Staff Associate, Implementation

Excited to grow your career? We value our talented employees and instill an environment where you feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute your unique skills and talents while living and working as your authentic self. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future. Our people make all the difference in our success. Provista is a group purchasing powerhouse that actively combines multiple companies’ purchases together to deliver low prices on contracts and services to providers. But we don’t stop at savings. Our provider-first approach is also there to alleviate supply chain complexity with sourcing, analytic and collaboration services.

Summary: In this role, you will serve as a resource for connecting contracts with internal team providers during the sales process. You will execute implementation projects initiated by the sales team for new and existing healthcare facilities. Responsibilities:

• Ensure proper connection to contracts that generate revenue and savings for spend based cases.
• Collaborate with provider stakeholders and suppliers for implementation of contracts for spend based cases.
• Validate implementation requests assigned by more senior team providers ensuring that facilities, contracts, and tiers are applicable and accurate.
• Track and reports to sales team on status of spend-based implementation cases and contract connection requests.
• Serve as a resource related to contract connections, providing guidance on what documents, data, and site involvement will be required.
• Provide suppliers with basic training for contract research and submission tools.
• Supports providers by responding to inquiries and/or requests for research and providing issue resolution as needed.
• Provide regular communication to providers and client management team related to project pipeline, implementation progress to completion, potential barriers and savings captured for spend based cases. Qualifications:
• Relevant degree preferred.
• 2 or more years of healthcare or supply chain experience required.
• Ability to build relationships with internal teams and connect with distribution partners, suppliers, and end-user customers.
• Must have excellent customer services and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of Salesforce as a CRM tool is a plus. Career Framework: Professional - Staff Associate (P2) 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 $51,900.00 to $87,900.00. This position is also incentive eligible. Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here: http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers