Central Fill Operations Lead

McKesson; West Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson in West Sacramento is seeking a Central Fill Pharmacy Operations Lead to oversee safe, accurate, and efficient production and fulfillment activities. You’ll coordinate daily workflows, support associate training, maintain SOPs, monitor performance, and resolve production issues in collaboration with operations leadership.

The role focuses on root-cause analysis, shipping accuracy, and ongoing process improvement to ensure compliant, high-quality pharmacy operations at our on-site

Qualifications

• Typically requires 6+ years of related experience.
• Experience in pharmacy operations, central fill, fulfillment, production, distribution, or a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an operational subject matter expert, providing day-to-day guidance and support across central fill pharmacy operations.
• Create and coordinate daily work schedules and workflow to support production goals while meeting applicable state pharmacy requirements.
• Monitor production activity, provide work direction, and help troubleshoot operational issues that could impact safety, quality, accuracy, or productivity.
• Maintain and support Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and help ensure operational processes are consistently followed.
• Support the site’s training program, including required company training, operational training, and refresher training.
• Research pharmacy incidents using operational data, records, and system information to help identify root causes and opportunities for corrective action.
• Lead internal shipping activities to meet contractual pickup times and validate shipping accuracy.
• Maintain and evaluate operational trackers, records, and reporting used by management to monitor business and operational performance.
• Partner with supervisors and team members to identify workflow improvements and support efficient, consistent operations.

Skills

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Job description

Central Fill Operations Lead# The Future of Health Starts with You## Central Fill Operations LeadApply: On-Site: USA, CA, West Sacramento: Full time: Posted Today: JR0155220McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.**Central Fill Pharmacy Operations Lead** **About the Role** The **Central Fill Pharmacy Operations Lead** serves as a subject matter expert and hands-on operational lead supporting the safe, accurate, and efficient flow of pharmacy production and fulfillment activities.This role coordinates daily workflows, supports associate training, maintains Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), monitors operational performance, researches pharmacy incidents, and helps resolve day-to-day production issues. You’ll partner closely with operations leadership to ensure production goals, shipping commitments, training requirements, and applicable pharmacy procedures are consistently met. **What You’ll Do*** Serve as an operational subject matter expert, providing day-to-day guidance and support across central fill pharmacy operations.* Create and coordinate daily work schedules and workflow to support production goals while meeting applicable state pharmacy requirements.* Monitor production activity, provide work direction, and help troubleshoot operational issues that could impact safety, quality, accuracy, or productivity.* Maintain and support **Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)** and help ensure operational processes are consistently followed.* Support the site’s training program, including required company training, operational training, and refresher training.* Research pharmacy incidents using operational data, records, and system information to help identify **root causes** and opportunities for corrective action.* Lead internal shipping activities to meet contractual pickup times and validate shipping accuracy.* Maintain and evaluate operational trackers, records, and reporting used by management to monitor business and operational performance.* Partner with supervisors and team members to identify workflow improvements and support efficient, consistent operations. **Basic Requirements****Minimum Education & Typical Experience or Equivalent Combination*** Typically requires 6+ years of related experience* Experience working in pharmacy operations, central fill, fulfillment, production, distribution, or a similarly regulated operational environment.* Experience using operational data, reports, or production metrics to identify and resolve issues.* Experience working with documented procedures or Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). **Preferred Skills/Experience*** Central fill, mail-order, specialty pharmacy, retail pharmacy, pharmaceutical distribution, or healthcare operations experience.* Experience coordinating daily workflow or providing work direction in a high-volume production or fulfillment environment.* Experience supporting employee training, cross-training, or refresher training programs.* Experience conducting **root-cause analysis** or researching operational, quality, or pharmacy incidents.* Knowledge of pharmacy regulations, quality standards, and regulated operating procedures.* Experience maintaining operational trackers, KPIs, production reports, or other performance data.* Experience with shipping, order fulfillment, production scheduling, or logistics processes.* Strong problem-solving, organizational, communication, and attention-to-detail skills.* Experience supporting **continuous improvement** or process improvement initiatives. **Work Environment & Physical Requirements*** On-site position supporting a central fill pharmacy operation.* Regular interaction with pharmacy production, fulfillment, shipping, and operations teams.* Ability to work the designated site schedule and support daily operational requirements. **Physical Requirements (Lifting, standing, etc.) –*** Lifting and carrying < 15lbs* Occasional work in the warehouse (picking/packing, etc.)* Walking warehouse floor four to six hours per dayWe are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.**Our Base Pay Range for this position**$25.43 - $42.38