Prime Vendor Analyst

Medline; West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 67,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability

401(k) contributions

Paid time off

Job summary

Medline is seeking a results-driven analyst to examine business trends and deliver insights that drive improvements for customers and the sales organization. You’ll collaborate with internal teams and external customers to meet distribution metrics and reporting requirements.

You will lead pricing and inventory KPI analyses, present findings to procurement, and support the sales team with contracts, brand conversions, and project tracking. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree with at least 2 years in sales analysis and support or High School Diploma with at least 5 years in sales analysis and support.
• Strong presentation skills for varied audiences internal and external.
• Experience analyzing data to identify trends, issues, or opportunities and drive improvement.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain relationships with customers, sales teams, and vendors.
• Lead meetings on behalf of the customer, such as value analysis committees.
• Discuss products, pricing, and terms with vendors and present findings to procurement teams.
• Measure trends and KPIs for pricing and inventory to assess efficiency.
• Support sales by managing contract terms, brand conversions, and tracking savings.

Skills

Presentation skills

Data analysis

Relationship building

Excel proficiency

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High School Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Summary

Under general supervision, analyze and present business related trends and results to identify opportunities for improvement/solutions in support of the customer and sales organization. Work with internal and external customers to drive results tied to defined distribution metrics and reporting requirements. Meet with sales and the customer to identify, prioritize, track and manage projects and KPI performance.

Job Description

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create, maintain, and develop relationships with the customer, sales teams, and vendor community. Lead/participate in various meetings on behalf of customer (ex. value analysis committee).
• Meet with vendors to discuss products, pricing and terms. Present findings to key contacts in the customer's procurement team.
• Measure the trends, efficiencies and effectiveness of the overall pricing and inventory KPIs.
• Support sales team by managing contract terms, assisting with brand conversions, and tracking all savings and projects. Make presentations regarding project updates, business results, committee findings, etc.
• Review pricing to determine and identify discrepancies. Ensure new pricing rules are reviewed and approved by respective sales teams.
• Provide issue resolution in the following areas (not limited to): inventory surplus, backorders, outstanding invoices. Initiate and partner with the internal teams. Communicate resolution in a timely manner.
• Host weekly meetings with supply chain, materials services, and Medline Sales teams.
• Collaborate with Sales, IS and Finance to develop, create and maintain reporting requirements and ensure systems provide accurate and timely data.

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Education:
  • Bachelor's Degree and at least 2 years of experience in sales analysis and support OR High School Diploma and at least 5 years of experience in sales analysis and support.
• Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:
  • Experience developing and delivering presentations to various audience levels within, and external to, an organization.
  • Experience analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
  • Experience establishing & maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, in the business community & with vendors.
  • Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).
  • Willingness to travel for business related needs (i.e. training, accounts meetings, development, etc).

PREFERRED JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Work Experience:
  • Previous analytics experience in the healthcare industry.
  • Previous inventory or supply chain analytics experience.
  • Experience providing training and developing process documentation/user manuals.

Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

The anticipated salary range for this position: $67,000.00 - $101,000.00 Annual

The actual salary will vary based on applicant's location, education, experience, skills, and abilities. This role is bonus and/or incentive eligible. Medline will not pay less than the applicable minimum wage or salary threshold.

Benefits

• health insurance
• life and disability
• 401(k) contributions
• paid time off

For employees working 30 or more hours per week on average.

Part-time Benefits

• 401(k) contributions
• paid time off
• access to the Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Resource Groups
• the Employee Service Corp.

We're dedicated to creating a Medline where everyone feels they belong and can grow their career. We strive to do this by seeking diversity in all forms, acting inclusively, and ensuring that people have tools and resources to perform at their best.

Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, neurodivergence, protected veteran status, marital or family status, caregiver responsibilities, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.