Guardian Pharmacy Services Management
Pharmacy Purchasing Specialist - On-site
Brunswick, Maine · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$50k-$65kDetected 1 day ago
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About the role
- Brunswick, Maine, United States of America Extraordinary Care.
- With one of the nation's largest, most innovative long-term care pharmacy services providers, there is no limit to the growth of your career.
- Guardian Pharmacy of Maine, a member of the Guardian family of pharmacies, has an exciting opportunity for you to join our rapidly growing team in Brunswick, Maine.
Responsibilities
- Work Ethic/Integrity - must possess intrinsic drive to excel coupled with values in line with company philosophy
- Leadership - ability to lead project teams to deadlines, while maintaining strong team orientation
- Relational - ability to build relationships with business unit management and become "trusted advisor"
- Strategy and Planning - ability to think ahead, plan and manage time efficiently
- Continuously manage and maintain appropriate levels of inventory in response to ongoing utilization, shortages, backorders, recalls, and waste prevention.
- Manages 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.
- Under direction from Support Services Purchasing, respond to and manage brand purchases in advance of price increases and generic events, to minimize inventory impact and maximize margin.
- Perform audit counts to maintain perpetual reordering system.
- Maintain all policies and procedures for functional area.
Requirements
- 1+ years of related experience (advanced degree may substitute for experience)
- Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Ability to solve problems with minimal direction.
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment working on multiple tasks simultaneously, while adhering to strict deadlines
- Attributes Required:
- Ability to work independently and deliver to deadlines.
- Great attention to detail and accuracy
- Quality minded; motivated to seek out errors, inquire about inaccuracies and resolve as appropriate.
- Supervision experience within smaller teams
- Requires up to 10 % travel by ground
- Ability to work flexible hours
- Competitive pay
- 401(k) with company match
- Medical, Dental and Vision
Nice to have
- Advanced proficiency in pharmacy operations system (SureCost/Frameworks/QS1) preferred.
Compensation
- $50,000 - $65,000
- 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.
Benefits
- Guardian provides employees with a comprehensive Total Rewards package, supporting our core value of, "Treat others as you would like to be treated."
- Family, Health & Insurance Benefits (Full-Time employees working 30+ hours/week only)
- Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Company-paid Long-Term Disability and optional Short-Term Disability
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Company info
- Problem Solving - ability to analyze causes and solve problems at both a strategic and functional level
- Team Oriented - ability to work effectively and collaboratively with all team members
- Supervision of a team that consists of 2-3 members
- 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. Manages purchasing spend to maximize margin and ensure compliance with generic and warehouse purchasing targets.
- Communicate relevant updates and problem resolution concerning product availability, pricing, and alternative products to pharmacy staff.
- Coordinate returns of overstocked/mis-ordered items to appropriate vendor in a timely manner to ensure full credit when possible.
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