About Stryker

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes.

We are proud to be named the #5 World’s Best Workplaces and a Best Workplace for Diversity by Fortune Magazine. Learn more about our award-winning organization by visiting stryker.com

Why finance at Stryker?

Are you looking for a profitable and growing company with a great culture and reputation? Stryker is the only company with 40 consecutive years of sales growth and was recently named the #5 Best Workplace in the WORLD by Fortune!  Here, you will have many opportunities to learn and grow as we offer development opportunities unique for each employees needs including training, certifications, mentorship, leadership programs, tuition reimbursement, one-on-one coaching and more! 

POSITION SUMMARY/GENERAL PURPOSE:

Great opportunity for someone who possesses an acute sense of urgency, attention to detail, and basic analytical skills with a customer service orientation.  This role provides a unique opportunity to work cross divisionally and build relationships with both internal and external customers. 

The Contract Analyst is responsible for administering Group Purchasing Org (GPO) and Integrated Delivery Network (IDN) contracts within various cross divisional system, reviewing price discrepancies, and the processing price activations relative to these contracts as well as responsibility for GPO and IDN membership across all MedSurg customers.

Contract Analyst will process MedSurg LOC’s (Letters of Commitment), GPO changes, and price application as well as answer any questions relative to membership or GPO pricing eligibility. 

WHO WE WANT:

TEAMMATES.  Partners who listen to ideas, share thoughts, and work together to move the business forward. ​

DETAIL-ORIENTED PROCESS IMPROVERS. Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop.

COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to inform business strategy and decisions.

ANALYTICAL PROBLEM SOLVERS. People who go beyond just fixing to identify root causes, evaluate optimal solutions, and recommend comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues.

DEDICATED ACHIEVERS. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain GPO membership rosters and implement a structured process for internally auditing all major GPO rosters and IDN rosters against Stryker’s coding and routinely validate and update on a pre-determined schedule

• Provide analysis of customer information to include sales as needed by our internal customers to evaluate LOC requests from external customers

• Support contract audit request with documentation and pricing eligibility data to support the GPO

• Manage membership projects related to system implementations and LOC process improvement

• Manage GPO designation changes, GPO membership inquiries, and processing of price activations

• Manage the inflow of customer-initiated member designation in all forms: MDF, LOC, faxed, electronic, etc.

• Assist in the administration of GPO and IDN contracts to include maintaining pricing in revenue management systems, ERP systems, documentation, and reporting

• Report metrics weekly and monthly on membership coding changes

• Generate and submit periodic reports regarding responsibilities as assigned by supervisor

• Practice all daily tasks as noted above with an awareness of the ongoing process of pricing integrity and support those initiatives

• Assist in problem solving relative to pricing, eligibility, or membership issues

• Work with a diverse business community to document as-is and to-be business processes.

What You Need

• Currently working on completion of a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in related field or equivalent; we will only consider students who plan be enrolled in a degree-seeking program after the summer.

• Cumulative 3.0 GPA or above; must be the case at the date of hire and also will be verified during background check in the spring.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. and not require employment-based sponsorship now or in the future.

• Exceptional system skills Excellent verbal and written interpersonal communications skills

• Excellent reasoning skills

• Excellent problem solving and research skills

• Excellent time management skills

• Exceptional skills in applicable software programs (Excel, Access, Outlook)

• Excellent customer service

Our benefits

Our total rewards offering varies by country but often includes bonuses; commissions; healthcare; insurance benefits; retirement programs; stock based plans; paid time off plans; family and parenting leaves; tuition reimbursement; wellness programs; onsite fitness centers and cafeterias; discount purchase programs; and service and performance awards – not to mention various social and recreational activities.

Know someone at Stryker?

Be sure to have them submit you as a referral prior to applying for this position. Learn more about our employee referral program at HTTPS://CAREERS.STRYKER.COM/REFERRALS/

The future of healthcare starts with you. Customers, patients and employees are at the heart of everything we do at Stryker. As a world-leading medical technology company, we are focused on innovative healthcare solutions not just for today but for tomorrow. The future of healthcare starts with hiring the best talent and providing our employees with flexibility and opportunity to grow their careers in whatever direction their passions take them.