Job description
JOB SUMMARY
In addition to performing standard Prime Vendor Analyst responsibilities:
- Assist management in delivering targeted training sessions for the Prime Vendor Analyst Program.
- Identify areas of opportunity and develop processes to improve business and analyst job performance.
- Execute assigned projects based on the defined MBO’s.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Serve as mentor and resource to PVA team. Key participant in new employee on-boarding.
- Identify areas of opportunity and support the development of processes to improve overall Prime Vendor Analyst Program.
- Deliver formal and impromptu training designed to improve business and analyst performance.
- Provide inventory management, pricing and project support for complex customer implementations post go-live and fill in for any open PVA positions as needed.
- Perform PVA responsibilities for smaller account territory. Responsibilities include:
- Serve as initial point of contact for customers’ new and existing vendors.
- Measure the trends, efficiencies and effectiveness of sales and resource allocation and utilization.
- Prepare and analyze sales forecast, sales results, budget variances, and quarterly business presentations.
- Create, maintain, and develop relationships with the customer, Medline contacts, and vendor community.
- Review pricing and ensure pricing rules are reviewed and evaluated prior to implementation.
- Support sales team by managing contract terms, assisting with brand conversions, and tracking all savings and projects.
- Provide issue resolution or support in the following areas (not limited to): inventory surplus, backorders, and outstanding invoices. Initiate and partner with the internal teams.
- Collaborate with Sales, IS and Finance to develop, create and maintain reporting requirements and ensure systems provide accurate and timely data.
Education & Work Experience
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 4 years of sales analysis and support OR high school diploma and at least 7 years of experience in sales analysis and support.
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
- Experience developing and delivering presentations to various audience levels within, and external to, an organization.
- Experience analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
- Experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
- Experience providing customer service to internal and external customers, including meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using AVERAGE function, merging and centering cells, printing centered page and/or creating a pivot table).
- Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font).
- Position requires travel up to 50% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).
PREFERRED JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Previous analytics experience in the healthcare industry.
- Previous inventory or supply chain analytics experience.
- Experience providing training and developing process documentation/user manuals.
COVID-19 Vaccination
Please be aware that Medline requires all employees starting in this position to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. This position will require the successful candidate to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated by their start date. Medline is an equal opportunity employer, and will provide reasonable accommodations to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated for COVID-19 consistent with federal, state, and local law.
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