Manager Consulting Services

What you will be doing:

The Manager Consulting Services will have significant responsibility for engagement delivery, service line team member growth, engagement oversight, solution design and implementation, and generation of project sales and results. The Manager works closely with client executives, c-suite, and staff throughout organizations to drive project success and ongoing work. The Manager should be competent in holding executive relationships, managing team member growth, sales, and successful project delivery. This role requires someone who is knowledgeable of supply chain leading practices and healthcare trends. At a high level, this position is expected to manage a significant amount of project work, lead sales pursuits throughout the year, and support the development of the consulting staff. Nexera is a rapidly growing consulting organization, poised to truly make an impact in the changing healthcare environment.

This role may focus on one or more of the following areas:

Pharmacy: Key focus is contracting, project/program management, compliance, vendor management and spend reduction of all Pharmacy related spend within one of Premier's members. The manager will establish and maintain strong relationships with pharmacy and supply chain stakeholders, enabling rapid dissemination of important information regarding contract portfolios, educational services, technology products, and other pharmacy-centric solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, create, drive and deliver innovative service strategies and tools to generate significant profitable revenue opportunities at new and existing clients.

• Sales ability - lead the proposal development process, identifies potential engagements, and potential up-sell opportunities

• Develop strong client relationships to expand current projects and identify new business and cross-selling opportunities.

• Manage multiple engagements and workstreams

• Lead and focus team efforts in data gathering and analysis, data interpretation, process design and formulating conclusions and recommendations.

• Develop deliverables and reports that align with the scope of the project along with the client's vision and goals

• Specific knowledge, with past experience, of supply chain within hospitals and health systems (value analysis, sourcing/ contracting, requisitioning, purchasing, receiving, distribution/ receiving, inventory management, data management/ scm technology) with ability to evaluate these functions during client engagement

• Lead team efforts in developing solutions to difficult or complex client situations to ensure goals and objectives are met, including delivering results on time and within budget.

• Conduct client interviews related to data analysis, data interpretation, and process design.

• Provide quality control for work done by engagement team.

• Prepare final client status reports and create presentations to clients and engagement staff that demonstrate full command of factual material.

• Utilize proprietary tracking tools to measure project progress, benefits provided to clients, and achievement of budget expectations.

• Manage day to day client relationships

• Ability to lead engagements from start to finish, create project deliverables, report out on findings, and manage day-to-day project tasks

• Effectively works to create a winning team environment, building positive client and team relationships

• Works with leadership to identify issues and communicates effectively with project sponsor, teammates, and engagement leadership

• Is the face to the client executives and works directly with them to develop strategy and vision and connect that to project milestones and direction

• Play a key role in the professional development and performance review of staff, including the mentoring and recruiting of staff.

• Collaborate with project planning and staff scheduling to insure leverage of resources

• Participate in practice management which includes tools, methodologies, recruiting, people development and proposals as appropriate.

Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

Education:

Preferred Qualifications

Skills:

• Consulting

• Healthcare supply chain

• Project management

• Executive presence

Experience:

• Specific knowledge and experience in operations, inventory management and inventory control, or extensive understanding of clinical operations

• Ability to provide guidance to junior staff as they develop large amounts of data and distill into an integrated, concise report

• An individual who has excellent interpersonal skills and is able to present effectively to senior management.

Education:

• Master's degree in information technology, Supply Chain Management, Health Care Administration, Business Administration, or another related field

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

Employees also receive access to the following benefits:

* Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance

* 401k retirement program

* Paid time off

* Participation in Premier's employee incentive plans

* Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities

Premier at a glance:

• Ranked #1 on Charlotte's Healthiest Employers list for 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023 and 21st Healthiest Employer in America (2023)

• Named one of the World's 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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