Contract Specialist

1275 Broadway

Full time

72171

Department/Unit:

Sourcing and Contracting

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Salary Range:

$64,972.00 - $97,458.00

This position coordinates the review and execution of Albany Med Health System contracts. Serves as the primary resource for managing the contract workflow to ensure timely review, execution and retention of contracts.

Ensures coordination of Albany Med Health System (AMHS) contracts and agreements, utilizes Workday and NTRACTS contracting system to create, review , finalize and retain AMHS contracts and agreements.

Works with purchasing to identify and resolve pricing discrepancies. Serves as the liaison between requesting department, legal and the supplier for contract negotiation, execution and problem resolution. Serves as a resource for contract interpretation, including pricing and terms and conditions. Provides data, as needed, on all existing contracts, including monitoring and reporting outcomes from the utilization of the contract. Coordination of the Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) contracts and agreements. Runs and analyzes spend for supply chain contracting initiatives. Schedules and initiate bid procedures and non-contract supplies, equipment and services. Supports the value analysis process, and identifies opportunities for savings, standardization and utilization for committees to consider.

Education, Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Requirements:

• Minimum: Bachelor's (4 yr) degree, preferably Health Care, Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Statistics, or Economics major.

Thank you for your interest in Albany Med Health System!

Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer.

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Med Health System, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that:

Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Health System policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.

Albany Medical Center is the centerpiece of medicine, research, and medical education in New York’s CapitalRegion and is the area's largest private employer with more than 10,000 employees.

Albany Medical Center offers excellent career opportunities in a wide range of roles in both patient care andadministration. We value all our staff members and offer outstanding employee benefits (https://www.albanymed.org/careers/albany-medical-center-careers/employee-benefits-and-advantages/) including:

• Excellent health care coverage with no copay at Albany Medical Center providers

• A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing

Anchored in the state’s historic capital city, Albany Medical Center offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient careand is home to the region’s largest hospital, only Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma centers, and only children’s hospital. Thedowntown campus also offers opportunities at Albany Medical College.

Albany Medical Center (https://www.albanymed.org/albany/) , along with Columbia Memorial Health (http://columbiamemorialhealth.org/) , Glens Falls Hospital (http://glensfallshospital.org/) , Saratoga Hospital (http://saratogahospital.org/) , and the Visiting Nurses (https://www.albanymed.org/visitingnurses/) , form the Albany Med Health System, serving more than three million people over 25 counties.