Supply Chain - Contract Specialist I

Aiken-Regional-Medical-Centers-3; Westcliff (SC); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Aiken Regional Medical Centers in Aiken, SC seeks a Contract Specialist I to help optimize costs by validating vendor contracts and prices, ensuring correct item numbers, and supporting billing with contract compliance for patient care.

You will review vendor invoicing for surgical items, resolve pricing discrepancies with local reps, create requisitions, assist the billing office with pricing and item numbers, and perform monthly high-value order reporting to aid expense accruals.

Qualifications

• High School or equivalent required.
• 3-5 years of supply chain analysis experience.
• Healthcare supply chain experience preferred.
• Projects a positive attitude, demonstrated teamwork competencies, and a strong work ethic.
• Capacity to identify and resolve pricing and contract validity issues.
• Clinical understanding and ability to support large entities and/or a large number of entities.
• Focused attention to detail
• Effective written and verbal communication.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office Suite applications.
• Ability to use ECM, ECRI, Citrix, and Meperia MSS.

Responsibilities

• Reviews vendor invoicing of surgical items to ensure contract prices and items match.
• Resolves pricing discrepancies with local vendor reps; escalates unresolved issues.
• Creates requisitions for disposable product orders; ensures units and pricing are correct.
• Assists billing with supply pricing and item number information for billing.
• Performs monthly reporting on high value orders not yet issued a PO.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Supply chain analysis

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

Education

High School or equivalent

Tools

ECM

ECRI

Citrix

Meperia MSS

Job description

Responsibilities

Supply Chain – Contract Specialist I

Aiken Regional Medical Centers, located in Aiken, South Carolina, is a 273-bed acute care facility providing top quality and safe healthcare to the residents of Aiken and surrounding communities since 1917. Aiken Regional Medical Centers has been ranked a top hospital in South Carolina by the American Heart Association for its treatment of heart attack, heart failure and Stroke, and most recently, coronary artery disease.

Additionally, Aiken Regional provides comprehensive healthcare services such as behavioral health (Aurora Pavilion Behavioral Health), emergency medical care (main hospital and ER at Sweetwater), orthopedic surgeries, maternity, rehabilitation services(Hitchcock Rehabilitation Services), imaging, and wound care.

Visit us online at: https://www.aikenregional.com

Position Description

This position supports cost optimization through validation of contract compliance in vendor billing. Facilitates patient billing by ensuring contractual requirements are met and that the billing office has the required item numbers and pricing. Supports clinical areas with minimal levels of supply chain complexities.

Duties

• Reviews vendor invoicing of surgical items such as implants to ensure that vendors comply with UHS negotiated contract prices and items.
• Works with local vendor representative to resolve pricing discrepancies and items that are not under contract. Escalates issues that cannot be resolved with local vendor representative to UHS and vendor Corporate departments.
• Creates requisitions for disposable product orders received from departments. Ensures unit of measures and pricings are correct and that quantities are not unusually high. Approves and sends for next level of authorization.
• Assists the billing office with supply pricing and item number information needed to bill the patient and their insurance company.
• May do monthly reporting on high value items orders that have not yet been issued an PO to assist department with monthly expense accruals.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefit Highlights

• Unlimited Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• Tuition/Certification Reimbursement after 6 months
• Culture of Excellence – Employee Recognition program
• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Clinical Nursing Ladder opportunities
• SoFi student loan refinancing program
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: uhsguest.com

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune500 corporation, annualrevenuesduring2025were $17.4billion.In 2026,UHS was again recognized as one of FortuneWorld’s Most Admired Companies™ and in 2025, waslisted in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.

Headquarteredin King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately101,500employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services locatedin 40U.S.states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.For additional information visit www.uhs.com.

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Qualifications

Requirements:

• High School or equivalent required.
• 3-5 years of supply chain analysis experience.
• Healthcare supply chain experience preferred.
• Projects a positive attitude, demonstrated teamwork competencies, and a strong work ethic.
• Capacity to identify and resolve pricing and contract validity issues.
• Clinical understanding and ability to support large entities and/or a large number of entities.
• Focused attention to detail
• Effective written and verbal communication.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office Suite applications.
• Ability to use supply chain applications Enterprise Contract Management System (ECM), ECRI, Citrix, and Meperia Strategic Sourcing (MSS).

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.