Senior Consultant – Supply Chain Optimization

Premier Inc.

Senior Consultant performs billable work delivering performance improvement to healthcare systems. Collaborates with a team of advisory consultants on client engagement and project management activities.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $90,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Senior Consultant works collaboratively within a team of highly qualified Advisory consultants to deliver performance improvement to healthcare systems.
This position will be primarily responsible for performing billable work for clients.
The role of the Senior Consultant is to actively lead and participate in engagement work streams.
Responsibilities include determining client needs in terms of the engagement statement of work; lead, complete and provide quality assurance over data analyses; interpret data analyses and form initial recommendations and develop potential solutions for consideration; develop deliverables and presentations materials for various audiences; assist in risk identification and mitigation; manage workstream economics and project management; and assist in the implementation of recommended improvements.
The Senior Consultant participates in all aspects of an engagement including identifying issues; forming hypotheses; planning and conducting interviews; planning, overseeing, and conducting analytics; developing recommendations and solutions for considerations; synthesizing information into cohesive presentations for various audiences and helping to implement change.
The Senior Consultant will work in a team environment and provide input and support to team deliverables and presentations during each phase of a project.
The Senior Consultant will also work on the project in daily management of project activities in the management of work stream activities including project management activities and project economic management.
The Senior Consultant is required to also participate in Premier internal activities including practice development, required, and approved educational opportunities throughout the year and learning the various technologies Premier offers to its clients.
Additionally, the Senior Consultant should maintain utilization targets for client billable projects and create value through meaningful client interactions, data analytics and insights, and team participation on client projects.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4 or more years of applicable experience
Bachelor's degree (Required)
Coordinate and deliver effective presentations (verbal and written) to client audiences to communicate project outcomes, recommendations, and strategy
Ability to conduct analyses and oversee and mentor others in the delivery and production of client deliverables
Ability to relate to clients and team members in an effective and collaborative manner
Ability to lead work groups to successful outcomes
Experience in Health Systems Finance, Operations (clinical, support or operations), Operational or Strategic Consulting, Strategic Planning or Decision Support Analytics
Experience analyzing complex healthcare data sets and developing visualizations and presentations to support data-driven recommendations
Experience with qualitative and quantitative data validation and analysis
Experience in new methodology development and strategic problem-solving skills
Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time
Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines
Attention to detail
Operate computer programs and software
Ability to communicate effectively with audiences in person and in electronic formats.
Making independent decisions
Ability to work in a collaborative business environment in close quarters with peers and varying interruptions.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
401k retirement program
Paid time off
Participation in Premier’s employee incentive plans
Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

data analysisdata visualizationqualitative analysisquantitative analysisstrategic planningdecision support analyticsmethodology developmentproject managementrisk identificationperformance improvement

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationleadershipattention to detailadaptabilityindependent decision-makingmentoringpresentation skillsclient relationsteam participation