Pharmacy Buyer - Inpatient Pharmacy

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**Applicants must reside in Ohio or Florida

As a Pharmacy Buyer in the Inpatient Pharmacy, a caregiver in this role will support enterprise-wide inventory management and purchasing operations for Main Campus and Family Health Centers. Working within a warehouse operation that supports approximately 2,000 locations and offices, this role will be responsible for purchasing medications and supplies, managing inventory and processing invoices. The caregiver will also purchase active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and specialized supplies needed to support compounding pharmacy operations. This role provides opportunities to identify areas for optimization, improve purchasing and inventory processes and help ensure medications and supplies are available when and where they are needed.

As a Pharmacy Buyer in the Inpatient Pharmacy, a caregiver in this role will support enterprise-wide inventory management and purchasing operations for Main Campus and Family Health Centers. Working within a warehouse operation that supports approximately 2,000 locations and offices, this role will be responsible for purchasing medications and supplies, managing inventory and processing invoices. The caregiver will also purchase active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and specialized supplies needed to support compounding pharmacy operations. This role provides opportunities to identify areas for optimization, improve purchasing and inventory processes and help ensure medications and supplies are available when and where they are needed.

This is a remote role. A caregiver in this position works Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm. No weekends or holidays required.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Places all sourced orders for assigned vendors.
• Serves as a single point of contact for vendors assigned and responsible for processing issues related to sourced items.
• Organizes, facilitates updates, and retains product information files and purchase order records.
• Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations (e.g. optimize inventory, maintain critical medication supplies, etc.), decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.
• Secures reasons for price changes and challenges price changes when not justified; insures appropriate paperwork will be secured from the vendor and updated in the respective information systems.
• Works on resolution of invoice price discrepancies and conversions to compliant purchases.
• Communicates status of issue to appropriate staff as required.
• Works in concert with the sourcing teams that all updates are processed to on a timely basis to facilitate an efficient procure to pay process.
• Maintains the proper and appropriate professional and ethical relationship with vendor representatives, conducts business according to established principles and guidelines.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, pharmacy or a related field and minimum two years purchasing or related experience OR an additional four (4) years of supply chain experience or pharmacy experience specifically related to inventory control may offset the degree requirement
• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) verified through the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)
• Upon hire, registration as a Certified Pharmacy Technician, Registered Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Technician Trainee with the Ohio Board of Pharmacy. Registration as a Certified Pharmacy Technician with the Ohio Board of Pharmacy is required within 6 months

Physical Requirements:

• Manual dexterity to operate office equipment.
• May require periods of sitting, standing and the ability to walk to various locations throughout the health system to attend meetings.
• Must have normal or corrected vision and be able to clearly communicate verbally by phone or in person.
• Must have own transportation due to travel to multiple sites.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

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Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.