Proposals - Analyst

at CVS Health in Northbrook, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Bring your heart to CVS Health. Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced human-centric health care for a rapidly changing world. Anchored in our brand – with heart at its center – our purpose sends a personal message that how we deliver our services is just as important as what we deliver. Our Heart At Work Behaviors support this purpose. We want everyone who works at CVS Health to feel empowered by the role they play in transforming our culture and accelerating our ability to innovate and deliver solutions to make health care more personal, convenient and affordable.

Position Summary

The Strategic Proposal Management (SPM) organization is solely responsible for developing and executing all proposals and proposal-related activity for CVS Health. Our team is responsible for creating proposals that clearly demonstrate that CVS Health is uniquely positioned to deliver significant benefits to health plan sponsors through effective cost management solutions and innovative programs that engage plan members and promote healthier and more cost-effective behaviors. Through our unique suite of assets, CVS Health is reinventing pharmacy to offer innovative solutions that help people on their path to better health. We effectively manage pharmaceutical costs and improve health care outcomes through our pharmacy benefit management (PBM), mail order and specialty pharmacy division, CVS Caremark® Pharmacy Services, our CVS/pharmacy® retail stores, our retail-based medical clinic subsidiary, MinuteClinic® and our online retail pharmacy, CVS.com®. We are focused on enhancing access to care, lowering overall health care costs for plan members and payors, and improving health outcomes.

The main responsibility of the position involves managing all phases of our PBM proposals process including:

- Formatting proposals to meet internal marketing specifications

- Responding to RFP questions using a database of internal Subject Matter Expert reviewed content

- Organizing, attending, and leading strategy calls with key stakeholders across the organization

- Customizing and modifying responses to create client-specific content

- Creating timelines and ensuring RFP milestones are met by all involved individuals in a timely manner

- Preparing and reviewing final documents and submitting in accordance with client driven deadlines.

Expectations and responsibilities of the successful candidate include:

- Proactively take action on assigned projects

- Ability to work in a fast paced, deadline driven environment while ensuring quality and accuracy

- Develop a breadth of PBM knowledge that includes sales strategies and company offerings

- Use critical thinking in order to apply knowledge to each proposal

- Strong attention to detail

- Sense of urgency

- Solution focused

- Take responsibility for his/her decisions and actions

- Effectively communicate with all levels of the organization

- Ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously

- Open and adaptable to new and innovative strategies and processes

- Ability to work autonomously as well as collaboratively.Required Qualifications

- 0-2 years of professional job experience.

- 1+ years of experience with Microsoft Office products in a professional environment.

- Demonstrated ability to manage and organize projects from start to completion.Preferred Qualifications Proposal/Project management experience strongly preferred. Knowledge of Medicare Part D (i.e. EGWP, MADP, PDP plans) and industry terminology is helpful. Fluent knowledge of Microsoft Office products and ideal candidates would also be familiar with Qvidian and salesforce.com products. Education

Bachelor’s degree is preferred. A degree focusing on Marketing, Communications, Health Care, Business, or other relevant fields is preferred. Equivalent experience may be considered.

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$40,600.00 – $89,300.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into caring for our colleagues and our communities. The Company offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits. Eligible employees may enroll in the Company’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also available for eligible employees. The Company provides a fully-paid term life insurance plan to eligible employees, and short-term and long term disability benefits. CVS Health also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, free development courses, a CVS store discount, and discount programs with participating partners. As for time off, Company employees enjoy Paid Time Off (“PTO”) or vacation pay, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time and other time off are provided consistent with relevant state law and Company policies. For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit jobs.CVSHealth.com/benefits

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 07/31/2024

We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or any other personnel action based on race, ethnicity, color, national origin, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.