Managing consultant, health system solutions

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Job Details

The Consultant role offers a unique opportunity for highly motivated, driven individuals eager to accelerate their careers in healthcare consulting while contributing to innovation within Cencora’s Accelerate Pharmacy Solutions product portfolio. This role is ideal for candidates with a strong foundation in structured thinking, strategic problem-solving, and communication who are ready to tackle complex challenges and deliver measurable value to clients. You will collaborate on internal strategic initiatives and help health system customers build and scale operations across infusion services, pharmacy solutions, supply chain, and more, driving transformative healthcare delivery. In this role, you will gain hands-on experience in strategic problem-solving, client management, and operational execution, while mastering critical skills such as advanced Excel modeling, data analysis, and storytelling. Consultants will also develop strong client-facing capabilities, including presenting to C-suite executives and senior stakeholders. This role emphasizes adaptability, a proactive mindset, and the ability to excel in dynamic environments. You will learn to ask the right questions, create high-quality deliverables, and rapidly identify areas of value. By taking ownership of key initiatives and contributing to high-visibility projects, you will play an essential role in driving meaningful outcomes for clients and the organization while deepening your expertise of the pharmaceutical ecosystem.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with Cencora SMEs and client teams to drive forward high-quality consulting engagements
• Develop high-impact presentations, reports, and dashboards that translate complex data into clear, actionable narratives.
• Address ambiguous problems using structured thinking, consulting frameworks, and hypothesis-driven approaches
• Lead portions of client meetings and build trust through clear communication and results-driven insights.
• Create and refine executive messaging frameworks to communicate priorities, risks, opportunities, and recommendations effectively.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis to support business recommendations.
• Build financial models, operational frameworks, and tools to support strategic decision-making.
• Work across matrixed teams to gather information, synthesize perspectives, and ensure consistency in messaging.
• Support cross-functional teams in preparing for executive meetings, reviews, and strategic checkpoints.
• Contribute to the design, planning, and execution of major initiatives, such as customer segmentation, operational readiness, and strategy refresh cycles.
• Conduct due diligence on strategic questions, including customer insights, operational data, and industry trends.
• Translate data and qualitative findings into insights that elevate leadership decision-making.
• Maintain a high standard of organization, version control, and proactive communication with project stakeholders.
• Ensure deadlines and deliverables are met with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Develop materials for enterprise summits, advisory boards, customer meetings, board presentations, and leadership offsites.
• Engage in continuous learning and development to enhance consulting skills and industry knowledge.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Healthcare Administration, Communications, Public Policy, or a related field. 2–4 years of relevant work experience in management or strategy consulting, corporate strategy, or a similar analytical role.

Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to take complex information and simplify it into crisp storylines and structured deliverables.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and other analytical tools (e.g., Power BI).
• Strong analytical skills with comfort navigating qualitative and quantitative inputs, including experience developing financial models and business case analyses.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to message up to senior leaders.
• High attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% and work extended hours as required.

Additional preferred Skills (not required):

• Experience working directly with executive leaders or supporting cross-functional initiatives.
• 1–2 years of healthcare-related experience, with a preference for work with health systems or elements of the pharmaceutical supply chain.
• Exposure to the healthcare or distribution industry.
• Familiarity with structured problem-solving methods.

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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*

$119,100 - 186,560

*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.

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Affiliated Companies:

Affiliated Companies: Value Apothecaries Inc