2027 Summer Internship - Contract Operations – Analytics

Location: Chicago, IL 60607

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Vizient Intern Program Overview

This program is designed to foster a beneficial relationship and provide growth opportunities for Vizient, our employees, and collegiate students. Since 2000, our summer intern program has provided college undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students with practical experience that exposes them to multiple aspects of a career field and the healthcare industry. This full-time, paid intern program offers an opportunity to accelerate academic learning, apply classroom knowledge, and introduce students to a professional setting. Interns are assigned a supervisor to mentor/develop their business skills, as well as monitor their work experiences. Interns are integral members of the company’s team, setting goals, working toward deadlines, and actively participating in community service projects.

The program requires the intern to commit to 10 weeks of participation in all formal training, mentoring, on-the-job learning, and opportunities to interact with senior leaders.

Program starts June 1, 2027, and ends August 6, 2027

Pay rate: $25 per hour.

About the team and role

Vizient’s Contract Operations team runs the national contracting lifecycle, from bid launch to contract execution to ongoing contract performance. We partner with Category Management, Analytics, Legal, Spend Management Delivery, and Technology to help healthcare providers get the most value from their contracts.

In this internship, you will help build the foundation for how Contract Operations and Category Management measure performance. You will create internal dashboards and establish baseline metrics that give teams a clear, shared view of where they stand today and a benchmark to measure improvement against. You will also help drive adoption of these tools and build accountability routines, so leaders and teams use the data to track progress, close gaps, and prioritize improvement.

What You’ll Do

Partner with Contract Operations and Category Management leaders to identify the metrics that matter most, such as turnaround times, cycle times, contracting effectiveness (short-term vs long-term extensions), notification performance, internal scorecards, and define them clearly and consistently.

Gather, clean, and analyze operational data to establish baseline metrics and benchmarks that teams can measure improvement against.

Design and build internal dashboards in UCP, Power BI, and Excel that give leaders and teams an easy-to-use view of performance and trends.

Drive adoption by training users, gathering feedback, and refining dashboards so they become part of how teams plan, review, and manage their work.

Help set up accountability routines, such as recurring performance reviews and scorecards, that connect metrics to owners, targets, and improvement actions.

Present baseline findings, dashboard insights, and recommendations to Contract Operations leadership and other senior stakeholders at the end of the program.

Create reusable assets, such as metric definitions, a data dictionary, user guides, and a simple refresh process, so teams can keep dashboards current after the program.

What You’ll Learn

How a national group purchasing organization sources and contracts for healthcare providers, and how contracting drives value for clients

Dashboard design, data modeling, and visualization using UCP, Excel, Power BI, and PowerPoint

How to define KPIs, set baselines and benchmarks, and use data to drive continuous improvement

How Contract Operations partners with Category Management, Analytics, Legal, and Technology to support enterprise goals

Change management and executive communication skills, including driving tool adoption and presenting insights to senior leaders

Qualifications

Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in business analytics, information systems, data science, supply chain management, business, or a related field

Proficiency in Excel (PivotTables, formulas, and data cleanup) and PowerPoint; experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools is a plus

Coursework or experience in data analysis, KPI reporting, or dashboard development (project samples or a portfolio are a plus)

AI fluency or experience using AI and automation tools (such as Microsoft Copilot or Power Automate) to streamline data collection, analysis, or reporting is a plus

Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to turn data into clear, actionable insights for different audiences

Interest in healthcare, supply chain, or business operations

Able to attend the in-person orientation in Chicago and work a full-time schedule for the 10-week program

This internship is based in Irving, TX and operates in a hybrid model.

Equal Opportunity Employer:   Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.