Contract Specialist
About the role
B. Braun Medical Inc., a leader in infusion therapy and pain management, develops, manufactures, and markets innovative medical products and services to the healthcare industry. Other key product areas include nutrition, pharmacy admixture and compounding, ostomy and wound care, and dialysis. The company is committed to eliminating preventable treatment errors and enhancing patient, clinician and environmental safety. B. Braun Medical is headquartered in Bethlehem, Pa., and is part of the B. Braun Group of Companies in the U.S., which includes B. Braun Interventional Systems, Aesculap® and CAPS®. Globally, the B. Braun Group of Companies employs more than 64,000 employees in 64 countries. Guided by its Sharing Expertise® philosophy, B. Braun continuously exchanges knowledge with customers, partners and clinicians to address the critical issues of improving care and lowering costs. To learn more about B. Braun Medical, visit www.bbraunusa.com
This position will support the contract lifecycle management of a designated GPO portfolio. It will engage with both internal and external customers to assist with contract related inquiries, distributor inquiries, audit agreements to ensure accuracy, implement any necessary contract documentation, route documents for signature, execute contract escalations, membership alignment, non-compliance execution, product launches, data integrity checks, cross train and more.
Responsibilities
- Maintains SAP (contract bolt-on), assuring correct pricing for customers and to support internal sales division.
- Investigate, interpret, analyze, and audit customer’s contract pricing, as well as interact with various departments (Legal, Sales, Bids, Sales Analysis, Marketing, Finance, Customer Support, Customer File), auditors and distributor partners.
- Responds to inquiries concerning customer’s pricing, contract language/terms, GPO affiliation, billing plans, hierarchy and contract documents.
- Processes contract amendments, escalations, chargeback additions, Capital Equipment, credits, customs, EAP pricing (Electronic Approval Process), tier activations, and compliance.
Requirements
- Associate's or technical degree required.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- 0-02 years related experience required.
- Requires attention to detail.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, SAP, and Salesforce preferred.
- Requires working knowledge of technical field/area of specialization.
- Exercises general application of principles, theories and concepts.
- Follows established procedures and guidelines.
Benefits
- Healthcare