Analyst Prime Vendor

Role Overview

• Analyze and present business related trends and results to identify opportunities for improvement/solutions in support of the customer and sales organization.
• Work with internal and external customers to drive results tied to defined distribution metrics and reporting requirements.
• Meet with sales and the customer to identify, prioritize, track and manage projects and KPI performance.
• Create, maintain, and develop relationships with the customer, sales teams, and vendor community.
• Lead/participate in various meetings on behalf of customer (ex. value analysis committee).
• Meet with vendors to discuss products, pricing and terms.
• Present findings to key contacts in the customer’s procurement team.
• Measure the trends, efficiencies and effectiveness of the overall pricing and inventory KPIs.
• Support sales team by managing contract terms, assisting with brand conversions, and tracking all savings and projects.
• Make presentations regarding project updates, business results, committee findings, etc.
• Review pricing to determine and identify discrepancies.
• Ensure new pricing rules are reviewed and approved by respective sales teams.
• Provide issue resolution in the following areas (not limited to): inventory surplus, backorders, outstanding invoices.
• Initiate and partner with the internal teams.
• Communicate resolution in a timely manner.
• Host weekly meetings with supply chain, materials services, and Medline Sales teams.
• Collaborate with Sales, IS and Finance to develop, create and maintain reporting requirements and ensure systems provide accurate and timely data.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and at least 2 years of experience in sales analysis and support OR High School Diploma and at least 4 years of experience in sales analysis and support.
• Experience developing and delivering presentations to various audience levels within, and external to, an organization.
• Experience analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
• Experience establishing & maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, in the business community & with vendors.
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).
• Willingness to travel for business related needs (i.e. training, accounts meetings, development, etc).

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k) contributions
• Paid time off