[Hiring] Consultant Advisory Services - Supply Chain Optimization @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 is to actively participate with an engagement team to determine our client’s needs; take the lead in analyzing data and interpreting data; forming initial recommendations based on data interpretations, observations, and interviews; drafting deliverables for various audiences; and assisting in the implementation of recommended improvements.

• Participates in all aspects of the engagement including identifying issues, forming hypotheses, planning, and participating in interviews.
• Leads analyses, data interpretation, synthesizing, and forming conclusions into recommendations.
• Drafts deliverables and helps to implement change.
• Works in a team environment and provides input and support to team deliverables and presentations during each phase of a project.
• May oversee the work of an Analyst during the delivery of the engagement.
• Maintains utilization targets for client billable projects.
• Creates value through meaningful client interactions, data analytics and insights, and team participation on client projects.
• Creates value for the Advisory practice through meaningful participation on practice-related activities aimed at growing and enriching the Practice.

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.

• Interact with clients, Premier internal product teams, and Advisory counterparts across all service lines.
• Build working relationships within the Premier/Client team.
• Lead production and quality assurance of client analytics deliverables.
• Provide data-driven insights and solutions.
• Build and maintain dynamic and interactive data models based on Premier and client needs.
• Lead process standardization efforts.
• Lead efforts to standardize and automate client deliverables and internal tools.
• Troubleshoot Tableau workbooks, SQL scripts, Excel analyses, etc.

Qualifications

• 2 or more years of applicable experience.
• High School education (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.
• Ability to gather and research data using common tools and analytical methods.
• Proficiency in statistical tools (R, Python, SAS, Matlab, etc.).
• Advanced Excel skills, Tableau, Business Intelligence.
• Experience in healthcare, business, or finance.
• Demonstrated interest in healthcare performance management.
• Capability to lead and show value from efforts.
• Experience analyzing complex healthcare data sets and developing visualizations and presentations.
• 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.