Manager, Inpatient Pharmacy Supply Chain

About the role

The Inpatient Pharmacy Supply Chain Manager is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership for all inpatient pharmacy supply chain activities at Boston Medical Center. The manager leads the pharmacy supply chain team and collaborates with pharmacy, nursing, physicians, finance, procurement, logistics, and external vendors to ensure a safe, reliable, and cost-effective medication supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, direction, and oversight for all pharmacy supply chain operations supporting inpatient pharmacy services, including medication procurement, inventory management, distribution, replenishment, and medication availability.
• Supervise, recruit, develop, train, and evaluate pharmacy supply chain staff.
• Develop, implement, and standardize supply chain workflows, inventory management strategies, and operational best practices that optimize medication availability while minimizing waste, expired medications, inventory carrying costs, and operational inefficiencies.
• Manage the pharmacy supply chain operating budget, including pharmaceutical purchasing, inventory investment, and operational expenses; collaborate with pharmacy leadership on annual budgets and capital planning.
• Maintain productive relationships with pharmaceutical wholesalers, manufacturers, distributors, and group purchasing organizations; collaborate on contract negotiations, vendor performance, allocation management, and service improvements while proactively resolving supply disruptions.
• Oversee the health-system's drug shortage program by coordinating mitigation strategies, conservation efforts, therapeutic alternatives, communications, and stakeholder collaboration to ensure uninterrupted patient care.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, accreditation, and organizational requirements.
• Participate in departmental on-call responsibilities as assigned.
• Participate in the development, implementation, and revision of departmental policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy.
• Current Massachusetts Pharmacist license in good standing by the hire date.
• Minimum four years of pharmacy experience in pharmacy operations and/or pharmacy supply chain, or completion of a PGY-2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership (HSPAL) residency.
• Minimum two years of leadership or supervisory experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of health-system pharmacy operations, pharmaceutical supply chain management, medication procurement, inventory optimization, drug shortage management, and medication distribution systems.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing pharmacy budgets, drug spend, inventory investment, purchasing strategies, contract management, invoice review, and expense reduction initiatives.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and collaborating effectively with pharmacy, nursing, finance, procurement, information technology, and other healthcare stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, project management, organizational, and problem-solving skills with the ability to utilize operational and financial data to drive decision-making.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Epic, Pyxis, and/or Omnicell required; experience with Infor, Sentry, QuicksortRx, Cencora, or similar pharmacy supply chain platforms preferred.

Benefits

This range offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications. However, our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and a broad range of factors is considered when making an offer. This includes education, experience, skills, and certifications/licensures as they directly relate to position requirements; as well as business/organizational needs, internal equity, and market-competitiveness. In addition, BMCHS offers generous total compensation that includes, but is not limited to, benefits (medical, dental, vision, pharmacy), discretionary annual bonuses and merit increases, Flexible Spending Accounts, 403(b) savings matches, paid time off, career advancement opportunities, and resources to support employee and family well-being.