Job Title: Contracts & Pricing Senior Associate, Biopharma (JP9927) Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Employment Type: Contract Business Unit: USV&A Contracts & Pricing Execution -Provider Oncology Membership & Rebates Duration: Initial 8 months, with likely extensions Job posting date: 3/14/2022 Note: MostlyRemote but candidate needs to be able to come onsite @ Thousand Oaks as needed. Payrate: $24-27 per hour
3 Key Consulting is hiring a Contracts & Pricing Senior Associate for a consulting engagement with our direct client, a leading global bio-pharmaceutical company.
Ideal Candidate: Someone who can work cross functionally on multiple teams, has great customer service and is responsive. Ability to troubleshoot and research.
Job Summary: Key member of the Contracts & Pricing Operations team within Strategic Pricing and Contracts specifically with the Membership team. This position is primarily responsible for ensuring complete and accurate resolution of membership related issues that arise from the Membership Inquiry Mailbox. The Associate is primarily responsible for assisting the Membership Analyst in providing timely and accurate operational execution of contract and pricing strategies, implementation of blanket discount programs, and for conducting appropriate analyses and accurately resolving discrepancies in the customer or chargeback data. This position also requires a strong investigate skills and organization to prioritize multi competing interests. Data collected requires monitoring, validation and loading into relevant systems. Customer data can be obtained from outside parties such as wholesalers, GPO's, customers, and third party data vendors. Interaction with these outside parties and various internal departments is required. Position operates within a fast-paced environment, and the ideal candidate will possess the ability to take initiative, problem solve, work independently. Additional Interaction and strong communication with internal and external customers.
Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree highly preferred
Advanced degree a plus4+ years’ experience (6 or more a plus) in Sales & Marketing or Finance
Demonstrated track record of increasing responsibility Required Competencies and Skills Knowledge
Very strong computer & M/S Office skills. Develops spreadsheets models for moderately complex financial analyses.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Delivers formal presentations.
Communicates effectively within department. Problem Solving
High attention to detail/reporting accuracy, while also able to focus on the overall problem/solution
Translates high volumes of data into meaningful information to support key business decisions Identifies and implements process improvement opportunities
Complex problem-solving capability that identifies problems within the department and develops solutions from a strategic and operational perspective Autonomy
Completes projects and makes decisions with minimal direction and strong ability to develop prioritization and completion timeframes for multiple assignments
Self-motivates and owns a project from inception to completion
Thinks strategically (can see the big picture) while delivering results at the appropriate level of detail
Tolerance of ambiguous situations Contribution
Strong presentation skills
Can effectively articulate and influence a meeting outcome with CPE attendees with some managerial support
Team player, looks for ways to support team members
Effectively represents their team in a complex matrix organization with cross-functional groups within CPE and support functions
Strong project management skills and leads projects as required
Interprets and applies regulations associated with relevant legal issues
Provides analyses and recommendations to support decisions by team management
Top Must have Skill Sets:
Customer service (client/customer facing experience)
Knowledge/ experience working with MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
MUST have good job tenure- good candidate attribute when candidate has moved up within the company.
Day-To-Day Responsibilities:
Managing and properly sorting incoming emails that come into a group "Membership" mailbox to the correct analyst.
Resolving and responding to issues and inquires on a timely basis.
Responsible for customer research and validations that in include creation of new customer records in a customer master system as well updating customer information.
This role will support the current Membership analysts with administrative task and adhoc projects.
Employee Value Proposition: Career growth/ opportunity
Red Flags: Spelling and grammar challenges on resume. Length of employment at each employer (moving quickly from one job to another). Lack of customer service experience. Does not work well with others.
Interview Process: Phone screen 15 minutes
Panel interview via webex for 45 minutes
ASAP for interviews We invite qualified candidates to send your resume to recruiting@3keyconsulting.com. If you decide that you’re not interested in pursuing this position, please feel free to look at other positions on our website https://3kc.catsone.com/careers/2010-General. You are welcome to also share this posting with anyone you think might be interested in applying for this role.