Clinical Product Planning Specialist

What you will be doing:

The Clinical Product Planning Specialist assists the Service Line and will be primarily responsible for helping to direct and work with a multidisciplinary team having responsibility for evaluating all products including commodity items as well as associated capital equipment. The Clinical Product Planning Specialist provides input into the sourcing process and strategy and executes the process on multiple low to medium complexity categories. Responsibilities will also include evaluation of suppliers work in bid software interaction with committee members slide development and presentations to committee members. This position participates and contributes to performance improvement initiatives and special projects is focused on leadership and development and is exposed to various experiential activities that will broaden the individuals experience and perspective.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Product Planning Core/Project Management 60%

• Sources low to medium complexity product categories

• Masters complete sourcing cycle

• Assists in the creation of RFIs

• Communicates with suppliers

• Creates PowerPoint presentations that provide succinct and informational messages

• Validates the completeness of suppliers files

• Assists in the development of recommendations

• Completes ad hoc reports related to supplier activities

• Assist product planners in administrative duties (filing organization creating packets and planning of member facing meetings)

• Mine data to identify contract growth opportunities

• Accountable to meet product evaluation timelines for packet completion based on our bid calendar for the service line

• Develop and monitor project work plans and resolve day-to-day issues in the categories that they are managing.

• Monitors progress of assigned tasks in product category workplan

• Identifies and informs management of deviations from product category workplan and timeline and updates systems to reflect status accordingly

• Identifies and communicates resource needs on a timely basis to the appropriate level

• Ensures accuracy and completeness of own work

• Identifies critical issues for risk management with clients and informs management of these critical issues

• Participates in sourcing meetings to ensure seamless integration throughout the sourcing process

• Perform cross-referencing of products and or create scenarios for capital equipment for supplier-to-supplier comparisons

• Create portfolio recommendations content and present to committees

Process Improvement 10%

• Participates in performance improvement projects

• Participates in quality and capacity initiatives

Learning and Development 10%

• Mentee to Product Planning Manager

• Works toward certification of AHVAP Professional in Supply Management or other areas of interest

• Demonstrates thought leadership

• Actively seeks opportunities to become familiar with the sourcing strategy to increase knowledge of sourcing terminology and depth of product knowledge

• Completes required curriculum work

• Demonstrates integrity innovation accountability and ownership in work

• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity self-motivation and positive thinking

Special Projects 10%

• Successful completion of low to medium complexity Supply Chain Services Projects that broaden knowledge and skillsets to include Executive Summaries on potential new suppliers

• Research market intelligence and current market dynamics pertaining to contract categories and provides market intel data for priority contract categories.

• Evaluates special project assignments for efficiency opportunities

• Participates in performance improvement capacity planning and teamwork activities

Experiential Activities 10%

• Successful completion of low to medium complexity Supply Chain Services Projects that broaden knowledge and skillsets to include Executive Summaries on potential new suppliers

• Exposed to multiple Service Lines and gains experience in sourcing multiple product categories

• Experience and exposure to various Supply Chain Services teams and business units

• Manage site visits with suppliers

Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

Education:

Required Certifications/Licensing

Registered Nurse Licensure

Preferred Qualifications

Skills:

• Project management

• Process improvement

• Microsoft Office 365

Experience:

• Purchasing experience preferred

• Minimum 2 years acute care clinical experience

• Direct patient care experience

Education:

• Bachelors degree

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

Qualified full and part time regular employees also receive access to the following benefits:

Health dental vision life and disability insurance
401k retirement program
Paid time off
Participation in Premiers employee incentive plans
Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities

Premier at a glance:

• Ranked #1 on Charlottes Healthiest Employers list forand 2023 and 21st Healthiest Employer in America (2023)

• Named one of the Worlds Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute for the 16th year in a row

• Modern Healthcare Best in Business Awards: Consultant - Healthcare Management (2024)

• The only company to be recognized by KLAS twice for Overall Healthcare Management Consulting

For a listing of all of our awards please visit the Awards and Recognition section on our company website.

Employees receive:

• Perks and discounts

• Access to on-site and online exercise classes

Premier is looking for smart agile individuals like you to help us transform the healthcare industry. Here you will find critical thinkers who have the freedom to make an impact. Colleagues who share your thirst to learn more and do things better. Teammates committed to improving the health of a nation. See why incredible challenges require incredible people.

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