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Account Manager - Specialty GPO

Cencora
$98,200 - 151,360
parental leave
United States, Illinois
Jul 25, 2025

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today!

Job Details

Join our dynamic team as a Account Manager-Specialty GPO! In this pivotal role, you will drive the growth of our All Cencora Specialty GPO solutions within existing and prospective regional and community health system customers. You'll have the opportunity to engage with key accounts across Oncology, GI, Urology, Rheumatology, and other emerging markets, implementing strategic business plans that foster success. As a champion for client satisfaction, you will ensure adherence to contract terms and take full accountability for client outcomes and pull-through for Specialty GPO. Collaborating with subject matter experts and the DSA team, you will work together to achieve ambitious goals and make a meaningful impact in the healthcare landscape. If you're a team player passionate about driving results, we want to hear from you!

  • Account Manager executes strategic and consultative sales approach and tactics to grow penetration of all Specialty GPO products and solutions to existing (and to-be-prospected) strategic and highly integrated, national and regional health system customers in the GPO segment based on existing customer's business needs in order to achieve established business objectives
  • Develops Specialty GPO business plan representing the opportunity for clients and process by which Cencora will achieve maximum sales, profitability, and contract compliance in support of the business strategy
  • Acts as the primary Specialty GPO Contact, especially for individual site/ clinic buyers and purchasing decision makers
  • Responsible for actively managing contract pull-through and building pull-through analytical fact base used for client pull-through discussions - meets with clients directly as necessary (e.g., beginning of quarter for goal setting and end of quarter for pull-through discussions)
  • Understands and analyzes implications of member contracts - readily informing clients of implications of any contract changes
  • Develops and executes strategies (in conjunction with DSA and entire account team) to address and mitigate market and customer specific dynamics that may affect area of responsibility, such as changes in customer ownership, new affiliations, current market share and targets of opportunities for new growth, customers' changing requirements, competitor strengths and weaknesses, and continually communicates these strategies internally using updates to written business plans and ongoing business communication
  • Works with DSA and Product Specialist to coordinate relevant SMEs and expertise required for client interactions including: IPN, ION, Oncology Supply, Besse, Cencora corporate and regional associates.
  • Quarterbacks across sales, legal, accounting, reporting and analysis, drawing on other Cencora resource for Specialty GPO for Health System clients

Education:

  • Requires broad training in fields such as business administration, accountancy, sales, marketing, computer sciences or similar vocations generally obtained through completion of a four year bachelor's degree; normally requires a minimum of five (5) years directly related and progressively responsible experience.

Skills and Knowledge:

  • Thorough knowledge of the GPO, healthcare industry, and health systems; must be able to navigate a complex and matrixed IDN
  • Thorough knowledge and expertise of All Specialty GPO products, programs, technology, and services - including IPN, ION, SAN, etc.
  • Willingness to quickly build additional expertise in other therapeutic areas and classes of trade
  • Strong analytical skills related to GPO pull-through and strong client management - especially to education and inform clients as to what is required to receive rebates and discounts
  • Knowledge of cost accounting, sales management, key account management, sales planning and goal setting, successful strategic and consultative selling techniques, and related information
  • Ability to interpret financial data of healthcare industry and develop successful strategies to deal with financial issues that are identified
  • Ability to interpret industry trends and competitive information and develop strategies and tactics to respond to changes in the marketplace
  • Masterful understanding of SAN, ION and IPN contracts; ability to apply to individual customer's needs - strong attention to contract details
What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

Full time
Salary Range*
$98,200 - 151,360

*This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York/Hawaii/Vermont/Minnesota/Massachusetts/Illinois State-specific locations may be up to 10% lower than the minimum salary range, and 12% higher than the maximum salary range.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company's continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email hrsc@cencora.com. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

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Affiliated Companies:Affiliated Companies: Specialty Advancement Network, LLC
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