Strategic Account Specialist

Join our dynamic team as a Strategic Account Specialist where you will play a vital role in shaping and optimizing operational processes for Buying Groups and Long Term Care Key Accounts. Collaborate with diverse corporate teams to craft and refine standard operating procedures, ensuring seamless contract compliance. Showcase your analytical skills by providing insightful reporting to drive strategic decision-making. Be at the forefront of identifying growth opportunities and implementing innovative Cencora Programs and Solutions. Elevate your career with us and make a meaningful impact every day.

• Liaison between external Buying Group or Key Account team and internal cross functional teams i.e. Credit, Customer Implementation, programs teams, reporting team, generics team, for information and issue resolution
• Coordinate contract updates across internal teams
• Perform regular validation of account setup to identify differences and reduce company exposure due to inaccurate set up
• Coordinate monthly and quarterly rebate reviews, approvals, tracking, process of manual rebates and assist with issue resolution with internal teams
• Monitor new and converted Buying Group Account or Long Term Care Key Account activities for upper management utilization
• Creates best practices in processes, works with Buying Group or Long Term Care team to improve sales effectiveness, communication and training
• Makes suggestions and recommendations to team to continually improve operations
• Play a key role to develop a field communication process; help design and craft new buying group initiatives
• Enhance profitability of buying group membership or Key Accounts through program utilization review
• Assist with a variety of scheduled and unscheduled projects occurring in the department at any given time
• Continuously monitor, assesses and identify strategies to improve best practices
• Maintain internal standard operating procedures for individual Buying Groups and Long Term Care Key Accounts
• Must be willing to travel several times a year
• Performs related duties as assigned

Requirements:

Requires broad training in fields such as business administration, accountancy, sales, marketing, computer sciences or similar vocations generally obtained through completion of a four-year bachelor’s degree Program; normally requires a minimum of six (6) years directly related and progressively responsible experience.

• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to develop and maintain cooperative working and business relationships with multiple internal cross functional teams and customers
• Excellent organizational skills, analytical, problem solving, time management
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to develop and maintain cooperative working and business relationships with multiple internal cross functional teams and customers
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Thorough knowledge of Cencora products, programs, and services
• Strong working experience with Microsoft applications, with a particular strength in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Must be self-motivated, work independently under general direction and able to handle sensitive and highly confidential information with complete discretion
• Ability to resolve issues quickly and efficiently and escalate issues when appropriate
• Ability to be flexible and work well under pressure of deadlines

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What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

*This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York/Hawaii/Vermont/Minnesota/Massachusetts/Illinois State-specific locations may be up to 10% lower than the minimum salary range, and 12% higher than the maximum salary range.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

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