Manager - Pharmacy Sourcing

UHS•King of Prussia, PA

About The Position

Universal Health Services (UHS) is seeking a Manager – Pharmacy Sourcing for its Corporate Supply Chain Department. The position leads enterprise pharmacy sourcing, contracting, and supply chain strategies across UHS. It manages pharmaceutical category initiatives, supplier negotiations, contract performance, purchasing analytics, and compliance with GPO, wholesaler, and manufacturer agreements. The manager partners with corporate pharmacy teams and facility leadership to support patient care, reduce supply and financial risk, and lower total pharmacy costs. The role also evaluates products and technologies, develops business cases, and presents recommendations to senior leadership. The manager oversees sourcing and category management, pharmacy supply chain performance, formulary-related analysis, and strategic project planning. This includes identifying and tracking savings initiatives, negotiating and monitoring contracts, conducting purchasing and pricing analyses, managing pharmacy distribution invoice review and payment processes, and supporting clinical and pharmacy leaders with formulary and therapeutic-equivalency opportunities. Travel to local facilities may be required to support UHS initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy.
Active pharmacist license and pharmacy experience in a hospital, behavioral, or physician practice setting.
Understanding of drug formularies and protocol development, and of GPO, wholesaler, and manufacturer relationships.
Strong communication and organizational skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
Ability to assess drug purchasing data and develop appropriate controls.
Ability to support UHS corporate teams and facility personnel with charge and reimbursement issues.
Knowledge of pharmacy-related technology, including automated dispensing cabinets.
Knowledge of regulatory requirements, including DSCSA and USP 797/800.
Ability to prepare concise, comprehensive summaries and business cases for director-level leadership and above.
Ability to travel as required to support UHS initiatives at local facilities.

Nice To Haves

Experience in pharmacy sourcing, pharmaceutical contracting, category management, or healthcare supply chain.
Demonstrated contract negotiation skills.
Demonstrated ability to analyze pharmacy purchasing, contract, rebate, utilization, and supplier-performance data.
Knowledge of applicable compliance and credentialing requirements.

Responsibilities

Identify sourcing opportunities and execute initiatives that generate measurable annualized cost reductions across total pharmacy spend.
Develop and maintain an initiative pipeline tracking validated baselines, projected savings, implementation timing, realized value, and performance against approved business cases.
Work with national GPOs, manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors to resolve contract issues; evaluate contract price loading, conduct root-cause analyses, and implement corrective actions.
Lead negotiations for new and amended agreements with pharmaceutical manufacturers, GPOs, wholesalers, distributors, and other pharmacy suppliers.
Use market intelligence, purchasing data, and benchmarks to set negotiation targets and evaluate proposals.
Develop and report KPIs for corporate pharmacy contracts, supplier performance, implementation, compliance, service levels, and financial results.
Review facility-level pharmacy agreements and propose contractual revisions.
Direct impact analyses for major pricing changes.
Identify the need for pharmacy-related RFPs and oversee requirements development, proposal analysis, stakeholder review, award recommendations, implementation planning, and performance monitoring.
Monitor compliance with contract commitments and develop corrective-action plans when performance falls short of contractual requirements.
Monitor contracted pharmacy rebate payments to assess overall contract value.
Develop tools and KPIs to track and monitor drug purchasing across all lines of business.
Oversee weekly review and payment of UHS pharmacy distribution invoices, resolving pricing, payment, and reconciliation issues.
Lead quarterly business reviews with key suppliers and distributors, including agenda development, documentation of commitments, follow-up reporting, and escalation of unresolved performance issues.
Partner with clinical and pharmacy leadership to identify formulary and therapeutic-equivalency opportunities, providing financial, contractual, utilization, and supplier-market analyses.
Develop processes to measure formulary adoption, contract compliance, financial performance, and operational outcomes.
Collaborate with the team to develop the annual Pharmacy Sourcing and Contracting project plan.
Measure project progress, implementation status, financial performance, and risks, and report results through established Supply Chain channels.