Pharmacy Purchasing Specialist

Seacrest Behavioral Health; Baytown (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Seacrest Behavioral Health in Baytown, TX is seeking a Pharmacy Buyer to manage hospital and clinic medication procurement, ensuring timely, cost-effective purchasing for safe patient care.

This role focuses on forecasting demand, preventing shortages, coordinating purchases, and maintaining formulary compliance with 340B rules and contracts, while collaborating with pharmacy leadership to support optimal patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong procurement and inventory management experience.
• Solid understanding of pharmacy purchasing and compliance requirements.
• Attention to cost control and supply continuity.

Responsibilities

• Forecast demand and maintain inventory levels.
• Coordinate purchasing to prevent shortages and support operations.
• Monitor backorders and resolve supply disruptions with vendors.
• Ensure formulary compliance and contract adherence.
• Collaborate with leadership and clinicians to align purchasing with patient care.
• Track purchasing performance and drive procurement improvements.

Skills

Procurement

Inventory management

Vendor negotiations

Regulatory compliance

Job description

Pharmacy Buyer manages procurement of medications and pharmacy supplies for hospitals and clinics, ensuring safe, high-quality patient care through timely, cost-effective purchasing.

• Forecast demand and maintain optimal inventory levels.
• Coordinate purchasing activities to prevent shortages and support pharmacy operations.
• Monitor backorders and supply disruptions; work with vendors to resolve issues.
• Ensure compliance with formulary standards, regulatory requirements, 340B rules, and applicable contracts.
• Collaborate with pharmacy leadership and clinicians to align purchasing decisions with patient care needs.
• Track purchasing performance and support continuous improvement in procurement processes.

Qualifications / Skills

Strong procurement and inventory management skills, solid understanding of pharmacy purchasing and compliance requirements, ability to collaborate cross-functionally, and attention to detail in managing supply and cost.