Clinical Value Analysis Specialist - Sourcing and Value Analysis

Supply Chain Management

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and three years of experience in healthcare analytics, supply chain management, value analysis, clinical operations, financial analysis, or a related area. An equivalent combination of education and experience relevant to the role may be considered for this position.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Four (4) or more years of experience in healthcare value analysis, clinical supply chain, utilization management, resource management, or related healthcare operations.
• Experience in an acute care hospital, academic medical center, integrated delivery network, or other complex healthcare environment.
• Familiarity with public-sector procurement and contracting processes, preferably within the State of Texas, UT System, or other governmental organizations.
• Supply Chain
  
  Certifications:
  
  C.P.S.M. (Certified Professional in Supply Management), C.P.P.B. (Certified Professional Public Buyer), C.P.P.O. (Certified Public Procurement Officer), C.T.C.M. (Certified Texas Contract Manager), or an equivalent nationally recognized certification of professional credentials as deemed acceptable to UTMB within eighteen (18) months of appointment in title.
• Value Analysis
  
  Certifications:
  
  CVAHP (Certified Value Analysis Healthcare Professional), CMRP (Certified Materials and Resource Professional), or other relevant value analysis certifications.
• Clinical licensure (RN, etc.) if applicable and maintained.

Job Summary:

The Clinical Value Analysis Specialist serves as the primary analytical and operational support resource for the Clinical Value Analysis (CVA) program, working under the direction of the Clinical Value Analysis Manager and in close collaboration with assigned Clinical Category Manager(s). This role is responsible for data extraction, analysis, and reporting to support evidence-based product evaluation and standardization decisions; coordination of product trials and new item requests;

development and maintenance of VA templates, dashboards, and performance metrics; and execution of VA workflows to ensure compliance with UTMB policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices. The Specialist provides analytical rigor and process discipline to enable Category Managers and clinical committees to make data-driven decisions that reduce the total cost of care, improve patient safety, and optimize clinical outcomes.

Job Duties:

Data Analytics & Business Intelligence

• Extract, analyze, and model clinical spend, utilization, outcomes, and reimbursement data from ERP, contract management, EMR, and other systems to support category strategies, new item evaluations, standardization initiatives, and supply disruption management.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and scorecards to measure Value Analysis (VA) performance, including savings realization, utilization trends, standardization compliance, product adoption, and quality/safety outcomes.
• Conduct financial, clinical, and operational analyses for product evaluations, including total cost of care, cost-per-case comparisons, utilization forecasting, reimbursement impact, and review of clinical evidence.
• Validate and monitor outcomes of standardization, conversion, and cost-reduction initiatives by measuring savings realization, performance against baseline metrics, and opportunities for further optimization.
• Prepare business cases and executive-level analytical summaries integrating clinical, financial, quality, safety, and reimbursement considerations to support value-based decision-making.
• Benchmark product utilization, pricing, and outcomes against peer organizations, GPO data, industry standards, and published evidence.

Clinical Value Analysis Process Execution

• Manage intake and triage of clinical product requests, ensuring completeness, alignment with contracts and category strategies, and appropriate committee routing.
• Execute CVA workflows from request initiation through committee review, product evaluation, decision documentation, implementation support, and post-implementation monitoring.
• Coordinate product trials and evaluations, including trial design, clinician feedback collection, performance monitoring, and preparation of recommendations for committee and category leadership review.
• Monitor compliance with CVA policies, standardization decisions, substitution protocols, and supply disruption processes; escalate issues as appropriate.
• Track and validate savings, cost avoidance, and financial outcomes associated with CVA initiatives in partnership with Category Managers and Finance.

Program, Tool, and System Management

• Develop, maintain, and enhance CVA tools, templates, scoring methodologies, business case frameworks, and decision-support resources.
• Maintain CVA reporting capabilities and communicate program performance, savings pipelines, standardization progress, trial status, and committee effectiveness to leadership.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and data steward for CVA-related systems, ensuring data integrity,…