[Hiring] Consultant Advisory Services @Premier Inc.

Role Description

The Consultant works collaboratively within a team of highly qualified Advisory consultants to deliver performance improvement to healthcare systems. This position will be primarily responsible for performing billable work for clients. The role of the Consultant includes:

• Actively participating with an engagement team to determine client needs.
• Leading data analysis and interpretation.
• Forming initial recommendations based on data interpretations, observations, and interviews.
• Drafting deliverables for various audiences.
• Assisting in the implementation of recommended improvements.
• Identifying issues, forming hypotheses, planning, and participating in interviews.
• Leading analyses, synthesizing data, and forming conclusions into recommendations.
• Providing input and support to team deliverables and presentations during each phase of a project.
• Overseeing the work of an Analyst during the delivery of the engagement.

Consultants are required to participate in Premier internal activities including:

• Practice development.
• Approved educational opportunities throughout the year.
• Learning the various technologies Premier offers to its clients.

Additionally, the Consultant should:

• Maintain utilization targets for client billable projects.
• Create value through meaningful client interactions, data analytics, and insights.
• Create value for the Advisory practice through meaningful participation on practice-related activities.

Consultants on the Analytics team will have some expertise in Premier and PINC AI databases and methods of connecting existing and new datasets together to create enriched content used for analytics. This role includes:

• Building and maintaining dynamic and interactive data models based on Premier and client needs.
• Leading process standardization efforts.
• Standardizing and automating client deliverables and internal tools.
• Troubleshooting Tableau workbooks, SQL scripts, Excel analyses, etc.

Qualifications

• 2 or more years of applicable experience.
• High School diploma (Required).

Requirements

• Awareness of market trends and key competitor activities.
• Negotiation skills and effective approaches to closing sales.
• Networking skills within the client and healthcare industry.
• Understanding of risk management practices.
• Statistical tools (R, Python, SAS, Matlab, etc.).
• Advanced Excel skills, Tableau, Business Intelligence.
• Lean Process Improvement; Six Sigma Green/Black belt.
• Experience in healthcare, business, or finance.
• Demonstrated interest in healthcare performance management.
• Experience analyzing complex healthcare data sets and developing visualizations.
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative data validation and analysis.
• Experience in new methodology development and strategic problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor’s degree.

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.