Contract Consultant, GPO Development; Hybrid

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We are the makers of possible

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of Med Tech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us.

The US Region at BD aims to be the preferred partner that delivers differentiated value and addresses our customers’ needs in an evolving, dynamic healthcare market.

The mission of the Commercial & Customer Operations (CCO) Center of Excellence (CoE) is to serve as a trusted strategic partner that enables the US Region and business units to drive profitable commercial growth by delivering differentiated value, enabling capabilities, and simplified processes that exceed the needs of our stakeholders and improve customer experience. CCO aims to empower and develop our associates while strengthening our inclusive & diverse culture to win as ‘One BD’.

The CCO organization operates across the entire US Region, partnering with the business units to provide and develop enabling capabilities in the areas of commercial contracting, sales enablement and operations, customer care operations, business & pricing analytics, master data management, commercial enablement, operational excellence, and other functions. We aim to strengthen our foundational capabilities and deliver customer value through simplification and improvement initiatives, develop and prepare our associates, build an inclusive culture, drive digital transformation, and expand our strategic capabilities while remaining agile to the evolving needs of our customers.

We currently have an open position for Contract Consultant, GPO Offer Development.

Reporting to the Sr. Manager, GPO Contract Offer Development, this position facilitates the contracting lifecycle process for BD GPO agreements across multiple US Business Segments for both consumable and capital products.

As a member of the GPO Contract Offer Development team, the Contract Consultant will contribute to the formalized process of a contracting capability within the CoE delivering contract development standard processes. Through partnership and collaboration within Commercial and Customer Operations, the Strategic Customer Group sales team, Commercial Integrators, cross functional Business Partners and Legal, this role supports US Region policies, processes, and governance of GPO contracts to ensure the effective implementation of critical contract activities.

• Assist with all phases of BD National, Regional and aggregation group GPO contracts lifecycle including planning, execution, amendment, extension, and retirement.
• Other duties as assigned, including but not limited to, providing cross coverage to other areas of GPO Offer Development.
• Provides direction to appropriate Global Business Solutions teams for successful contract life cycle management.
• Participates in contract implementation meetings, GPO team calls and other meetings as required.
• Advises Contract Operations in order to facilitate prompt responses to GPO contract issues, such as pricing and membership questions.
• Triage GPO related issues for various Business Units and field teams, providing critical input, analysis, and conflict resolution guidance.
• Subject matter expert for all daily business questions from internal stakeholders.
• Provide high levels of responsiveness, timeliness, and accuracy in contract dispute resolutions.
• Maintain strategic contract information in CLM tool and SharePoint site, providing accurate executable information across the organization.
• Takes personal accountability for one’s own decisions,…