Pharmacy Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Geisinger; Rutherford (NJ); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Pharmacy Procurement Specialist to maintain vendor relationships and manage item maintenance in procurement processes. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of experience in related work. Strong communication and customer service skills are necessary. This position offers work-from-home flexibility and comprehensive benefits from day one.

Benefits

Healthcare benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of related work experience in procurement.
• Experience with vendor relationships and contract negotiations.
• Proficient in managing inventory platforms.

Responsibilities

• Maintain vendor relationships and assist in cost/pricing discrepancies.
• Create new Pharmacy Vendor Accounts and coordinate setups.
• Review and resolve pharmacy cost messages with external vendors.
• Generate and distribute the Pharmacy price increase report.

Skills

Communication

Computer Literacy

Customer Service

Mentoring Skills

Office Administration

Waterfall Model

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Overview

Location: Work from home (Pennsylvania)

Shift: Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Worker Type: Regular

Exemption Status: Yes

Job Summary

Works alongside the rest of the Pharmacy Procurement Team to maintain vendor relationships and serves as the primary resource for item maintenance and cost/pricing discrepancies.

Responsibilities

• Maintains the relationship between pharmacy and our pharmacy wholesaler with regards to contracting and price evaluation and verification.
• Responsible for creation of new Pharmacy Vendor Accounts which includes coordinating setup of WAC, 340B and GPO accounts as appropriate with both the external Vendor and applicable internal teams.
• Responsible for all aspects of new Vendor build within the Accounts Payable system including completion of any Vendor application forms, obtaining a recent W9 from the Vendor, obtaining a completed Internal Vendor Build form from the Vendor and any additional Vendor outreach or communication as needed.
• Serves as the primary resource for completion of any pharmacy inventory platform item maintenance related to any formulary changes.
• Serves as the primary resource for pharmacy inventory platform maintenance. This includes updating inventory platform contracts and utilizing the pharmacy aggregate function to monitor and update preferred NDC\'s across inventory locations.
• Directly responsible for review of pharmacy cost messages and resolution as appropriate with the appropriate external vendor.
• Responsible for generating and distributing the Pharmacy price increase report to Retail/Mail Order/Specialty Pharmacy management.
• Responsible for monitoring and evaluating wholesaler preferred NDC compliance with purchasing. Also responsible for generation and distribution of monthly wholesaler preferred NDC compliance reports. These reports are distributed to Pharmacy Management to assist with improving wholesaler preferred NDC compliance.
• In conjunction with the Contracting team, evaluates contractual agreements and assists with negotiation of agreement terms as needed.
• Post contract execution, assists with audits or other related activities to ensure compliance with the executed contract terms.
• Responsible for all Request for Proposal (RFP) activities within the pharmacy procurement team.
• All other duties as assigned.

Position Details

Education: Bachelor\'s Degree- (Required)

Experience: Minimum of 2 years-Related work experience (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s):

Skills: Communication, Computer Literacy, Customer Service, Mentoring Skills, Office Administration, Waterfall Model

Our Purpose & Values

Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION : We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.