Palmetto Infusion
Trade Relations Specialist
Palmetto Infusion, West Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 29172
About Us:
Palmetto Infusion provides comprehensive ambulatory and home-based infusion services to both acute and chronically ill patients. Our centers care for people by providing patients and their families with a convenient, affordable, and safe place to receive infusion treatments. We strive for more than personal service - always delivering a warm and attentive health care experience that boosts patients' state-of-mind, improves their health, and quality of life.
At Palmetto Infusion, we believe in creating an experience that goes beyond just a job. It's about being part of something bigger than yourself - a connected group of caretakers who work together to restore health and hope to our patients. We call it The Palmetto Experience, and we believe it's what sets us apart from other employers.
For our employees, The Palmetto Experience means we serve and support people in our purpose to restore health and hope, we build a culture of belonging and collaboration, we deliver on our promise to treat people with respect and empathy, and we strive to embrace change and search for new opportunities.
About the Role:
The Trade Relations Specialist has responsibility for supporting Departmental Leadership in managing the company's trade relations activities, to include providing daily workflow support and managing relationships and contracts with distributor partners, GPOs and other vendors. This role will also be responsible for helping track the company's rebates, pricing and purchasing plans as well as providing information and support to internal stakeholders to promote the strategic priorities of Palmetto Infusion.
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00AM-5:00PM
Minimum Qualifications:
Experience/Education:2 years of experience working in a role demonstrating the ability to manage multiple workstreams and projects on an ongoing basis.Bachelor's degreeProficient at partner programs (i.e.: MS Outlook, Word, Excel).Ability to cope with ambiguous, changing environment while under pressure in a calm manner.Must be able to work as a team member and develop productive and cooperative working relationships with all members of the Palmetto Infusion team.Essential Functions:
Manages daily workflow of the Trade Relations function of the Company, to include managing meeting schedules and following up on tasks and tracking ongoing initiatives.Acts as a liaison with other company departments to support trade initiatives.Participates with Departmental Leadership in regular meetings with manufacturers, GPOs and distributors ensuring that necessary follow-up items are tracked and executed in a timely manner.Responsible for ensuring new locations are properly rostered with all distributors, manufacturers and GPOs to ensure seamless delivery of drugs and supplies at contracted pricing.Supports Departmental Leadership in rebate contracting and pricing negotiations with manufacturers, distributors, GPOs and other vendors. Works with Finance team to ensure appropriate rebate structures are in place and monthly accruals are tracked correctly.Maintains and updates at least quarterly a comprehensive pricing matrix to ensure Purchasing and Finance have accurate pricing information for all drugs and supplies. Works with the Procurement team to ensure contracted pricing matches POs and invoices.Supports Departmental Leadership to ensure quarterly purchasing plans based on committed quantities and rebate structures are established in a timely manner.Assists in the analysis and launch of new drugs and product lines.Provides accurate pricing and reimbursement information for new drugs for key decision makers.Maintains contractual agreements with all vendor partners and keeps current versions of all agreements on company shared drive.Assists in onboarding new data agreements and participating in quarterly business reviews for existing data agreements.About the Benefits:
Competitive CompensationComprehensive Medical InsuranceDental and Vision InsuranceCompany Life InsuranceVoluntary Life and Disability InsuranceAdditional Voluntary Supplemental PlansFlexible Spending Account (Medical and Dependent Care)Health Savings Account401K Retirement PlanEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)Employee DiscountsRamsey SmartDollar ProgramReferral ProgramTuition AssistancePaid Time Off8 Paid Company HolidaysPhysical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to frequently stand, walk, sit, bend, twist, talk, and hear. There may be prolonged periods of sitting, keyboarding, reading, as well as driving or riding in transport vehicles. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include reading, distance, computer, and color vision. Talking and hearing are essential to communicate with patients, vendors, and staff.
OTHER
All employees must uphold the confidentiality of protected health information and follow all HIPAA policies. This position has access to sensitive information and a breach of information may be grounds for immediate termination.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Palmetto Infusion provides comprehensive ambulatory and home-based infusion services to both acute and chronically ill patients. Our centers care for people by providing patients and their families with a convenient, affordable, and safe place to receive infusion treatments. We strive for more than personal service - always delivering a warm and attentive health care experience that boosts patients' state-of-mind, improves their health, and quality of life.
At Palmetto Infusion, we believe in creating an experience that goes beyond just a job. It's about being part of something bigger than yourself - a connected group of caretakers who work together to restore health and hope to our patients. We call it The Palmetto Experience, and we believe it's what sets us apart from other employers.
For our employees, The Palmetto Experience means we serve and support people in our purpose to restore health and hope, we build a culture of belonging and collaboration, we deliver on our promise to treat people with respect and empathy, and we strive to embrace change and search for new opportunities.
About the Role:
The Trade Relations Specialist has responsibility for supporting Departmental Leadership in managing the company's trade relations activities, to include providing daily workflow support and managing relationships and contracts with distributor partners, GPOs and other vendors. This role will also be responsible for helping track the company's rebates, pricing and purchasing plans as well as providing information and support to internal stakeholders to promote the strategic priorities of Palmetto Infusion.
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00AM-5:00PM
Minimum Qualifications:
Experience/Education:2 years of experience working in a role demonstrating the ability to manage multiple workstreams and projects on an ongoing basis.Bachelor's degreeProficient at partner programs (i.e.: MS Outlook, Word, Excel).Ability to cope with ambiguous, changing environment while under pressure in a calm manner.Must be able to work as a team member and develop productive and cooperative working relationships with all members of the Palmetto Infusion team.Essential Functions:
Manages daily workflow of the Trade Relations function of the Company, to include managing meeting schedules and following up on tasks and tracking ongoing initiatives.Acts as a liaison with other company departments to support trade initiatives.Participates with Departmental Leadership in regular meetings with manufacturers, GPOs and distributors ensuring that necessary follow-up items are tracked and executed in a timely manner.Responsible for ensuring new locations are properly rostered with all distributors, manufacturers and GPOs to ensure seamless delivery of drugs and supplies at contracted pricing.Supports Departmental Leadership in rebate contracting and pricing negotiations with manufacturers, distributors, GPOs and other vendors. Works with Finance team to ensure appropriate rebate structures are in place and monthly accruals are tracked correctly.Maintains and updates at least quarterly a comprehensive pricing matrix to ensure Purchasing and Finance have accurate pricing information for all drugs and supplies. Works with the Procurement team to ensure contracted pricing matches POs and invoices.Supports Departmental Leadership to ensure quarterly purchasing plans based on committed quantities and rebate structures are established in a timely manner.Assists in the analysis and launch of new drugs and product lines.Provides accurate pricing and reimbursement information for new drugs for key decision makers.Maintains contractual agreements with all vendor partners and keeps current versions of all agreements on company shared drive.Assists in onboarding new data agreements and participating in quarterly business reviews for existing data agreements.About the Benefits:
Competitive CompensationComprehensive Medical InsuranceDental and Vision InsuranceCompany Life InsuranceVoluntary Life and Disability InsuranceAdditional Voluntary Supplemental PlansFlexible Spending Account (Medical and Dependent Care)Health Savings Account401K Retirement PlanEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)Employee DiscountsRamsey SmartDollar ProgramReferral ProgramTuition AssistancePaid Time Off8 Paid Company HolidaysPhysical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to frequently stand, walk, sit, bend, twist, talk, and hear. There may be prolonged periods of sitting, keyboarding, reading, as well as driving or riding in transport vehicles. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include reading, distance, computer, and color vision. Talking and hearing are essential to communicate with patients, vendors, and staff.
OTHER
All employees must uphold the confidentiality of protected health information and follow all HIPAA policies. This position has access to sensitive information and a breach of information may be grounds for immediate termination.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.