Pharmacy District Manager

Weis Markets•Nanticoke, PA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Pharmacy District Manager leads a district of up to 25 retail pharmacy locations in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Poconos, and Hazelton, Pennsylvania market area. The role provides strategic, operational, and people-focused leadership to achieve pharmacy operational and financial goals, build an engaged team, and implement departmental and organizational plans, programs, services, technologies, and workflows. The position requires travel to multiple retail locations. The manager oversees staffing, talent development, pharmacy operations, customer experience, business performance, patient safety, quality, and regulatory compliance. The role also collaborates with store operations and corporate support teams, communicates district performance and risks to leadership, and directly supervises up to 25 Pharmacy Managers as well as part-time and full-time Floating Pharmacists.

Requirements

Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) or Bachelor of Science (BS) in Pharmacy, plus five years of retail pharmacy experience and at least two years as a pharmacy manager; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Active pharmacist license and immunization certification for the primary state in which the district operates.
Obtain pharmacist licensure in all states in which the district operates within 180 days of hire.
Ability to perform the essential duties satisfactorily.
Travel to multiple retail pharmacy locations in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Poconos, and Hazelton, Pennsylvania market area.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of pharmacy systems.

Responsibilities

Lead a district of up to 25 retail pharmacy locations toward operational and financial goals.
Build an engaged, accountable team and communicate district and store-level plans aligned with organizational strategies.
Lead implementation and sustainment of new programs, services, technologies, and workflows.
Develop, evaluate, and retain Pharmacy Managers, Staff Pharmacists, and Floating Pharmacists.
Partner with scheduling, recruitment, training, and human resources teams to address workforce needs and ensure locations are staffed and trained appropriately.
Maintain pharmacist, technician, intern, and leadership talent pipelines; maintain succession plans and develop internal leadership candidates.
Ensure consistent execution of pharmacy workflow, services, inventory, department presentation standards, and security.
Promote customer satisfaction and retention through associate performance.
Evaluate workload, staffing, competencies, and physical workflow to identify safer and more efficient operations.
Support Pharmacy Managers in resolving complex patient, customer, associate, and operational concerns.
Visit pharmacies regularly and follow through on commitments, risks, and improvement opportunities.
Maintain working knowledge of pharmacy systems, technologies, and programs.
Manage district performance against operational and financial goals; use performance data to identify trends, root causes, and improvement plans.
Monitor competitive and market conditions and recommend actions to protect or expand market share.
Identify and present opportunities and recommendations to improve operational efficiency, patient care, and department performance.
Ensure safe pharmacy operations and compliance with applicable laws, regulations, company policies, and professional standards.
Oversee continuous quality improvement, medication safety, controlled-substance management, and regulatory readiness.
Review audit, inspection, and patient-safety findings and ensure timely corrective action; serve as an initial field leadership resource for regulatory and pharmacy-practice concerns and escalate risks appropriately.
Maintain working relationships with store operations, front-end leadership, compliance, human resources, scheduling, training, marketing, and Pharmacy leadership.
Communicate district performance, emerging risks, operational barriers, and recommended actions to appropriate leadership; represent Pharmacy Services in district and regional discussions.
Directly supervise up to 25 Pharmacy Managers and part-time and full-time Floating Pharmacists, including interviewing, hiring, training, directing, rewarding, disciplining, appraising performance, and resolving complaints.