Product Specialist-Health Plans at Medline Industries, Inc. in Northfield, Illinois

Job Description:

This is a remote position. Applicant does not need to be based in Northfield, IL

Develop, standardize, and maintain product offerings for Managed Care Health Plan business. Build product formularies that are compliant with Health Plan guidelines and demonstrate profitability for Medline.

Responsibilities

• In support of the Program Manager, facilitate the end-to-end OTC formulary development process from concept to customer roll out including category, product and pricing


• Lead the partnership between Sales Office, Product Divisions, and Inventory Management by working cross-functionally ensuring optimal vendor selection, product mix and specifications


• Identify opportunities for standardization across all Health Plans customers. Provide recommendations for program and product optimization.


• Support catalog creation process in partnership with Marketing. Support Program Manager in new customer roll-out activities


• Collaborate with Sales, IS and Finance to develop, create and maintain reporting requirements and ensure systems provide accurate and timely data


• Stay up to date with CMS regulations for OTC products and communicate any changes with the appropriate cross functions, specifically Product Divisions and Regulatory/Compliance


• Ensure product formularies are compliant with Health Plan guidelines and are profitable for Medline


• Perform formulary review on a quarterly basis to confirm formulary position of products on contract


• Collaborate with team members across multiple departments to facilitate the exchange of information, address needs, and clarify requirements with internal and external customers

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Mathematics, Applied Statistics or other applicable majors

Experience

• At least 2 years of sales or product analysis experience
• Experience working in Microsoft Excel (for example: working with large data sets, pivot tables and other intermediate functions)
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally across departments and various levels in the organization
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Health Plan OTC programs
• Project management skills - adhere to timelines and gain alignment across stakeholders
• Basic analytical skills, calculating margins and profitability
• Knowledge of managed care contracts and healthcare finance

Benefits

• Medline is committed to offering competitive benefits and a variety of choices to best meet the needs of you and your family. For employees scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week, this includes health and well-being, financial fitness, career development, paid time off and more. Employees scheduled to work less than 30 hours per week can participate in the 401(k) plan, access the Employee
  Assistance Program(EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERG) and Medline Service Corps.

Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristics.

Every day, we're focused on building a more diverse and inclusive company, one that recognizes, values and respects the differences we all bring to the workplace. From doing what's right to delivering business results, together, we're better.

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