Senior Pharmacy Buyer (On-Site)

Humboldt Park Health•Chicago, IL

3d•$65,000 - $70,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Pharmacy Buyer is responsible for managing essential supplier relationships, maintaining the approved formulary list, and ensuring compliance with contract terms. This role involves planning and supervising inventory processes, purchasing materials at the lowest cost while adhering to spending limits, and analyzing inventory movement to establish PAR levels. The buyer will also review purchase orders, ensure compliance with DSCSA, monitor low-moving inventory, and conduct supplier evaluations. Additionally, this position manages pharmaceutical inventory, oversees 340b purchases and reporting, manages the borrow/loan process, and coordinates office supplies. The role involves assisting remote hospital clinics with ordering, follow-up, and delivery issues, communicating supply issues, and checking for expired medications and Joint Commission compliance. The Senior Pharmacy Buyer also oversees departmental maintenance under the supervision of the Director.

Requirements

1 to 3 years of experience
Associate’s degree or equivalent
Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)

Responsibilities

Manage essential relationships with suppliers to assure compliance with contract terms.
Maintain an active formulary list of items approved by the P&T Committee and ensure that the Pharmacy Department is only using approved medications and escalate deviations from formulary to the Director of Pharmacy when they occur.
Maintain a list of current and upcoming medication shortages to ensure timely delivery of information to the medical staff regarding shortages and back orders.
Plan, organize, and supervise the physical inventory process.
Purchase materials in a timely manner and at the lowest cost, while keeping with spending limits.
Analyze inventory movement and establish PAR levels of inventory within the pharmacy.
Review purchase orders and work with the Finance department to ensure compliance with company policy.
Ensure compliance with DSCSA by maintaining all required materials electronically.
Monitor low-moving inventory and work with the Clinical Pharmacy manager to remove and return low-moving inventory to a reverse distributor when possible.
Conduct periodic supplier and vendor evaluation in relation to business needs.
Monitor purchase requests for accuracy and validity.
Manages pharmaceutical inventory, drug supply, all related procedure including invoice, payment, return the drugs to wholesalers or pharmaceutical vendors.
Oversees 340b purchases and reporting to DOP on monthly basis.
Oversees the borrow/loan process monthly and reconcile monthly.
Coordinates purchasing and is responsible for maintaining clinical and operations office supplies inventory and budget; coordinates all departmental, interdepartmental and individual meetings for the Director and related committee meetings.
Review all purchase requests to assure that requisitions meet with corporate purchasing policies.
Follow naming convention for PO using appropriate department numbers.
Place orders in the hospital purchasing system, creating PO.
Follow up on all backordered/shorted items.
Analyze all purchases for contact opportunities.
Notify Pharmacy Manager of product shortages.
Manages remote hospital clinics.
Assist offices in placing orders.
Assist offices in following up on orders.
Assist offices with delivery issues.
Communicate with offices regarding supply issues.
Checks for expired medication and other policies related to the Joint Commission.
Oversees and monitors all departmental maintenance under the supervision of the Director.