of contracts.

• Need to possess significant practical experience in understanding group purchasing methods and contracts.

• Pharmaceutical contracting or management experience

 

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 $80,000 - $148,000. Final salary is dependent …