Costing Assoc

Company: Covance
Location: Raleigh
Posted on: January 14, 2021

Job Description:

Job DescriptionJob Overview: Covance is now part of LabCorp. LabCorp, an S&P 500 company, is a leading global life sciences company that is deeply integrated in guiding patient care, providing comprehensive clinical laboratory and end-to-end drug development services. With a mission to improve health and improve lives, LabCorp delivers world-class diagnostic solutions, brings innovative medicines to patients faster and uses technology to improve the delivery of care. LabCorp reported net revenues of over $10 billion in 2017. We are currently recruiting for a Costing Associate to join our growing team within Early Development. Looking for someone ideally with Metabolism experience. Duties - * Interprets low to med complexity study designs for pertinent costing requirements and reviews design changes as they apply to the scope of the work, may require more frequent peer review * Provides global workload support in a costing function, typically for a single service line (i.e. General Tox or PK Screening/Metabolism) * Works closely with client managers and other internal partners on low to med complexity study designs and costing of those designs, may require more frequent peer review * Provides workload support in a costing function, typically for a single service line (i.e. Tox or Metabolism) * Has general knowledge of the systems, software, and tools being used in the costing function * Provides general information about business units and metrics, processes and operations to proposal management * Maintains owns training records * Assists in the costing activities and process improvement initiatives with relevant internal customers * Prepares detailed estimates of labor and material costs using appropriate software; provides clarification on metric and cost information as needed; understand and applies resource metrics; provides labor estimates for quote and contract initiation * Monitors and ensures the timely costing of any changes to the scope of the study/project * Actively engage with proposal management team to resolve issues that may arise and to ensure acceptable levels of customer satisfaction * Ensures Sarbanes Oxley Compliance from a costing and pricing perspective as applicable Supports costing and pricing SMEs and Operational leaders to update metrics in the costing tools as needed. Other duties as assigned Education/Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree in a scientific, business or related field (or equivalent work experience) preferred Experience: Minimum of 1 to 2 years direct CRO/pharma experience in a related field * Ability to review and analyze data required. * Well-founded user knowledge of software applications required. * Effective interpersonal skills required. * Ability to effectively communicate with multiple levels of the organization required. * Good negotiation skills required. * Demonstrated attention to detail; consistent accuracy required. * Ability to participate in implementing process improvement. * Ability to report and present information required. * Ability to work to deadlines * Strong analytical skills * Ability to communicate appropriately and effectively with colleagues. * Positive attitude and sense of urgency * Advanced knowledge in use of computer systems, databases and relevant applications. * Effective interpersonal and customer service skills; excellent oral and written communication skills. * Demonstrated attention to detail; consistent accuracy * Ability to effectively communicate with internal customers and operational contacts * Proven ability to work independently * Identify areas of opportunity in the processes, communicate with management and execute on approved recommendations. * Must be a pro-active problem solver, interacting with internal customers, to meet the business needs in an efficient and timely manner. * Knowledge of study plans and of the design of Early Development studies preferred. * Familiarity with Metabolism or similar business and general operating procedures preferred

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