Commercial Contract and Rebate Specialist

Company: Grifols Shared Services North America, Inc
Location: Raleigh
Posted on: January 17, 2020

Job Description:

For more than 75 years, Grifols has worked to improve the health and well-being of people around the world. We are a global healthcare company that produces essential plasma-derived medicines for patients and provides hospitals and healthcare professionals with the tools, information and services they need to deliver expert medical care.Headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, Grifols has over 20.000 employees in 30 countries. Grifols three main divisions - Bioscience, Diagnostic and Hospital - develop, manufacture and market innovative products and services available in more than 100 countries.A leader in transfusion medicine, the Diagnostic Division is a global business focused on providing innovative solutions to help ensure the safety of the blood and plasma supply, detect human diseases and monitor therapies. The division advances patient care with diagnostic solutions to improve disease detection and management, and simplify laboratory operations.Summary:The purpose of this position is to administer, implement and coordinate all Grifols Therapeutics formal and informal bids, contracts and/or rebates for all commercial business. This includes but is not limited to, Hospital, GPO, Distributor, and Physician classes of trade. In order to secure sales for the success of Grifols, the business must be able to establish both contracts and rebates into a system of record and maintain all activities associated with this business practice.Primary responsibilities:

• Coordinate the receipt, processing and follow up of all Grifols guideline, custom, or formal bid contracts to ensure all terms and conditions, pricing and deadlines are met.
• Responsible for the thorough review of all bids and/or rebates making certain that they are in compliance with all regulations set forth by Grifols and that all submitted account data is accurate.
• Daily maintenance and input of accurate information into the CARS/IS system for all contracts
• Send out pricing information to wholesalers and accounts on awarded contracts to ensure accurate pricing and create pricing grids for possession taking accounts when new contracts are set up in the system. Send out pricing grids to wholesalers for loading into their systems.
• Coordinate with Sales and Marketing Departments regarding revisions to existing contract proposals. Develop and maintain statistical and activity reports pertaining to bids, contracts, and customer sales activity for evaluating competitive pricing strategies
• Communicate with all field sales force, internal and external customers by providing feedback on all open issues.
• Administer the calculation and processing of all contract related rebates. Administer and maintain the appropriate rebate system to ensure accurate and timely payments. Included, is the timely input of all data necessary to validate and process State Medicaid Program Rebates for payment.
• Initiate reports to validate contract sales and/or dividend reimbursements which are based on actual sales account activity.
• Responsible for administering performance rebates and daily maintenance and input of accurate information into the computer rebate system for all hospital buying group contracts.
• Implement the training and cross training of clerical support following established procedures to ensure all necessary documentation has been validated to properly execute contract/rebates. Training includes the entry of contractual data into the CARS/IS and/or the appropriate rebate systems.
• Design and maintain a user reference manual for contracts/rebates.
• Responsible for corresponding with many levels of personnel and customers through letters, memos and other written and oral communication.
• Assist with special projects as required and assigned.
• Incumbent will interact with Account Managers and field sales force to ensure a complete and accurate contract is in place
• Incumbent will interact with the legal department to ensure contract language and contract terms are compliant with both government and Grifols policies.
• Incumbent will interact with financial analysts to ensure proper negotiations for the contracting process are handled in a timely fashion.
• Incumbent will interact with external customers to ensure accurate information is shared between contracting party and Grifols.
• Incumbent will interact closely with Government Medicaid Contract Administrator for processing the data for preparation of validation of State Medicaid Program Rebates.Position Requirements:
  • A BA or BS degree in a related discipline
  • 2+ years general business experience - experience in a contract or contract related environment preferred.
  • Must possess business, legal, and regulatory knowledge, as well as, knowledge of the competitive environment as it relates to bids and contracts.
  • The position requires sound mathematical skills and must be proficient in personal computer skills including Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and experienced with contract/rebate tracking systems. CARS/IS and Micro Strategy experience a plus.
  • Must possess strong written and oral communication skills. Incumbent must be able to work independently without detailed instructions.Learn more about Grifols Req ID: 100530Type: Regular Full-TimeJob Category: Sales/Sales Operations

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