Pharmacy Buyer

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to assist in acquiring medications, materials and supplies to ensure uninterrupted services and quality products. The position requires 1 year of IV admixture experience, hospital inventory knowledge, and a licensed technician.

Responsibilities include ordering, inventory control, price review, and ensuring proper labeling. The role emphasizes contract compliance, collaboration with pharmacy staff, and efficient patient medication

Qualifications

• 1 year of experience as a pharmacy technician with IV admixture experience.
• Pharmacy Technician License is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field preferred.
• Experience with hospital pharmacy inventory systems and contract compliance.

Responsibilities

• Orders and maintains inventory of supplies and services for the provision of pharmacy services.
• Reviews purchase requisitions for completion.
• Coordinates purchase of supplies via purchasing department.
• Adjusts quantities based on minimums or usage requirements.
• Effectively communicates with pharmacy staff to provide for patients' medication needs.
• Maintains file of product information.
• Reviews order confirmations for acceptance, backorders, and pricing.
• Appropriately allocates space for each inventory item.
• Organizes medications in logical categories.
• Ensures inventory items are stored in assigned locations.
• Ensures current labeling/label updates.
• Researches products, prices and maintains contract compliance by reviewing group contracts and substitutes.
• Coordinates recalls, shortages, and outdated products and informs affected areas.

Skills

Inventory management

Analytical skills

Negotiation

Communication

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field

Pharmacy Technician License

Job description

Work Shift

Day

Work Day(s)

Monday-Friday

Shift Start Time

7:30 AM

Shift End Time

4:00 PM

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Children’s is one of the nation’s leading children’s hospitals. No matter the role, every member of our team is an essential part of our mission to make kids better today and healthier tomorrow. We’re committed to putting you first, and that commitment is at the heart of our company culture: People first. Children always. Find your next career opportunity and make a difference doing what you love at Children’s.

Job Description

Assists in acquiring medication, materials, and supplies as required by the department to ensure uninterrupted services and quality products.

Experience

• 1 year of experience as a pharmacy technician with IV Admixture experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent

Certification Summary

• Pharmacy Technician License

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Experience with the supply, process, and distribution phases of inventory management in a hospital pharmacy setting
• Knowledge of computerized inventory management and contract compliance procedures
• Must possess analytical and negotiating skills

Job Responsibilities

• Orders and maintains inventory of supplies and services for the provision of pharmacy services.
• Reviews purchase requisitions for completion.
• Coordinates purchase of supplies via purchasing department.
• Adjusts quantities based on minimums or usage requirements.
• Effectively communicates with pharmacy staff to provide for patients' medication needs.
• Maintains file of product information.
• Reviews order confirmations for acceptance, backorders, and pricing.
• Appropriately allocates sufficient space for each inventory item.
• Organizes medications in logical categories.
• Ensures inventory items are stored in assigned locations.
• Ensures current labeling/label updates.
• Researches products, prices, and maintains a high level of contract compliance by reviewing catalogs for product information and potential substitutes, reviewing group contracts for optimal utilization, analyzing contract differences between groups and/or hospital, making recommendations to evaluate products on group contracts based on pricing and quality, communicating group contract information or substitute products to staff, maintaining file of product information, informing CPS of usage of non-formulary medications, coordinating year-end inventory and spot checks of critical use drugs on a regular basis in order that inventory and budgetary projections may be made, handling recalls, shortages, and outdated products by being sure to inform all affected areas of problems, making sure floor stock in the pharmacy remains in date and removing recalls from the shelves in order to provide the best products for patients, ensuring that interdepartmental requisition billing is communicated to Finance by the fifth day of the following month, and maintaining actual prices.
• Reviews backorder reports daily, follows up on backorders with sales or customer service representatives, communicates backorder status to department, enters revised delivery date in computer, and locates substitute items for long backorder problems.
• Reviews invoice discrepancy screen daily, resolves discounted invoice discrepancies as soon as possible, researches problem by reviewing computer files and/or making contact with vendors or using department, dates and makes notation of all action taken towards resolving the invoice discrepancy, makes correction or charge to purchase order through receipts or invoice authorization, keys appropriate resolution code for tracking, and keeps invoice discrepancies current.
• Responds to customers' requests/needs by answering phone within four rings, returning voicemail messages daily, promptly communicating results or problems with orders to the customer, and anticipating requests and communicating updates on customer orders.
• Coordinates return goods by obtaining appropriate information about the return from the department, contacting company for authorization, negotiating no restocking fees with vendor, noting return information in computer for accounting and receiving, forwarding instruction or paperwork to Receiving for pickup and return, and coordinating with pharmacy staff to obtain maximum reimbursement on returns.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic covered by applicable law.

Primary Location Address

1001 Johnson Ferry Rd

Job Family

Pharmacy