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Summary:
Throughout your 10-week internship, you will be an indispensable partner to the Pharmacy Spend Management Delivery Team.
What we will do:
We will give you the tools and training necessary for you to succeed in our internship program while teaching you valuable skills that will transfer to your life outside of Vizient. Some experiences will include:
- Exposure to senior leadership to discuss the project, strategy, and milestones.
- Network opportunities with cross-functional teams to learn about various areas within the organization.
- Enhanced problem solving and communication skills.
- Value added project management skills.
What you will do:
- Research the background on issues currently affecting pharmacy supply chain, procurement, and drug utilization nationally.
- Identify, implement, and lead processes and methodology to address pressing issues within pharmacy supply chain, drug utilization, and procurement.
- Present recommendations to senior leadership.
What you will need:
- Completion of at least first year of Pharmacy school required or an in-progress bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, business analytics, informatics, supply chain management, or a related field with a focus on data analysis and process improvement. Advanced degree preferred.
- Must have strong analytical, project management, & presentation skills.
- Candidate must demonstrate excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
- Action oriented with high initiative and ability to think independently.
- Flexible, adaptive, agile, resourceful, self-starter, team player.
- Strong interpersonal skills for interacting across the team and potentially with internal Vizient business partners, members, and suppliers.
Key program information:
The program requires a full 10-week commitment by the intern to participate in all developmental experiences including formal training, mentoring, on-the-job learning, and opportunities to interact with senior leaders. The Intern group also organizes a summer community service project and has teambuilding activities outside of work.
- Program starts June 3 and ends August 9.
- 40 hours per week and pay is $24 per hour.
- Typical hours are 9 am CST – 5 pm CST Monday through Friday
- Two positions are available, one focused on pharmacy analytics and one focused on Vizient Pharmacy Aggregation Groups.
- Positions may be in person if located near a Vizient office, or remote. No travel is anticipated.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.
What We Do
Vizient, Inc., the nation’s largest health care performance improvement company, serves more than 50% of the nation’s acute care providers, which includes 97% of the nation’s academic medical centers, and more than 20% of ambulatory care providers. Vizient provides expertise, analytics and advisory services, as well as a contract portfolio that represents more than $130 billion in annual purchasing volume.
Vizient is based in Dallas and has offices in 20 metropolitan areas across the United States. We have 4,000 employees with a breadth of expertise, experience and compassion, who are eager to develop and implement solutions that advance health care for the greater good.
