Senior Category Manager, Pharmacy

Duly Health and Care • Downers Grove, IL

17d • $116,000 - $174,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Category Manager, Pharmacy leads sourcing and category strategy for Duly Health enterprise pharmaceutical and drug-related spend categories, driving cost savings, cost avoidance, supply reliability, and contract compliance across the organization. This role manages the full sourcing lifecycle for assigned categories — from market analysis and RFP execution to GPO and manufacturer contract negotiation and supplier relationship management — balancing cost efficiency with the clinical, regulatory, and continuity-of-supply requirements unique to pharmaceutical sourcing. This role requires a working knowledge of specialty pharmaceutical landscapes such as biosimilars, oncology, specialty distribution and specialty GPO. This knowledge is in addition to a clear understanding of Infusion, MID Pharmacy, Retail and Physician Office space.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply chain, or other related field
• 7+ years of sourcing and category management experience
• Required in Pharmacy and Drug sourcing and category management
• Working knowledge of GPO contracting, purchase order lifecycle management, and Category Management Strategies
• High proficiency with Microsoft Excel for data analysis and reporting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for interacting with clinical staff, vendors, and department leadership
• Experience delivering on aggressive savings targets
• Understanding of working capital and driving payment term extensions
• Excellent communication and influencing skills — comfortable engaging stakeholders at all levels, including executives
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously
• Strong negotiation skills with experience structuring and managing contracts end-to-end

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of specialty pharmaceutical landscapes such as biosimilars, oncology, specialty distribution and specialty GPO.
• Clear understanding of Infusion, MID Pharmacy, Retail and Physician Office space.

Responsibilities

• Set and own the multi-year sourcing strategy for pharmaceutical and drug-related spend categories, ensuring sourcing decisions align with clinical, financial, and continuity-of-supply objectives.
• Assists in the development of the multi-year category strategy for clinic and pharmacy drug spend, determining when and how to execute GPO contract evaluations, direct manufacturer negotiations, and formulary-driven sourcing events to maximize value
• Synthesizes drug pricing trends, manufacturer landscape shifts, shortage risk, and GPO contract changes into forward-looking category strategies, rather than reacting to individual sourcing events
• Identifies and drives value beyond traditional GPO contract capture — including alternative sourcing strategies, rebate maximization, and total cost of ownership improvements
• Develops cost reduction goals leveraging drug margin impact reporting and working closely with AI drug choice optimization tools.
• Participates in complex, high-value negotiations with manufacturers, GPOs, and specialty distributors, and sets negotiation strategy for the broader category team
• Establishes scalable sourcing processes and playbooks — including shortage response protocols — that improve efficiency and consistency across the pharmacy category portfolio
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive and clinical leadership, shaping how pharmacy sourcing strategy informs broader clinical and financial decisions.
• Serves as a trusted advisor to executive and pharmacy leadership, shaping sourcing strategy discussions rather than simply gaining alignment on recommendations
• Builds and presents business cases and financial models that influence enterprise-level decisions, including GPO participation, formulary standardization, and specialty drug sourcing tradeoffs
• Owns the narrative on value delivered and future opportunity, presenting savings, rebate capture, and drug shortage risk mitigation to senior leadership and finance stakeholders
• Cultivates senior-level relationships across Pharmacy, Finance, Legal, and clinical leadership to ensure category strategy is embedded in broader organizational and clinical planning
• Own supplier and manufacturer governance and risk strategy for the pharmacy category portfolio, ensuring long-term relationships are structured to deliver sustained value and supply continuity.
• Owns the supplier and manufacturer governance model for the category, including business review cadence, scorecard methodology, and escalation frameworks
• Assesses and manages supplier and manufacturer risk at a portfolio level, including financial health, single-source exposure, and drug shortage continuity planning
• Sets standards for Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) practices across the category, ensuring GPO and manufacturer contracts remain consistent and audit-ready
• Shapes and reinforces procurement and regulatory compliance policy — including DEA, FDA, and state board of pharmacy requirements — and training approach across the category function

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits that include healthcare navigation assistance.
• Access to a mental health benefit at no cost.
• Employer provided life and disability insurance.
• $5,250 Tuition Reimbursement per year.
• Immediate 401(k) match.
• 40 hours paid volunteer time off.
• A culture committed to community engagement and social impact.
• Up to 12 weeks parental leave at 100% pay and a financial benefit for adoption and surrogacy for non-physician team members once eligibility requirements are met.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior