Procurement Specialist

What You'll Do

• Manage Pharmaceutical Purchasing: Review patient schedules and coordinate medication purchases to support scheduled treatments. Verify vendor pricing, reconcile invoices, and resolve purchasing discrepancies.
• Oversee Inventory Management: Monitor medication inventory levels to ensure product availability while minimizing waste. Lead monthly inventory counts, reconcile inventory variances, and investigate discrepancies related to receiving, transfers, dispensing, and shipping.
• Support Procurement Operations: Monitor procurement system utilization, identify opportunities to improve efficiency and accuracy, and maintain documentation related to invoice discrepancies, medication waste, shipping issues, and inventory variances.
• Analyze Purchasing Performance: Prepare procurement and inventory reports, monitor purchasing trends and rebate performance, and provide insights that support operational and financial decision-making.
• Collaborate Across the Organization: Partner with regional teams, vendors, and internal stakeholders to resolve procurement issues, support new clinic openings, and ensure uninterrupted medication availability despite changing patient schedules.
• Drive Continuous Improvement: Recommend enhancements to procurement workflows, inventory controls, and purchasing processes that improve operational efficiency and strengthen supply chain performance.
• Support a Remote Team Environment: Maintain productivity, responsiveness, and data security while effectively collaborating across departments in a remote work environment.

Essential Competencies & Skills

• Strong attention to detail with a commitment to accuracy.
• Knowledge of purchasing, inventory management, and supply chain best practices.
• Experience working with purchasing or inventory management systems.
• Strong analytical, reporting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management abilities.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with vendors and cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Understanding of pharmaceutical products, terminology, and procurement processes preferred.

Required Education & Experience

• Associate degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience required; Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Three or more years of experience in procurement, purchasing, supply chain, vendor management, customer service, or a related field.
• Experience supporting pharmaceutical procurement, healthcare supply chain operations, or inventory management preferred.