Manager - Pharmacy Purchasing and Analytics - AS Administrative Services

The Pharmacy Manager of Purchasing and Analytics will oversee all aspects of medication-related purchasing and data management, supporting performance improvement. Focus is on the analysis, identification and implementation of opportunities to improve quality, cost, and operational productivity within all aspects of the medication supply chain. Coordinates with the informatics teams to identify, solve, or improve business and operational functions. Collaborates with financial analysts on operational and financial data management benchmarking and reporting. Responsible for creation and maintenance of organizational dashboards that track medication use performance and support providing operational leaders with data to track performance. Oversees comparative data analysis for department level multi-year strategic plans.

Essential Job Functions:

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

• Manages medication and supply purchasing across organization

• Monitors drug pricing and availability and develops and communicates action plans to optimize pricing or mitigate supply disruptions.

• Tracks compliance with all regulatory purchasing requirements, DEA regulations, and state/federal procurement standards.

• Oversees inventory management practices across all medication use locations to identify performance improvement opportunities.

Data Analytics and Performance Reporting

• Creates and maintains medication use dashboards to track safety, quality, operational and financial performance.

• Tracks financial, operational and quality metrics and scorecards across all medication use areas and prepares actionable reports focused on improvement of outcomes.

• Leads external benchmarking report analysis and tracks performance

• Generates and analyzes data to support oversight of enterprise formulary

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Pharmacy from an accredited organization- Required

• Pharm D degree from an accredited institution - Preferred

• Masters degree in pharmacy administration, healthcare administration, business or other relevant subject area - Preferred

Experience:

• Three years of pharmacy practice experience Two of these years- medication purchasing and inventory management experience - Required.

• One year of supervisory experience - Required.

• Federal 340B program - preferred

• Two years of experience in roles that demonstrate use of critical thinking and analytical skills

Additional Preferred Experience:

• Demonstrated ability to use advanced Excel modeling (PowerQuery, complex formulas, pivot modeling, automation techniques).

• Development of automated dashboards or reports using business?intelligence platforms.

• Creation of data pipelines or workflows that integrate EHR, purchasing, inventory, and financial data sources.

• EHR reporting tool queries (e.g., Epic Cogito, SlicerDicer, Clarity, or Caboodle) to extract and validate pharmacy?related data.

• External benchmarking tool analysis (GPO, 340B split?billing software analytics)

• Supply chain analysis of performance metrics (par levels, turns, wastage, expirations, shortages).

Certifications/Licensures:

• RPH Registered Pharmacist - California Board of Pharmacy - Required

• Apexus Advanced 340B Operations Certificate - Apexus Preferred (required within 180 days of start)