Pharmacy Purchasing Specialist - On-site

About the role

With one of the nation’s largest, most innovative long-term care pharmacy services providers, Guardian Pharmacy of Maine offers an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Purchasing Manager to join our rapidly growing team in Brunswick, Maine.

Responsibilities

• Supervision of a team that consists of 2-3 members
• Continuously manage and maintain appropriate levels of inventory in response to ongoing utilization, shortages, backorders, recalls, and waste prevention
• Review Purchasing dashboards and run reports to monitor purchasing metrics
• Interpret and analyze data to identify opportunities to maximize cost savings and improve inventory turns
• Navigate, review, and evaluate data provided in Surecost purchasing system to assess purchasing options
• Place daily orders for medication and supplies in an accurate and timely manner
• Manage purchasing spend to maximize margin and ensure compliance with generic and warehouse purchasing targets
• Review, update, and maintain drug file to ensure clean and accurate formulary
• Identify issues/errors and update NDCs in a timely manner
• Audit for accuracy
• Communicate relevant updates and problem resolution concerning product availability, pricing, and alternative products to pharmacy staff
• Cook up and manage returns of overstocked/mis-ordered items to appropriate vendor in a timely manner to ensure full credit when possible
• Coordinate and organize quarterly physical inventory
• This includes quarterly updates to review turns, cycle count accuracy, purchase versus dispense reporting, and par level updates
• Perform audit counts to maintain perpetual reordering system
• Ensure accurate processing of purchase orders and invoices
• Attend monthly calls and in person annual meeting with Support Services Purchasing to stay abreast of updates and current issues related to purchasing
• Uses information, reporting and tools provided to effectively manage purchasing spend
• Maintain all policies and procedures for functional area
• Work independently and exercise independent judgement to resolve issues and deliver deadlines

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required; Bachelor's Degree (Math, Economics, Statistics, Business, or similar) preferred
• Pharmacy Technician license/certification/registration (per state requirements); National Certification preferred (PTCB)

Qualifications

• 1+ years of related experience (advanced degree may substitute for experience)
• Advanced proficiency in pharmacy operations system (SureCost/Frameworks/QS1) preferred
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Ability to work independently and deliver to deadlines
• Ability to solve problems with minimal direction
• Great attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment working on multiple tasks simultaneously, while adhering to strict deadlines
• Quality minded; motivated to seek out errors, inquire about inaccuracies and resolve as appropriate
• Supervision experience within smaller teams

Skills

• Ability to work independently and deliver to deadlines
• Ability to solve problems with minimal direction
• Great attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment working on multiple tasks simultaneously, while adhering to strict deadlines
• Quality minded; motivated to seek out errors, inquire about inaccuracies and resolve as appropriate
• Supervision experience within smaller teams

Benefits

Guardian provides employees with a comprehensive Total Rewards package, including:

• Competitive pay
• 401(k) with company match
• Family, Health & Insurance Benefits (Full-Time employees working 30+ hours/week only)
• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Company-paid Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• Company-paid Long-Term Disability and optional Short-Term Disability
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Wellbeing Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• The Guardian Angels (Employee assistance fund)
• Time Off
• Paid holidays and sick days
• Generous vacation benefits based on years of service

Pay

$50,000 - $65,000

Schedule

Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sundays 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sundays are required with an offset of any day that you would like off during the week