Head of Negotiations Service Procurement - Zürich or Bern

You will take on a key role in our team for contract negotiations with service providers in the areas of KVG and VVG, leading and managing the exchange with partners, service providers, and healthcare facilities. In doing so, you strive for balanced and sustainable agreements within the legal framework that take economic challenges into account and strengthen the trust of our interlocutors. You use your extensive specialist knowledge to optimize costs and create fair and consistent solutions for our insured persons.

What you achieve daily

You are responsible for the negotiation and conclusion of contracts with service providers in your assigned cantons and/or regions. For this purpose, you conduct tariff negotiations and negotiate the contract texts. Furthermore, you represent Assura in commissions and working groups of umbrella organizations and actively contribute to the further development of the framework conditions in the industry.

You also ensure the correct implementation of the contractual provisions and monitor the development of services in the facilities. As a central contact person, you connect the facilities and the Assura Benefits business unit. Through well-maintained exchange, you create efficient cooperation.

In addition, you contribute your expertise internally to the further development of invoice control and participate actively in internal projects. In this way, you contribute to the improvement of processes and best practices.

What you bring

You possess a degree in economics, law, political science, or the healthcare sector (university or technical college) and bring at least five years of experience in contract negotiation, which you have ideally acquired at an insurer, service provider, or a cantonal authority. You are very well acquainted with the legal, political, and financial framework conditions of the Swiss healthcare system, especially in the areas of KVG and VVG, and are familiar with the medical and hospital landscape.

With your pronounced ability for networked thinking and decision-making, you analyze data and conduct negotiations effortlessly and confidently. You are characterized by initiative and represent your organization credibly to external partners even in complex situations.

As an outgoing person, you enjoy maintaining business relationships and work independently and carefully. You represent your viewpoints with negotiation security in French and German and move skillfully in a demanding and cooperative environment.

Your benefits:

• 40-hour week (at 100%)
• At least 5 weeks holiday
• Possibility of working from home
• Monthly contribution to the costs of a public transport subscription for the commute
• Attractive social benefits and significantly discounted health insurance premiums
• Welcome Day and internal specialist training

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