Pharmacy Supply Chain Manager

DCH Health Care Authority•Tuscaloosa, AL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Pharmacy Supply Chain Manager oversees the ordering, receipt, and distribution of medications for all inpatient and outpatient facilities, including off-campus clinics. To ensure high-quality patient care at a low cost, they supervise daily purchasing, inventory control, and returns management. Key responsibilities include managing formulary updates, branded-to-generic conversions, waste monitoring, and product recalls.

Requirements

High School graduate or equivalent.
Registered or eligible as pharmacy technician with Alabama Board of Pharmacy
National Certification Pharmacy Technician by PTCB or ExCPT
3 years of pharmacy purchasing experience required
Proficient utilizing Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint software applications
Ability to create and analyze reports from various information systems and applications
Must be pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
Must be reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfill obligations.
Must be able to file and maintain records.
Must be careful about detail and be thorough in completing work tasks
Must be willing to take on responsibilities and challenges.
Must be honest and ethical.
Must be able to accept criticism and deal calmly and effectively with high stress situations.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
Leadership experience with formal leadership training or supervisory experience highly preferred
Knowledge and ability to maintain compliance with The Joint Commission, DSCSA and other applicable regulatory agencies

Responsibilities

Vendor Management: Oversees contract compliance, optimizes group purchasing organization (GPO) resources, and monitors vendor performance, product, and label quality.
Business Process Outsourcing: Manages third-party re-packagers (focusing on turnaround times and label/barcode compliance), directs third-party compounders, and advises on make-versus-buy decisions.
Inventory Optimization: Manages the non-formulary ordering process, initiates branded-to-generic conversions, and sets appropriate stock levels (par levels).
Inventory Integrity: Initiates requests for commodity numbers via Pharmacy Informatics and oversees monthly and annual inventory cycle counts across all pharmacy locations.
340B Program Compliance: Collaborates with the 340B team to ensure inventory compliance, providing necessary data and reports to optimize program-related purchasing.
Receiving: Resolves invoicing/pricing errors, supervises the matching of purchase orders with packing slips, and escalates any mismatches with distributors and manufacturers.
Accounting Compliance: Reviews interdepartmental charges to balance issues and receipts and assists finance in matching invoices for the monthly close process.
Service Level Maintenance: Reconciles medication exchanges with non-DCH pharmacies, acts as the Supply Chain representative on the Medication Management Committee, and liaises with manufacturers regarding drug supply availability.
Issues and Transfers: Collaborates with hospital supply chain and transportation teams to ensure timely and complete delivery of orders to all main and off-campus facilities.
DSCSA (Drug Supply Chain Security Act): Oversees compliance with DSCSA regulations and works with stakeholders to ensure all requirements and guidelines are in place.
Recalls: Supervises the entire drug recall process, including monitoring alerts, prompting action, tracking escalation, and confirming closure.
Waste Management/Reverse Distribution/Hazardous Medications: Oversees waste capture infrastructure, coordinates reverse distribution through a third party, and collaborates with Environmental Services for disposal of non-reversible medications.
Maintains performance, patient and employee satisfaction and financial standards as outlined in the performance evaluation.
Performs compliance requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook
Must adhere to the DCH Behavioral Standards including creating positive relationships with patients/families, coworkers, colleagues and with self.
Requires use of electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software and intranet.
Must adhere to all DCH Health System policies and procedures.
All other duties as assigned.