Consultant – Indirect Spend

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Assist academic medical centers and healthcare systems nationwide by managing consulting engagements that uncover opportunities for cost savings in indirect spending, revenue growth, and operational enhancements.

• Work in collaboration with cross-functional client and internal teams.

• Utilize project management methodologies to ensure the success of engagements.

• Track project performance consistently.

• Play a vital role in delivering high-quality consulting services that enable clients to meet their strategic and financial goals.

• Keep internal and external project trackers updated, including metrics, timelines, and financial information.

• Create presentations that leverage quantitative, qualitative, and other relevant data to convey project progress, findings, and future outlooks to stakeholders at all organizational levels.

• Aid in consulting engagements through research, presentation development, meeting preparation, status reporting, issue tracking, and project budget management.

• Facilitate communication among sales, advisory leads, project teams, and clients to ensure effective engagement execution and timely project completion.

• Oversee project milestones, deliverables, and action items to help maintain projects on schedule and within scope.

• Examine project data to uncover trends, risks, and opportunities that support client recommendations and operational enhancements.

• Arrange project documentation and ensure accurate record-keeping throughout the engagement lifecycle.

• Collaborate with internal subject matter experts and client stakeholders to enable project activities and meet engagement goals.

• Contribute to ongoing improvement initiatives by identifying ways to enhance project management processes and tools.

⛳️ Requirements

• Preferred relevant degree.

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience required.

• Preferred understanding of healthcare operations, supply chain, and indirect spend management.

• Preferred experience in supporting consulting or project management engagements.

• Strong skills in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

• Experience with Kantata (formerly Mavenlink) preferred.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities.

• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills with the capacity to engage clients at all organizational levels.

• Ability to handle multiple priorities while ensuring a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.

• Willingness to travel regularly and efficiently throughout the year to accommodate clients’ needs and schedules.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits plan