Pharmacy Technician - Purchasing Specialist

About the role

With one of the nation’s largest, most innovative long-term care pharmacy services provider, Guardian Pharmacy of Englewood, a member of the Guardian family of pharmacies, has an exciting opportunity for you to join our rapidly growing team in Englewood, Colorado.

Responsibilities

• 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 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.

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.

Benefits

What We Offer
Guardian provides employees with a comprehensive Total Rewards package, supporting our core value of, “Treat others as you would like to be treated.”
Compensation & Financial
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

$58,000 - $65,000

Schedule

Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 6:00 pm