Director, GPO Relationships | Remote, USA
Intersurgical, Inc. USA · Indianapolis, IN · 1 mo ago
OTHRFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About Us, Our Culture, About The Role (maybe we treat as "About the role"? The instructions: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should include headings for sections that have content. The posting includes: Territory: USA (metadata), About Us, Our Culture, About The Role (position summary), Key Responsibilities, Required Qualifications, Preferred (maybe treat as Qualifications? Actually Preferred is separate but could be part of Qualifications? The instruction says we can have Qualifications section; we can combine Required and Preferred under Qualifications? But they said preserve all substantive info; we could have two sub-sections? However only allowed headings are those listed; we could have "Qualifications" and include both required and preferred bullet lists. Or we could have "Required Qualifications" as a heading? Not in list; but we could still use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should include headings for sections that have content. The posting includes: Territory: USA (metadata), About Us, Our Culture, About The Role (position summary), Key Responsibilities, Required Qualifications, Preferred (maybe treat as Qualifications? Actually Preferred is separate but could be part of Qualifications? The instruction says we can have Qualifications section; we can combine Required and Preferred under Qualifications? But they said preserve all substantive info; we could have two sub-sections? However only allowed headings are those listed; we could have "Qualifications" and include both required and preferred bullet lists. Or we could have "Required Qualifications" as a heading? Not in list; but we could still use for any heading? The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It implies those are examples; we can use other headings if needed? It says use for section headings (e.g. ...). Likely they expect we use those exact headings when applicable. So we should map content to those headings.
We have:
- About Us: content about company. That's not in list but could be considered "About the role"? No. But we could still include a heading "About Us" as . The instruction didn't forbid other headings, just gave examples. Safer to include About Us and Our Culture as sections.
- About The Role: position summary. Could map to "About the role". Use About the role
and include the position summary paragraph.
- Key Responsibilities: map to "Responsibilities". Use Responsibilities
with - ...
- Required Qualifications: map to "Qualifications". Use
Qualifications
with required qualifications bullet list.
- Preferred: could be included under same Qualifications section as additional bullet list maybe with a note "Preferred". Or we could create a separate "Skills" section? But preferred includes experience, relationships, etc. Could be considered "Skills". However better to keep under Qualifications with two sub-lists: Required and Preferred. But we must not invent headings not in list. Could still include a stating "Preferred:" then list.
- Benefits: map to "Benefits". Use
Benefits
with bullet list of benefits.
- Pay: not specified (just "Competitive salary + bonus" but that's in benefits? Actually they listed under Benefits: "💰 Competitive salary + bonus". That's compensation. Could be considered Pay. But they said only create Pay section if posting actually states them. It does state competitive salary + bonus. So we could create a Pay section with that line. However they also listed it under Benefits with emoji. Might be okay to put under Benefits. But we have a Benefits section already; we could include compensation there. The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." So we can create Benefits section (they state benefits). Pay section: they state competitive salary + bonus, which is pay. So we could create Pay section with that line. However they also included it in Benefits list with emoji; but we can still separate.
- Schedule: not stated (no mention of work hours). So omit.
- Requirements: maybe same as Responsibilities? Not needed.
- Skills: could be included under Qualifications or separate. But we have qualifications covering skills.
We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract.
Territory: USA - minor metadata; we can fold into a short p at top maybe.
About Us paragraph: "Intersurgical Inc. is a global leader in the fields of anesthesia, respiratory care, and medical device manufacturing. We partner with providers, manufacturers, and other organizations to supply innovative airway and medical devices that impact the lives of patients every day. Driven by our commitment to supply high quality medical devices, our team works to deliver best in class products to over 60 countries worldwide."
Our Culture paragraph: "We celebrate our culture of collaboration and communication. We believe in a workplace where everyone can be their full, authentic self. We welcome and encourage those with diverse perspectives, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to join our team. We are an ambitious and innovative company and look forward to the unique experiences and different points of view you'll bring to the table while fostering a spirit of communication."
About The Role: position summary paragraph: "The Director, GPO Relationships is the single owner of Intersurgical's partnership with one national group purchasing organization. You will win, renew and grow GPO agreements, then turn contract awards into real member conversion and revenue. You'll work closely with field sales, IDN/corporate account directors, contracts and pricing, marketing and product management to make Intersurgical a preferred supplier across the GPO's member base."
Key Responsibilities: list bullet points under headings: GPO relationship ownership, Contracting and negotiation, Contract pull-through and growth, Internal leadership and coordination. Each has sub-bullets. We need to preserve all detail. So we can create a with - each main responsibility, and inside each
- we can have
for subpoints.
Required Qualifications: list bullet points:
- Bachelor's degree in business, life sciences or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years in medical device or healthcare supplier sales, with 3+ years managing GPO, national account or IDN relationships.
- Direct experience negotiating GPO agreements, including RFP responses, pricing tiers, admin fees and rebates.
- Proven record of driving contract pull-through and member conversion, not just winning awards.
- Strong financial acumen: comfortable modeling pricing scenarios and contract profitability.
- Executive presence and ability to influence without authority, internally and at the GPO.
- Proficiency with CRM and contract/sales analytics tools; strong Excel skills.
- Ability to travel up to 50%.
Preferred: bullet list:
- Existing relationships at Vizient, Premier or HealthTrust (seat-specific; see tailoring notes).
- Experience in respiratory, anesthesia, critical care or other hospital disposables.
- Familiarity with GPO data portals and contract compliance reporting.
- Experience working through distributors (e.g., Medline, Owens & Minor, Cardinal Health) and with IDN value analysis committees.
- MBA or advanced degree.
How Success Is Measured: could be considered "Skills" or maybe "Requirements"? Not exactly. Could be a section "Performance metrics" but not in list. Might be okay to include as a under Qualifications? But we need preserve all substantive info. Could add a section "How Success Is Measured" as
How Success Is Measured
but not in list. However instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but says "use for section headings (e.g. ...)". Likely they expect we only use those headings. However "How Success Is Measured" is substantive; we could treat it as part of "Qualifications" or "Skills"? Might be better to create a section "Skills" and include those metrics there? Not ideal.
Alternatively we could treat "How Success Is Measured" as a
under Qualifications or Responsibilities? It's about measurement, not a qualification. Could be a separate section "Requirements"? Not really.
Given instruction to prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones, maybe we can incorporate that info into a
under Qualifications or Responsibilities? But it's about how success measured, which is important. Could be a section "Performance" but not listed. Might be okay to add a heading "How Success Is Measured" as
because it's a section heading. The instruction didn't say we cannot add other headings; just gave examples. So we can add.
Benefits: list bullet points from the Benefits section: Competitive salary + bonus, Multiple opportunities to be challenged and step up your career in a fast-growth company, 401k, Paid Time Off and holidays, Medical, dental, and vision benefits, Much more... (the last is vague). We should preserve all substantive info; "Much more..." is vague but it's part of the posting. We'll include as a bullet.
Pay: we could separate compensation: Competitive salary + bonus. But it's already in Benefits. To avoid duplication, we could keep it only in Benefits. The instruction says do not create Pay section unless posting actually states them. It does state competitive salary + bonus, but it's already in Benefits. We could still create Pay section with that line, but then we would duplicate. Better to keep it in Benefits and not create Pay section.
Schedule: not stated, omit.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Structure:
Territory: USA
About Us
...
Our Culture
...
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- GPO relationship ownership
- Serve as Intersurgical's primary point of contact for the assigned GPO, building relationships from sourcing/category managers up to executive leadership.
- Build and maintain an annual account plan: contract calendar, category priorities, growth targets and executive engagement.
- Lead regular business reviews with the GPO on compliance, contract performance and upcoming opportunities.
- Represent Intersurgical at GPO national meetings, supplier summits, member councils and trade shows.
- Contracting and negotiation
- Lead RFP/RFI responses, bid strategy and negotiations for new, renewed and extended agreements across respiratory, anesthesia and related categories.
- Partner with the contracts and pricing team to model pricing tiers, admin fees, rebates and margin impact before commitments are made.
- Ensure contract terms, pricing and product lists are accurately loaded and maintained with the GPO and distributors.
- Contract pull-through and growth
- Convert awards into revenue by driving member adoption and conversion with field sales and IDN/corporate account directors.
- Identify target member health systems and priority conversions; build and track conversion campaigns.
- Work with marketing to develop GPO-specific programs, communications and value messaging for members and clinical committees.
- Use GPO and internal data to track member utilization, compliance and competitive share; flag leakage and act on it.
- Internal leadership and coordination
- Be the voice of the GPO inside Intersurgical — keep leadership, sales, product management and operations informed of GPO strategy, requirements and deadlines.
- Coordinate with supply chain and customer service to meet GPO supplier obligations (fill rates, backorder communication, reporting).
- Support value analysis requests with clinical, quality and product data.
- Provide regular forecasts, pipeline updates and performance reporting to the VP, National Accounts & Commercial Operations.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in business, life sciences or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years in medical device or healthcare supplier sales, with 3+ years managing GPO, national account or IDN relationships.
- Direct experience negotiating GPO agreements, including RFP responses, pricing tiers, admin fees and rebates.
- Proven record
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It implies those are examples; we can use other headings if needed? It says use for section headings (e.g. ...). Likely they expect we use those exact headings when applicable. So we should map content to those headings.
We have:
- About Us: content about company. That's not in list but could be considered "About the role"? No. But we could still include a heading "About Us" as . The instruction didn't forbid other headings, just gave examples. Safer to include About Us and Our Culture as sections.
- About The Role: position summary. Could map to "About the role". Use About the role
and include the position summary paragraph.
- Key Responsibilities: map to "Responsibilities". Use Responsibilities
with - ...
- Required Qualifications: map to "Qualifications". Use
Qualifications
with required qualifications bullet list.
- Preferred: could be included under same Qualifications section as additional bullet list maybe with a note "Preferred". Or we could create a separate "Skills" section? But preferred includes experience, relationships, etc. Could be considered "Skills". However better to keep under Qualifications with two sub-lists: Required and Preferred. But we must not invent headings not in list. Could still include a stating "Preferred:" then list.
- Benefits: map to "Benefits". Use
Benefits
with bullet list of benefits.
- Pay: not specified (just "Competitive salary + bonus" but that's in benefits? Actually they listed under Benefits: "💰 Competitive salary + bonus". That's compensation. Could be considered Pay. But they said only create Pay section if posting actually states them. It does state competitive salary + bonus. So we could create a Pay section with that line. However they also listed it under Benefits with emoji. Might be okay to put under Benefits. But we have a Benefits section already; we could include compensation there. The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." So we can create Benefits section (they state benefits). Pay section: they state competitive salary + bonus, which is pay. So we could create Pay section with that line. However they also included it in Benefits list with emoji; but we can still separate.
- Schedule: not stated (no mention of work hours). So omit.
- Requirements: maybe same as Responsibilities? Not needed.
- Skills: could be included under Qualifications or separate. But we have qualifications covering skills.
We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract.
Territory: USA - minor metadata; we can fold into a short p at top maybe.
About Us paragraph: "Intersurgical Inc. is a global leader in the fields of anesthesia, respiratory care, and medical device manufacturing. We partner with providers, manufacturers, and other organizations to supply innovative airway and medical devices that impact the lives of patients every day. Driven by our commitment to supply high quality medical devices, our team works to deliver best in class products to over 60 countries worldwide."
Our Culture paragraph: "We celebrate our culture of collaboration and communication. We believe in a workplace where everyone can be their full, authentic self. We welcome and encourage those with diverse perspectives, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to join our team. We are an ambitious and innovative company and look forward to the unique experiences and different points of view you'll bring to the table while fostering a spirit of communication."
About The Role: position summary paragraph: "The Director, GPO Relationships is the single owner of Intersurgical's partnership with one national group purchasing organization. You will win, renew and grow GPO agreements, then turn contract awards into real member conversion and revenue. You'll work closely with field sales, IDN/corporate account directors, contracts and pricing, marketing and product management to make Intersurgical a preferred supplier across the GPO's member base."
Key Responsibilities: list bullet points under headings: GPO relationship ownership, Contracting and negotiation, Contract pull-through and growth, Internal leadership and coordination. Each has sub-bullets. We need to preserve all detail. So we can create a with - each main responsibility, and inside each
- we can have
for subpoints.
Required Qualifications: list bullet points:
- Bachelor's degree in business, life sciences or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years in medical device or healthcare supplier sales, with 3+ years managing GPO, national account or IDN relationships.
- Direct experience negotiating GPO agreements, including RFP responses, pricing tiers, admin fees and rebates.
- Proven record of driving contract pull-through and member conversion, not just winning awards.
- Strong financial acumen: comfortable modeling pricing scenarios and contract profitability.
- Executive presence and ability to influence without authority, internally and at the GPO.
- Proficiency with CRM and contract/sales analytics tools; strong Excel skills.
- Ability to travel up to 50%.
Preferred: bullet list:
- Existing relationships at Vizient, Premier or HealthTrust (seat-specific; see tailoring notes).
- Experience in respiratory, anesthesia, critical care or other hospital disposables.
- Familiarity with GPO data portals and contract compliance reporting.
- Experience working through distributors (e.g., Medline, Owens & Minor, Cardinal Health) and with IDN value analysis committees.
- MBA or advanced degree.
How Success Is Measured: could be considered "Skills" or maybe "Requirements"? Not exactly. Could be a section "Performance metrics" but not in list. Might be okay to include as a under Qualifications? But we need preserve all substantive info. Could add a section "How Success Is Measured" as
How Success Is Measured
but not in list. However instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but says "use for section headings (e.g. ...)". Likely they expect we only use those headings. However "How Success Is Measured" is substantive; we could treat it as part of "Qualifications" or "Skills"? Might be better to create a section "Skills" and include those metrics there? Not ideal.
Alternatively we could treat "How Success Is Measured" as a
under Qualifications or Responsibilities? It's about measurement, not a qualification. Could be a separate section "Requirements"? Not really.
Given instruction to prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones, maybe we can incorporate that info into a
under Qualifications or Responsibilities? But it's about how success measured, which is important. Could be a section "Performance" but not listed. Might be okay to add a heading "How Success Is Measured" as
because it's a section heading. The instruction didn't say we cannot add other headings; just gave examples. So we can add.
Benefits: list bullet points from the Benefits section: Competitive salary + bonus, Multiple opportunities to be challenged and step up your career in a fast-growth company, 401k, Paid Time Off and holidays, Medical, dental, and vision benefits, Much more... (the last is vague). We should preserve all substantive info; "Much more..." is vague but it's part of the posting. We'll include as a bullet.
Pay: we could separate compensation: Competitive salary + bonus. But it's already in Benefits. To avoid duplication, we could keep it only in Benefits. The instruction says do not create Pay section unless posting actually states them. It does state competitive salary + bonus, but it's already in Benefits. We could still create Pay section with that line, but then we would duplicate. Better to keep it in Benefits and not create Pay section.
Schedule: not stated, omit.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Structure:
Territory: USA
About Us
...
Our Culture
...
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- GPO relationship ownership
- Serve as Intersurgical's primary point of contact for the assigned GPO, building relationships from sourcing/category managers up to executive leadership.
- Build and maintain an annual account plan: contract calendar, category priorities, growth targets and executive engagement.
- Lead regular business reviews with the GPO on compliance, contract performance and upcoming opportunities.
- Represent Intersurgical at GPO national meetings, supplier summits, member councils and trade shows.
- Contracting and negotiation
- Lead RFP/RFI responses, bid strategy and negotiations for new, renewed and extended agreements across respiratory, anesthesia and related categories.
- Partner with the contracts and pricing team to model pricing tiers, admin fees, rebates and margin impact before commitments are made.
- Ensure contract terms, pricing and product lists are accurately loaded and maintained with the GPO and distributors.
- Contract pull-through and growth
- Convert awards into revenue by driving member adoption and conversion with field sales and IDN/corporate account directors.
- Identify target member health systems and priority conversions; build and track conversion campaigns.
- Work with marketing to develop GPO-specific programs, communications and value messaging for members and clinical committees.
- Use GPO and internal data to track member utilization, compliance and competitive share; flag leakage and act on it.
- Internal leadership and coordination
- Be the voice of the GPO inside Intersurgical — keep leadership, sales, product management and operations informed of GPO strategy, requirements and deadlines.
- Coordinate with supply chain and customer service to meet GPO supplier obligations (fill rates, backorder communication, reporting).
- Support value analysis requests with clinical, quality and product data.
- Provide regular forecasts, pipeline updates and performance reporting to the VP, National Accounts & Commercial Operations.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in business, life sciences or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years in medical device or healthcare supplier sales, with 3+ years managing GPO, national account or IDN relationships.
- Direct experience negotiating GPO agreements, including RFP responses, pricing tiers, admin fees and rebates.
- Proven record
. The instruction didn't forbid other headings, just gave examples. Safer to include About Us and Our Culture as sections.
- About The Role: position summary. Could map to "About the role". Use About the role
and include the position summary paragraph.
- Key Responsibilities: map to "Responsibilities". Use Responsibilities
with - ...
- Required Qualifications: map to "Qualifications". Use
Qualifications
with required qualifications bullet list.
- Preferred: could be included under same Qualifications section as additional bullet list maybe with a note "Preferred". Or we could create a separate "Skills" section? But preferred includes experience, relationships, etc. Could be considered "Skills". However better to keep under Qualifications with two sub-lists: Required and Preferred. But we must not invent headings not in list. Could still include a stating "Preferred:" then list.
- Benefits: map to "Benefits". Use
Benefits
with bullet list of benefits.
- Pay: not specified (just "Competitive salary + bonus" but that's in benefits? Actually they listed under Benefits: "💰 Competitive salary + bonus". That's compensation. Could be considered Pay. But they said only create Pay section if posting actually states them. It does state competitive salary + bonus. So we could create a Pay section with that line. However they also listed it under Benefits with emoji. Might be okay to put under Benefits. But we have a Benefits section already; we could include compensation there. The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." So we can create Benefits section (they state benefits). Pay section: they state competitive salary + bonus, which is pay. So we could create Pay section with that line. However they also included it in Benefits list with emoji; but we can still separate.
- Schedule: not stated (no mention of work hours). So omit.
- Requirements: maybe same as Responsibilities? Not needed.
- Skills: could be included under Qualifications or separate. But we have qualifications covering skills.
We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract.
Territory: USA - minor metadata; we can fold into a short p at top maybe.
About Us paragraph: "Intersurgical Inc. is a global leader in the fields of anesthesia, respiratory care, and medical device manufacturing. We partner with providers, manufacturers, and other organizations to supply innovative airway and medical devices that impact the lives of patients every day. Driven by our commitment to supply high quality medical devices, our team works to deliver best in class products to over 60 countries worldwide."
Our Culture paragraph: "We celebrate our culture of collaboration and communication. We believe in a workplace where everyone can be their full, authentic self. We welcome and encourage those with diverse perspectives, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to join our team. We are an ambitious and innovative company and look forward to the unique experiences and different points of view you'll bring to the table while fostering a spirit of communication."
About The Role: position summary paragraph: "The Director, GPO Relationships is the single owner of Intersurgical's partnership with one national group purchasing organization. You will win, renew and grow GPO agreements, then turn contract awards into real member conversion and revenue. You'll work closely with field sales, IDN/corporate account directors, contracts and pricing, marketing and product management to make Intersurgical a preferred supplier across the GPO's member base."
Key Responsibilities: list bullet points under headings: GPO relationship ownership, Contracting and negotiation, Contract pull-through and growth, Internal leadership and coordination. Each has sub-bullets. We need to preserve all detail. So we can create a with - each main responsibility, and inside each
- we can have
for subpoints.
Required Qualifications: list bullet points:
- Bachelor's degree in business, life sciences or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years in medical device or healthcare supplier sales, with 3+ years managing GPO, national account or IDN relationships.
- Direct experience negotiating GPO agreements, including RFP responses, pricing tiers, admin fees and rebates.
- Proven record of driving contract pull-through and member conversion, not just winning awards.
- Strong financial acumen: comfortable modeling pricing scenarios and contract profitability.
- Executive presence and ability to influence without authority, internally and at the GPO.
- Proficiency with CRM and contract/sales analytics tools; strong Excel skills.
- Ability to travel up to 50%.
Preferred: bullet list:
- Existing relationships at Vizient, Premier or HealthTrust (seat-specific; see tailoring notes).
- Experience in respiratory, anesthesia, critical care or other hospital disposables.
- Familiarity with GPO data portals and contract compliance reporting.
- Experience working through distributors (e.g., Medline, Owens & Minor, Cardinal Health) and with IDN value analysis committees.
- MBA or advanced degree.
How Success Is Measured: could be considered "Skills" or maybe "Requirements"? Not exactly. Could be a section "Performance metrics" but not in list. Might be okay to include as a under Qualifications? But we need preserve all substantive info. Could add a section "How Success Is Measured" as
How Success Is Measured
but not in list. However instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings, but says "use for section headings (e.g. ...)". Likely they expect we only use those headings. However "How Success Is Measured" is substantive; we could treat it as part of "Qualifications" or "Skills"? Might be better to create a section "Skills" and include those metrics there? Not ideal.
Alternatively we could treat "How Success Is Measured" as a
under Qualifications or Responsibilities? It's about measurement, not a qualification. Could be a separate section "Requirements"? Not really.
Given instruction to prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones, maybe we can incorporate that info into a
under Qualifications or Responsibilities? But it's about how success measured, which is important. Could be a section "Performance" but not listed. Might be okay to add a heading "How Success Is Measured" as
because it's a section heading. The instruction didn't say we cannot add other headings; just gave examples. So we can add.
Benefits: list bullet points from the Benefits section: Competitive salary + bonus, Multiple opportunities to be challenged and step up your career in a fast-growth company, 401k, Paid Time Off and holidays, Medical, dental, and vision benefits, Much more... (the last is vague). We should preserve all substantive info; "Much more..." is vague but it's part of the posting. We'll include as a bullet.
Pay: we could separate compensation: Competitive salary + bonus. But it's already in Benefits. To avoid duplication, we could keep it only in Benefits. The instruction says do not create Pay section unless posting actually states them. It does state competitive salary + bonus, but it's already in Benefits. We could still create Pay section with that line, but then we would duplicate. Better to keep it in Benefits and not create Pay section.
Schedule: not stated, omit.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Structure:
Territory: USA
About Us
...
Our Culture
...
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- GPO relationship ownership
- Serve as Intersurgical's primary point of contact for the assigned GPO, building relationships from sourcing/category managers up to executive leadership.
- Build and maintain an annual account plan: contract calendar, category priorities, growth targets and executive engagement.
- Lead regular business reviews with the GPO on compliance, contract performance and upcoming opportunities.
- Represent Intersurgical at GPO national meetings, supplier summits, member councils and trade shows.
- Contracting and negotiation
- Lead RFP/RFI responses, bid strategy and negotiations for new, renewed and extended agreements across respiratory, anesthesia and related categories.
- Partner with the contracts and pricing team to model pricing tiers, admin fees, rebates and margin impact before commitments are made.
- Ensure contract terms, pricing and product lists are accurately loaded and maintained with the GPO and distributors.
- Contract pull-through and growth
- Convert awards into revenue by driving member adoption and conversion with field sales and IDN/corporate account directors.
- Identify target member health systems and priority conversions; build and track conversion campaigns.
- Work with marketing to develop GPO-specific programs, communications and value messaging for members and clinical committees.
- Use GPO and internal data to track member utilization, compliance and competitive share; flag leakage and act on it.
- Internal leadership and coordination
- Be the voice of the GPO inside Intersurgical — keep leadership, sales, product management and operations informed of GPO strategy, requirements and deadlines.
- Coordinate with supply chain and customer service to meet GPO supplier obligations (fill rates, backorder communication, reporting).
- Support value analysis requests with clinical, quality and product data.
- Provide regular forecasts, pipeline updates and performance reporting to the VP, National Accounts & Commercial Operations.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in business, life sciences or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years in medical device or healthcare supplier sales, with 3+ years managing GPO, national account or IDN relationships.
- Direct experience negotiating GPO agreements, including RFP responses, pricing tiers, admin fees and rebates.
- Proven record
Qualifications
with required qualifications bullet list. - Preferred: could be included under same Qualifications section as additional bullet list maybe with a note "Preferred". Or we could create a separate "Skills" section? But preferred includes experience, relationships, etc. Could be considered "Skills". However better to keep under Qualifications with two sub-lists: Required and Preferred. But we must not invent headings not in list. Could still include astating "Preferred:" then list. - Benefits: map to "Benefits". Use
Benefits
with bullet list of benefits. - Pay: not specified (just "Competitive salary + bonus" but that's in benefits? Actually they listed under Benefits: "💰 Competitive salary + bonus". That's compensation. Could be considered Pay. But they said only create Pay section if posting actually states them. It does state competitive salary + bonus. So we could create a Pay section with that line. However they also listed it under Benefits with emoji. Might be okay to put under Benefits. But we have a Benefits section already; we could include compensation there. The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." So we can create Benefits section (they state benefits). Pay section: they state competitive salary + bonus, which is pay. So we could create Pay section with that line. However they also included it in Benefits list with emoji; but we can still separate. - Schedule: not stated (no mention of work hours). So omit. - Requirements: maybe same as Responsibilities? Not needed. - Skills: could be included under Qualifications or separate. But we have qualifications covering skills. We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract. Territory: USA - minor metadata; we can fold into a short p at top maybe. About Us paragraph: "Intersurgical Inc. is a global leader in the fields of anesthesia, respiratory care, and medical device manufacturing. We partner with providers, manufacturers, and other organizations to supply innovative airway and medical devices that impact the lives of patients every day. Driven by our commitment to supply high quality medical devices, our team works to deliver best in class products to over 60 countries worldwide." Our Culture paragraph: "We celebrate our culture of collaboration and communication. We believe in a workplace where everyone can be their full, authentic self. We welcome and encourage those with diverse perspectives, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to join our team. We are an ambitious and innovative company and look forward to the unique experiences and different points of view you'll bring to the table while fostering a spirit of communication." About The Role: position summary paragraph: "The Director, GPO Relationships is the single owner of Intersurgical's partnership with one national group purchasing organization. You will win, renew and grow GPO agreements, then turn contract awards into real member conversion and revenue. You'll work closely with field sales, IDN/corporate account directors, contracts and pricing, marketing and product management to make Intersurgical a preferred supplier across the GPO's member base." Key Responsibilities: list bullet points under headings: GPO relationship ownership, Contracting and negotiation, Contract pull-through and growth, Internal leadership and coordination. Each has sub-bullets. We need to preserve all detail. So we can create a- with
- each main responsibility, and inside each
- we can have
- for subpoints.
Required Qualifications: list bullet points:
- Bachelor's degree in business, life sciences or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years in medical device or healthcare supplier sales, with 3+ years managing GPO, national account or IDN relationships.
- Direct experience negotiating GPO agreements, including RFP responses, pricing tiers, admin fees and rebates.
- Proven record of driving contract pull-through and member conversion, not just winning awards.
- Strong financial acumen: comfortable modeling pricing scenarios and contract profitability.
- Executive presence and ability to influence without authority, internally and at the GPO.
- Proficiency with CRM and contract/sales analytics tools; strong Excel skills.
- Ability to travel up to 50%.
Preferred: bullet list:
- Existing relationships at Vizient, Premier or HealthTrust (seat-specific; see tailoring notes).
- Experience in respiratory, anesthesia, critical care or other hospital disposables.
- Familiarity with GPO data portals and contract compliance reporting.
- Experience working through distributors (e.g., Medline, Owens & Minor, Cardinal Health) and with IDN value analysis committees.
- MBA or advanced degree.
How Success Is Measured: could be considered "Skills" or maybe "Requirements"? Not exactly. Could be a section "Performance metrics" but not in list. Might be okay to include as a
- GPO relationship ownership
- Serve as Intersurgical's primary point of contact for the assigned GPO, building relationships from sourcing/category managers up to executive leadership.
- Build and maintain an annual account plan: contract calendar, category priorities, growth targets and executive engagement.
- Lead regular business reviews with the GPO on compliance, contract performance and upcoming opportunities.
- Represent Intersurgical at GPO national meetings, supplier summits, member councils and trade shows.
- Contracting and negotiation
- Lead RFP/RFI responses, bid strategy and negotiations for new, renewed and extended agreements across respiratory, anesthesia and related categories.
- Partner with the contracts and pricing team to model pricing tiers, admin fees, rebates and margin impact before commitments are made.
- Ensure contract terms, pricing and product lists are accurately loaded and maintained with the GPO and distributors.
- Contract pull-through and growth
- Convert awards into revenue by driving member adoption and conversion with field sales and IDN/corporate account directors.
- Identify target member health systems and priority conversions; build and track conversion campaigns.
- Work with marketing to develop GPO-specific programs, communications and value messaging for members and clinical committees.
- Use GPO and internal data to track member utilization, compliance and competitive share; flag leakage and act on it.
- Internal leadership and coordination
- Be the voice of the GPO inside Intersurgical — keep leadership, sales, product management and operations informed of GPO strategy, requirements and deadlines.
- Coordinate with supply chain and customer service to meet GPO supplier obligations (fill rates, backorder communication, reporting).
- Support value analysis requests with clinical, quality and product data.
- Provide regular forecasts, pipeline updates and performance reporting to the VP, National Accounts & Commercial Operations.
- Bachelor's degree in business, life sciences or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years in medical device or healthcare supplier sales, with 3+ years managing GPO, national account or IDN relationships.
- Direct experience negotiating GPO agreements, including RFP responses, pricing tiers, admin fees and rebates.
- Proven record
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- GPO relationship ownership