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Summary:
In this role, you will manage a market-leading portfolio of pharmaceutical supplier service agreements delivering best-in-class contracting strategies and expertise that provide supply chain cost reductions.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure alignment of business strategy with overall corporate strategic objectives related to services and contracting activities.
- Manage contracts to Vizient contract processes and standards.
- Review financial aspects of assigned contracts including budget accruals, forecasting, and revenue expectations.
- Build relationships with pharmaceutical suppliers and serve as single point of communication on pharmacy service programs.
- Lead key pharmaceutical negotiations process that include opportunity identification, strategy formulation, contract development, negotiation, documentation, and implementation.
- Develop and negotiate Statements of Work for services.
- Manage performance of statements of work and deliver superior customer service experience to client.
- Monitor contract performance for execution, market competitiveness and supplier compliance to terms and conditions
- Collaborate with peers and management to ensure delivery of Vizient services.
Qualifications:
- Pharmacy or PharmD required.
- 2 or more years of relevant experience required.
- Contracting experience with direct negotiations required.
- Superior communication (written and verbal) and organizational skills.
- Strong presentation and customer service skills.
- Cross-functional interaction skills with a proven track record of delivering results needed.
- Experience in pharmacy, marketing, business and/or project management a plus.
- Willingness to travel.
This is an office based role with an expectation of three days per week on site (Irving, TX, or Chicago, IL)
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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 $102,400.00 to $179,000.00.This position is also incentive eligible.
Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:
http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers
Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.
Skills Required
- Pharmacy or PharmD
- 2 or more years of relevant experience
- Contracting experience with direct negotiations
- Superior communication skills
- Strong presentation and customer service skills
- Cross-functional interaction skills
- Experience in pharmacy, marketing, business and/or project management
- Willingness to travel
Vizient Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vizient and has not been reviewed or approved by Vizient.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off allowances are generous, with ample PTO and holidays available from day one. Separate paid volunteer days add additional protected time away.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexibility to work from anywhere for part of the year and hybrid options support work-life balance. Policies enabling remote periods complement the broader PTO structure.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a competitive 401(k) company match alongside HSA contributions on eligible plans. These elements strengthen long-term financial security within the total rewards package.
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What We Do
Vizient, Inc., the nation’s largest health care performance improvement company, serves more than 50% of the nation’s acute care providers, which includes 97% of the nation’s academic medical centers, and more than 20% of ambulatory care providers. Vizient provides expertise, analytics and advisory services, as well as a contract portfolio that represents more than $130 billion in annual purchasing volume. Vizient is based in Dallas and has offices in 20 metropolitan areas across the United States. We have 4,000 employees with a breadth of expertise, experience and compassion, who are eager to develop and implement solutions that advance health care for the greater good.
