Sr. Contract Analyst
About the role
The Senior Embedded Contract Analyst serves as a strategic analytics partner, leveraging deep expertise in healthcare analytics platforms, contract optimization, supply chain intelligence, and data-driven performance improvement to support member cost savings initiatives and enhance revenue growth opportunities.
Responsibilities
Develop and deliver executive-level, member-ready analytic solutions that support contract optimization, supply chain savings initiatives, revenue enhancement, and clinical performance improvement opportunities.
Serve as a strategic embedded analytics advisor to members and internal stakeholders by translating complex healthcare, sourcing, and utilization data into actionable business insights.
Lead advanced spend analytics, contract penetration analysis, utilization trending, benchmark reporting, and opportunity identification across complex contract categories.
Utilize deep expertise in business intelligence platforms, analytic tools, large healthcare data sets, and reporting technologies to support data-driven decision making.
Analyze and interpret large, complex datasets to identify cost savings opportunities, operational inefficiencies, compliance gaps, and revenue-driving strategies.
Partner with leadership to continuously improve analytics methodologies, reporting frameworks, automation opportunities, and data governance processes.
Troubleshoot complex data integrity, platform, reporting, and tool-related issues; provide root cause analysis and coordinate resolution across functional teams.
Support the design, optimization, and implementation of scalable analytics processes, workflows, and reporting standards that enhance member experience and operational efficiency.
Maintain advanced knowledge of Premier data sources, supply chain technologies, contract structures, sourcing strategies, and healthcare operational workflows.
Act as a subject matter expert for Supply Chain ITS tools, including data extraction, validation, transformation, upload management, and reporting optimization.
Provide mentorship, onboarding, and technical guidance to analysts and cross-functional team members on analytics tools, reporting standards, and best practices.
Prioritize and manage multiple complex deliverables in a fast-paced environment while ensuring accuracy, quality, and on-time execution.
Generate ad hoc analyses, executive summaries, and strategic reporting to support member retention, growth initiatives, and Premier commercial objectives.
Collaborate with account management, sourcing, clinical, and operational teams to ensure rapid issue escalation, resolution, and continuous service improvement.
Qualifications
Years of Applicable Experience: 4 or more years
Education: High School Diploma or GED
Skills: Advanced healthcare analytics and healthcare supply chain expertise, deep knowledge of analytic platforms, business intelligence tools, and data visualization technologies, strong understanding of healthcare data architecture, governance, and data quality management, expertise in spend analytics, contract optimization, sourcing analytics, and supply market analysis, advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and enterprise analytics/reporting platforms, experience with BI tools, SQL/data extraction processes, and large-scale data manipulation, strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving capabilities, ability to synthesize complex data into executive-level insights and strategic recommendations, proven ability to manage competing priorities and lead cross-functional collaboration initiatives, strong communication, presentation, stakeholder engagement, and consultative partnership skills, ability to mentor, train, and influence less experienced analysts and team members, experience supporting operational transformation, process improvement, and analytics modernization efforts, strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail, ability to work independently while driving accountability and execution excellence