Pharmacy Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Geisinger

26d • Remote

About The Position

Works alongside the rest of the Pharmacy Procurement Team to maintain vendor relationships and serves as the primary resource for item maintenance and cost/pricing discrepancies. Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree- (Required)
• Minimum of 2 years-Related work experience (Required)
• Communication
• Computer Literacy
• Customer Service
• Mentoring Skills
• Office Administration
• Waterfall Model

Responsibilities

• Maintains the relationship between pharmacy and our pharmacy wholesaler with regards to contracting and price evaluation and verification.
• Responsible for creation of new Pharmacy Vendor Accounts which includes coordinating setup of WAC, 340B and GPO accounts as appropriate with both the external Vendor and applicable internal teams.
• Responsible for all aspects of new Vendor build within the Accounts Payable system including completion of any Vendor application forms, obtaining a recent W9 from the Vendor, obtaining a completed Internal Vendor Build form from the Vendor and any additional Vendor outreach or communication as needed.
• Serves as the primary resource for completion of any pharmacy inventory platform item maintenance related to any formulary changes.
• Serves as the primary resource for pharmacy inventory platform maintenance. This includes updating inventory platform contracts and utilizing the pharmacy aggregate function to monitor and update preferred NDC's across inventory locations.
• Directly responsible for review of pharmacy cost messages and resolution as appropriate with the appropriate external vendor.
• Responsible for generating and distributing the Pharmacy price increase report to Retail/Mail Order/Specialty Pharmacy management.
• Responsible for monitoring and evaluating wholesaler preferred NDC compliance with purchasing. Also responsible for generation and distribution of monthly wholesaler preferred NDC compliance reports. These reports are distributed to Pharmacy Management to assist with improving wholesaler preferred NDC compliance.
• In conjunction with the Contracting team, evaluates contractual agreements and assists with negotiation of agreement terms as needed. Post contract execution, assists with audits or other related activities to ensure compliance with the executed contract terms.
• Responsible for all Request for Proposal (RFP) activities within the pharmacy procurement team.
• All other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners
• an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees