Category Manager/Pharm Executive - Pharmaceuticals

vizient; United States; Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient, a market-leading healthcare insights and solutions company, is seeking a Senior Pharmacy Contract Manager to oversee contracting strategies for its pharmacy services portfolio. You will coordinate with cross-functional teams to deliver cost reductions and optimize supplier relationships.

Office-based role with three days on site per week in Irving, TX or Chicago, IL; travel may be required. You will negotiate contracts, analyze financials, and drive best-in-class program implementations

Qualifications

• Pharmacy or PharmD Degree required.
• 5 or more years of relevant experience required.
• Contracting experience with direct negotiations preferred.
• Superior communication (written and verbal) and organizational skills.
• Strong presentation and customer service skills.
• Cross-functional interaction skills with a proven track record of delivering results.
• Experience in pharmacy, marketing, business and/or project management a plus.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Align business strategies with corporate objectives for services and contracting.
• Capture stakeholder needs from voice of customer engagements.
• Identify opportunities to improve stakeholder satisfaction.
• Review contracts' financials including budgets and forecasts.
• Lead pharmaceutical negotiations from identification to implementation.
• Build relationships with pharmaceutical suppliers as primary contact.
• Explain contract terms with legal teams and draft terms.
• Establish stakeholder relationships and guide access to offerings.
• Monitor market changes and update projects and contracts.
• Pursue new opportunities to grow pharmacy purchases and savings.

Skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Customer service

Cross-functional collaboration

Willingness to travel

Education

Pharmacy or PharmD degree

Job description

When you're the best, we're the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves . We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.

Summary:

In this role, you will manage a market-leading portfolio of pharmaceutical supplier service agreements delivering best-in-class contracting strategies and expertise that provide supply chain cost reductions. You will maintain existing pharmacy program opportunities by coordinating stakeholder needs through the execution of contracting, advisory, compliance, policy, and analytics services. You will support the development of new opportunities in partnership with team members.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure alignment of business strategy with overall corporate strategic objectives related to services and contracting activities. Ensures project and contract alignment to stakeholder needs and market competitiveness, partnering with cross-functional teams maximize value
• Capture and organize information shared during voice of customer engagements to learn stakeholders' requirements, strategic agendas, and tactical direction.
• Identify strategic issues and opportunities for improving stakeholder satisfaction and engagement based upon the voice of customer sessions.
• Review financial aspects of assigned contracts including budget accruals, forecasting, and revenue expectations.
• Lead key pharmaceutical negotiations process that includes opportunity identification, strategy formulation, contract development, negotiation, documentation, and implementation. Apply deep knowledge of standard contract terms and conditions to help answer provider questions.
• Build relationships with pharmaceutical suppliers and serve as single point of communication on pharmacy service programs. Deliver superior customer service experience to the client.
• Partner with legal resources to explain difficult concepts or unique situations that require potential deviation from standard contract terms; develop appropriate contract terms.
• Establish working relationships with stakeholders and build rapport to become a trusted advisor. Ensure stakeholders understand where and how to access pharmacy program offerings (e.g., contract catalog, reporting, clinical website, communications, peer-to-peer meetings).
• Monitor, review, and update existing projects and contracts based on market changes (e.g., new drugs, new research findings, new policy); may contribute to new projects and contracts that produce strategic and market insights, best practices, and deliver value for stakeholders.
• Pursue new opportunities to organically grow pharmacy purchases and savings for existing programs

This is an office-based role with an expectation of three days per week on site (Irving, TX, or Chicago, IL)

Qualifications:

• Pharmacy or PharmD Degree required.
• 5 or more years of relevant experience required.
• Contracting experience with direct negotiations preferred.
• Superior communication (written and verbal) and organizational skills.
• Strong presentation and customer service skills.
• Cross-functional interaction skills with a proven track record of delivering results needed.
• Experience in pharmacy, marketing, business and/or project management a plus.
• Willingness to travel.

Estimated Hiring Range:

At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $117,600.00 to $206,000.00.

This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here: http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.