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Job Details

The Managing Consultant will be responsible for delivering key components of client service engagements, identifying new business opportunities within existing clients and supporting various aspects of practice development, as assigned. In addition, assists in evaluating requests for enhancements, communicating best practices for technology implementations, identifying opportunities for additional offerings, facilitating discussions with operations/customers to clarify business requirements/needs and managing customer expectations around technology and solution offerings.

Responsibilities:

• Scopes, plans and manages one or more engagement work streams, ensuring quality, cost and delivery requirements are achieved; structures deliverable content and develops recommendations and solutions.

• Addresses new or existing issues within practice functional areas to identify potential areas of weakness within the operations

• Acts as an instructor and subject matter expert for 340B, Pharmacy Revenue Cycle, and purchasing support optimization solutions

• Articulates technology and product positioning to both business and technical users within a practice

• Works in conjunction with sales team as the key business operations advisor and product advocate for 340B, Pharmacy Revenue Cycle, and purchasing optimization consulting solutions.

• Reviews product specific requests, better refine requirements/scope of requests with internal technology/solutions team and provide tactical and strategic recommendations

• Works with Analytics team to develop appropriate performance reporting and ensure data capture for reports

• Adheres to standards and procedures for project reporting, problem resolutions and documentation

• Assists with implementation of special projects and/or contracting relating to solution offerings within the practices

• Maintain awareness of competitive activity and industry trends.

• Leads portions of client meetings.

• Selects, modifies and applies appropriate Methods, Approaches and tools.

• Documents, escalates and resolves engagement issues and risks.

• Documents and communicates associate performance feedback; mentors staff.

• Develops and presents portions of client proposals.

• Identifies and develops service add-on opportunities within existing clients.

• Builds expertise in one or more solution portfolios.

• Contributes to new and or enhanced Methods, Approaches and tools.

• Contributes to publications and speaking engagements that build Cencora market imminence.

• Actively supports Cencora recruiting efforts.

• Performs related duties as assigned.

• Must be willing to travel and work from a home office environment. Travel up to 50%.

Education:

Pharmacist degree is highly preferred. Advanced degree highly preferred, such as PharmD, MBA, MHA, MS, PMP; minimum of 7 – 10 years hospital/health system experience, with at least 3 years in a manager, director, project manager role, or minimum or 3 – 5 years in a supervisory or project lead consulting role, preferably within the healthcare field; relevant experience and/or certification in Lean, or Six Sigma, or Project Management highly preferred.

Skills:

• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of problem solving, performance improvement, process and clinical analysis methods and approaches

• Pharmacy consulting role, will require specific primary and advanced health degree (s), such as Pharmacy, etc.

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What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid