Associate Director - Clinical Operations - Healthcare Supply Chain

Job Family:

Strategy & Transformation Consulting (Payer Provider)

Travel Required:

Up to 75%+

Clearance Required:

None

What You Will Do:

The Guidehouse Consulting Commercial Healthcare Payer/Provider candidate will have experience in the healthcare industry, preferably as a healthcare Supply Chain leader and/or within performance improvement within Hospitals, Health Plans or Physician Groups.  The Associate Director will work directly with clients to measurably improve their operational outcomes through a mix of workforce strategies, improvement in resource utilization and reduction in variation in care.  This is accomplished by leveraging a deep understanding of health system and ambulatory operational best practices supported by data.

He/she will work on the Guidehouse Commercial Healthcare Operational Effectiveness team driving margin and operational improvement at client provider organizations through a combination of data and business process analysis, project management, and deliverable creation.  He/she will have subject matter expertise in at least one of our solution areas and business acumen to become a recognized, credible, and trusted partner to our clients.

Competencies used:

• Ability to lead and mentor a team of resources, manage prioritization of tasks, and ensure accountability

• Aptitude to lead meetings and conversations with client stakeholders, including executives

• Ability to meet with and present to Guidehouse and client project executives on project status, potential risk, and issue resolution

• Strong aptitude in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and assisting clients in optimizing supply chain processes in support of better use of their ERP system and integration with their EMR/EHR system

• Enthusiasm and willingness to play lead role in Guidehouse Payer/Provider internal practice development activities

• Curiosity and interest with client and Guidehouse teams to assess and implement supply chain improvement opportunities and savings initiatives relevant in the hospital environment

• Expertise in sourcing, analyzing, negotiating, implementing, and validating contract management process steps

• Ability to facilitate and lead the strategic sourcing process including contract negotiations and leveraging supplier relationships for categories including, but not limited to, clinical supplies, physician preference items, purchased services, lab, and pharmacy

• Experience reviewing pricing and business terms for capital equipment, service contracts, and value-based or at-risk contracts

• Experience with conducting formal business reviews that leverage a supplier scorecard process

• Understanding of healthcare inventory management systems and general operations principles (i.e. P2P, shipping, receiving, inventory management, par planning and management, etc.)

• Familiarity with health system Value Analysis programs

• Ability to develop and deliver creative solutions to address needs throughout an organization including optimization of capital asset strategies, processing vendor transactions, and establishing system- and facility-level policies and processes

• Aptitude to develop foundational training materials

• Comfortable interfacing with hospital executives to report realized savings and to develop strategies for ongoing risk mitigation

What You Will Need:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree from accredited college, graduate degree preferred

• Minimum 7-10+ years relevant work experience

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• Previous consulting with demonstrated track record delivery of consulting engagements or health system leadership experience 

• Expertise in sourcing, analyzing, negotiating, implementing, and validating contract management process steps

• Ability to facilitate and lead the strategic sourcing process including contract negotiations and leveraging supplier relationships for categories including, but not limited to, clinical supplies, physician preference items, purchased services, lab, and pharmacy

• Ability to travel up to 75% of the time

  

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Strong client leadership skills and ability to sell add-on work and recognize business development opportunities

• Demonstrated ability to work in challenging situations

• Demonstrated ability leading successful teams and managing through conf