Inventory Control Specialist / Remote

PharMerica • Louisville, KY

6d • Remote

About The Position

The Inventory Control Specialist improves inventory accuracy, strengthens inventory controls, and reduces operational and compliance risk across pharmacy locations. The role partners with pharmacy leaders and staff to assess current inventory practices, identify gaps, and implement process improvements that enhance tracking, accountability, and security.

This is a highly field-focused position requiring extensive travel to pharmacy locations nationwide. The specialist also coordinates with external inventory service vendors to support physical inventory counts, audits, and security initiatives. Work combines on-site operational activity with remote analysis and documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, operations, a pharmacy-related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3–5+ years of experience in inventory management, pharmacy operations, supply chain, audit, or operational controls.
• Experience working directly with field operations or in multi-site environments.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 75% of the time.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to investigate discrepancies and identify root causes.
• High attention to detail and strong documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, field-based role.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in long-term care, specialty, or institutional pharmacy environments.
• Familiarity with physical inventory processes and third-party inventory service vendors.
• Experience supporting audits, compliance initiatives, or internal controls.
• Knowledge of pharmacy inventory systems and ERP platforms.
• Prior exposure to loss prevention, inventory security, or controlled substance processes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with pharmacy leadership and purchasing teams to evaluate inventory accuracy, identify variances, and determine root causes.
• Review inventory practices related to receiving, storage, dispensing, transfers, adjustments, and returns.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen inventory controls and documentation and reduce shrink, waste, and obsolescence.
• Support consistent application of inventory policies, SOPs, and internal control standards across locations.
• Assess end-to-end inventory workflows and recommend process changes that improve visibility, tracking, and accountability.
• Collaborate with operations, finance, compliance, and internal audit to address inventory-related risks and audit findings.
• Assist with implementing standardized inventory management and control best practices.
• Support remediation plans tied to internal audits, external audits, or regulatory reviews.
• Coordinate with external inventory service providers to plan and execute physical inventory counts.
• Ensure pharmacies are prepared for physical inventories, audits, and inspections.
• Review inventory count results, identify discrepancies, and support follow-up investigations and corrective actions.
• Partner with pharmacy leaders to resolve inventory variances and documentation issues in a timely manner.
• Support inventory-related internal audits, SOX-related controls as applicable, and regulatory reviews.
• Evaluate inventory security practices, including access controls, storage, and monitoring.
• Recommend enhancements to inventory security and loss-prevention controls, including controlled substance handling where applicable.
• Serve as a field resource for inventory compliance questions and escalations.
• Educate pharmacy staff and leadership on inventory control expectations, best practices, and process changes.
• Provide hands-on guidance during site visits to reinforce proper inventory procedures.
• Partner with centralized inventory management, purchasing, finance, and compliance teams to ensure alignment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time