Analyst Pharmacy Inventory Management Operations

Walgreens • Deerfield, IL

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for creating operational analytic support in the vaccine and antiviral categories while monitoring ongoing support of long- and short-term pharmacy inventory projects. Monitor RX inventory and assist in inventory procurement through vendor relationships. Create standard operating procedures to be used by WAG pharmacies and assist in the collaboration of new procedures.

Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or High School Diploma/GED and at least 3 years of experience analyzing and reporting data.
• Experience working in Pharmacy Operations.
• Experience with analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
• Experience in identifying operational issues, recommending, and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
• Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Suite (MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint).
• Basic inventory knowledge (DOS, Safety stock, etc.)
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel analysis (vlookup, pivot tables, etc) with basic level skill in all other Microsoft applications
• Basic level skill in SQL (for example: build queries, add, modify, and delete data; create and maintain tables, query and/or update databases using SQL statements)

Nice To Haves

• Experience using Walgreen proprietary systems (e.g., RXI, POS, IC+)

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with Pharmaceutical Distributor and WAG Pharmacy Operations to troubleshoot and resolve any store pharmacy inventory issues. Includes identifying stores that are trending negatively and proactively resolving inventory problems.
• Develops methods, processes, and reports to monitor and sustain results related to Rx Purchasing and Supply Chain.
• Generates store inventory reports in order to address and identify system needs and enhancements.
• Create standard operating procedures for Distributor/WAG Rx inventory processes.
• Assist in designing and implementing RX inventory management strategies in conjunction with vendor managed inventory programs.
• Assists in inventory procurement through vendor relationships. (ie. Specialty RX items, OTC items, new/generic drug launches, flu vaccines).
• Monitor RX inventory levels and program efficiencies for WAG Health and Wellness business units.
• Collaborates with stores on replacing and returning damaged product.
• Participates in P2P audit activities performed in conjunction with Data Integrity team, including comparison of purchases/invoice MOM, comparison of IOH MOM, comparison of sales MOM.
• Monitors and adjusts ordering daily alerts with RxI ordering issues, store tote audits/receiving errors and return logic to support RxA/RxI targets.

Benefits

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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree