Purchasing Specialist

About the role

Right Dose Pharmacy, a member of the Guardian family of pharmacies, is seeking a Pharmacy Purchasing Specialist to join our dynamic team in Ankeny, Iowa.

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.
• 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.

Qualifications

• 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).
• 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.