Strategic Systemwide Pharmacy Purchasing Technician

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation in Memphis, TN seeks a System Pharmacy Technician – Centralized Purchasing to manage system-wide medication purchasing and inventory oversight across pharmacy operations. You will oversee centralized purchasing workflows, analyze inventory data, and collaborate with pharmacists, leaders, and vendors to optimize procurement processes.

The role emphasizes standardizing purchasing practices, reducing waste, and improving inventory visibility, with focus on

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field or 3 years of pharmacy technician experience in a hospital, health system, or institutional pharmacy setting.
• Experience supporting centralized purchasing, buyer functions, or multi-site pharmacy inventory coordination.
• Experience using Omnicell IOS virtual inventory, Omnicell platforms, or similar pharmacy inventory optimization system.

Responsibilities

• Supports system-wide medication purchasing and replenishment activities in alignment with pharmacy policies, wholesaler processes, and organizational expectations.
• Monitors Omnicell IOS virtual inventory dashboards, enterprise reports, and exception queues to identify trends, imbalances, shortage risks, expiration concerns, and opportunities for action across multiple facilities.
• Provides centralized oversight of purchasing-related follow-up to improve consistency, timeliness, and accountability for identified inventory opportunities.
• Implements standardization of purchasing workflows, replenishment processes, and inventory control practices across system pharmacy operations.
• Works with system pharmacy leadership in maintaining appropriate inventory levels for targeted medications based on utilization trends, shortage risk, and operational priorities.
• Coordinates with pharmacists, pharmacy leaders, site-based teams, wholesalers, and vendors regarding shortages, backorders, substitutions, urgent purchasing needs, and resolution of supply issues.
• Identifies redistribution and transfer opportunities across locations, when appropriate, to reduce waste, improve inventory utilization, and minimize emergency purchasing.
• Monitors product expirations, slow-moving inventory, and excess stock to reduce avoidable write-offs and support better inventory turns.
• Promotes adherence to contracted purchasing channels, preferred products, and standardized medication procurement practices across the system.
• Responsible for item maintenance, purchasing documentation, inventory records, and other data elements necessary to support centralized purchasing operations.
• Prepares system-level reports, summaries, and tracking tools related to purchasing activity, identified opportunities, action follow-up, and operational performance.
• Provides insight on implementation and ongoing optimization of centralized purchasing strategies designed to improve visibility, consistency, and financial stewardship.
• Collaborates with system pharmacy leadership to identify and support savings opportunities related to drug waste reduction, purchasing standardization, inventory optimization, and labor efficiency.
• Escalates significant purchasing, shortage, or inventory issues to appropriate pharmacy leadership in a timely manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Inventory management

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Omnicell IOS

Omnicell platforms

Job description

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation in Memphis, TN seeks a System Pharmacy Technician – Centralized Purchasing to manage system-wide medication purchasing and inventory oversight across pharmacy operations. You will oversee centralized purchasing workflows, analyze inventory data, and collaborate with pharmacists, leaders, and vendors to optimize procurement processes.

The role emphasizes standardizing purchasing practices, reducing waste, and improving inventory visibility, with focus on