DOD Strategic Senior Buyer - Evernorth - Hybrid

POSITION SUMMARY

The DOD Strategic Senior Buyer provides advanced professional input to complex ProcuretoPay assignments/projects. Supports and provides direction to more junior professionals. Works autonomously only requiring expert level technical support from others. Exercises judgment in the evaluation selection and adaptation of both standard and complex techniques and procedures. Manages large projects or processes. Utilizes indepth professional knowledge and acumen to develop models and procedures and monitor trends within ProcuretoPay.

This role supports the DOD client replenishment inventory model. Primary responsibility is to ensure the clients preferred NDC is holding the correct supporting amount of replenishment owed (RO) inventory. This role requires being proactive and strategic in avoiding and mitigating financial risk. Additionally this role will facilitate and communicate all client facing reporting related to the DOD replenishment inventory model. This position develops competence by performing structured work assignments; interprets existing procedures to solve standard and complex problems with limited instruction guidance and/or direction from others. Proficiency in this role requires exercising independent judgment and critical thinking within the company guidelines while maintaining a professional presence to both internal and external customer base.

This position is in office aligned and will require the flexibility to perform onsite 3 days per week at one of the following facilities:

• Florence NJ
• St. Louis MO
• Tempe AZ
• Whitestown IN

Primary Functions

• Manage daytoday movement of replenishment owed (RO) inventory using the Oracle operating platform.
• Facilitating and communicating the clients NDC change processes.
• Supporting the clients preferred RO NDC list.
• Generating RO financial risk reporting.
• Managing approval process for financial risk modeling with related business partners.
• Effectively building internal/external relationships with crossfunctional business partners to include but not limited to: Home Delivery Purchasing related Accounting/Finance partners Federal Account team Drug File the clients National Prime Vendor and the DOD client.
• Management of obsolete/discontinued RO latent RO and excess RO.
• Supporting client value opportunity initiatives.
• Daytoday facilitation and communication of clients contractually required reporting.
• Act as a trusted contact for Account Team related to RO inventory client reporting and client requests.
• Special projects as needed.

Key Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED; Bachelors or Masters degree preferred
• 3 years relevant purchasing experience.
• Prior government and or 340B experience a plus.
• Demonstrated financial acumen related to traditional and nontraditional inventory models.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and manage supplier relations and overall understanding of contracts and the contracting process.
• Ability to interface with internal/external customers and suppliers in a professional and ethical manner.
• Experience with Oracle or related inventory management system
• Intermediate proficiency with MS Office software Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook.

Additional Competencies

• Plans and aligns work in a proactive manner.
• Financial acumen with a strategic mindset in mitigating risk.
• Productively collaborate with internal and external customers to understand trends; identify opportunities to optimize inventory & service levels; ensure medication out of stocks are minimized; engage in root cause analysis and corrective action.
• Communicate clearly with all levels of management including but not limited to internal and external customer base.
• Selfdirected and appropriately escalates when necessary.
• Possess solid follow through skills attention to detail and ability to handle multiple tasks and meet daily deadlines.

About Evernorth Health Services

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race color age disability sex childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran or military status religion national origin ancestry marital or familial status genetic information status with regard to public assistance citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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