Pharmacy Purchasing Supervisor

Summary

Reports to the Manager, Pharmacy Supply Chain. Responsible for supervising Pharmacy Purchasing Specialists and support staff. Provides oversight to workflow and services related to the procurement of drugs, equipment, and related supplies. Oversees the purchasing, maintenance of adequate inventory, distribution and record keeping for medications for the Pharmacy Department. Coordinates inventory action and communication relative to shortages, recalls, assessment of alternative product sources and selection.

Serves as a departmental subject matter expert for product and vendor information, vendor or group purchasing contracting, and associated compliance goals. Participates in the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and budgets for Pharmacy Services. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence, as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:
Instill Trust and Value Differences Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate In addition, our leaders will demonstrate an aptitude for:
Ensure Accountability and Build Effective Teams Drive Vision and Purpose and Optimize Work Processes By applying core and leadership competencies, leaders help Brown University Health achieve its strategic goals.

• Collaborates with the Drug Shortage Pharmacists to manage medication shortages and recalls across the system.
• Ensures compliance with the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) at the pharmacy level.
• Collaborates with applicable group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and wholesalers to ensure purchasing compliance metrics are being met and partner related initiatives are being supported correctly.
• Manages systems and software to ensure that accurate pricing and contractual initiatives are followed.
• Serves as the point of contact for industry and supports the Pharmacy Supply Chain Manager with evaluation and implementation of contract related initiatives.
• Oversees and manages inventory, management oversight and evaluates usage patterns and pars to reduce unnecessary inventory levels and mitigate waste.
• Reviews and analyzes 340B compliance, in real time, to verify that pharmacy purchasing standards are being met and 340B opportunities are optimized.
• Supports Specialty Pharmacy’s access to limited distribution drugs through appropriate partnerships with industry.
• Supervises Pharmacy Purchasing Specialists and coordinates effective team workflows.
• Serves as a representative for Pharmacy Purchasing in both outpatient and inpatient medication safety, as applicable.
• Provides reports on Pharmacy Purchasing’s key performance metrics (KPMs) for dissemination to Pharmacy Leadership, as required.
• Collaborates with 503B compounding pharmacies on products, supply, availability, etc. for all hospital pharmacies, as needed.
• Seeks out and implements opportunities to optimize spending on pharmaceuticals and supplies, to effect savings through enhancing utilization or contracting.
• Collaborates with operational and/or clinical pharmacy teams, nursing, or other clinical partners, as needed.
• Responsible for the recruitment, retention, performance enhancement and competency assessment of Pharmacy Purchasing Specialists in collaboration with Manager, Pharmacy Supply Chain.
• Provides actionable feedback to employees to promote effective teamwork and workplace satisfaction.
• Ensures compliance to established policies, and procedures.
• Performs the duties of a clinical pharmacist in preparing and dispensing medication, providing drug information, and other duties as required.
• Participates in development of short- and long-term goals of pharmacy services in consideration of Brown University Health’s mission, its values, and its key business objectives.
• Provides input into the development of capital and operating budgets for the Pharmacy. Participates in explaining and resolving…