Pharmacy Purchasing Specialist

Responsibilities

• Performs medication and pharmaceutical supply purchasing processes, including drug and pharmaceutical supply procurement operations, stock receiving operations, and inventory management.
• Works with contracted wholesalers, vendors, freight companies, couriers, and others to meet the drug procurement needs of various departments or groups within or associated with Brown University Health.
• Utilizes computerized systems and technologies (e.g., RxStrategies, PharmNotes, PeopleSoft) to perform drug procurement and supply chain tasks.
• Maintains purchase records, invoices, receipts, and inventory control records.
• Participates in improvement activities as assigned by Pharmacy Supply Chain leadership, including quality assessment and improvement, medication safety, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Participates in annual pharmacy medication inventory process for Brown University Health.
• Assists in managing State of Rhode Island vaccine supplies.
• Monitors inventory levels of emergency medications stocked in code kits.
• Provides effective and accurate verbal and/or written communication to management, support staff, and customers to facilitate the pharmacy supply chain flow of operations and continuous quality improvement in a timely manner.

Requirements

• Maintains current unrestricted Rhode Island Pharmacy Technician II licensure.
• Holds and maintains current National Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPhT).
• Minimum 3 years’ experience as a pharmacy technician, preferably with an emphasis on purchasing and supply chain, gained in a similarly diverse and operationally complex healthcare environment.
• Experience working with MS Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
• Familiarity with purchasing and inter-dependent software information systems and can navigate appropriately (e.g., RxStrategies, PharmNotes, PeopleSoft, ConsortiEX).
• Independent action highly self-motivated and independently accountable.

Qualifications

• BASIC KNOWLEDGE: High school graduate or equivalent required.
• One to two years of college preferred.
• Knowledge of MS Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
• Familiar with purchasing and inter-dependent software information systems and can navigate appropriately (e.g., RxStrategies, PharmNotes, PeopleSoft, ConsortiEX).
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills.

Skills

• Effective interpersonal and communication skills.

Benefits

• Not specified.

Pay

$64,480.00-$106,412.80

Schedule

Day