Job Summary

Provides leadership and direct supervision to the purchasing staff including the Pharmacy Buyers and Pharmacy Account Specialists This includes the centralized pharmacy purchasing team. Ensures that medications are procured in an efficient, timely, and cost effective manner and ensures all invoices are completed in a timely manner. Provides oversight to the Pharmacy account Specialist and their role in contracting and licensing.

Job Duties

• Manages procurement processes across all products and services.
• Maintains responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Pharmacy Buying team to ensure streamlined, efficient, accurate, and timely processing of all requisitions.
• Assists with the administration of relationships with all suppliers to ensure the best advantage of value-add services.
• Works with the pharmacy wholesaler and vendors to ensure medication delivery is uninterrupted, accurate, and timely.
• Assists with  contract development and compliance
• Understands the relationship and commitment to 340b and GPO contracts
• Coordinates medication purchasing activities for the system.
• Analyzes productivity and accuracy of purchasing staff and implements education as required.
• Assures the timely research and reporting of information related to product standardization activities.
• Remains knowledgeable and current in market conditions and healthcare trends affecting procurement within Geisinger, including product availability, pricing, and federal and state laws, regulations and programs which impact costs, payment, and procurement.
• Maintains thorough understanding of all legal aspects of contracts.
• Serves as a super-user for the inventory system and leads upgrades projects as well as other projects relating to the computerized purchasing system and emerging technologies.
• Coordinates receiving and inventory product management in the electronic inventory system
• Works collaboratively within the Procurement and Contracting team on cost saving opportunities
• Collaborates with the team to help assist in the management of drug shortages
• Works collaboratively with the 340b team to best optimize 340b savings
• Serves in a leadership capacity for the Pharmacy Account Specialists
• Responsible for the oversight of all vendor statements to ensure timely invoicing
• Responsible for the daily oversight of the electronic recall system to ensuring recalls are processed in a timely manner and ensures all recall notices are distributed to all locations. Responsible for the oversight of pharmacy licensing.

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.

Experience

Minimum of 7 years-Related work experience (Required), Minimum of 2 years-Managerial/Supervisory (Preferred)

Skills

Organizing; Critical Thinking; Builds Relationships; Manages Projects And Functions; Mentoring Skills

About Geisinger

Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes ten hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Our Vision & Values

Everything we do is about making better health easier for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.

EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.

LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.

INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.

SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

Our Benefits

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and prescription coverage.