Pharmacy Buyer

**This position is eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $2,500

Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

As a Pharmacy Buyer, you will play a crucial behind-the-scenes role in supporting exceptional patient care by managing the procurement of medications, equipment and supplies across our health system. In this role, you’ll focus on acquiring highly specialized infusion and injectable medications, ensuring insurance approval prior to purchase and maintaining appropriate inventory levels to prevent supply disruptions. You’ll utilize Oracle for ordering and oversee all purchasing activities, promptly addressing any backorder or supply challenges. This position operates from an off-site location with free parking, within a collaborative and resilient team that values precision, teamwork and dedication to patient care—even during challenging times.

A caregiver in this position will work 8 hour shifts from Monday through Friday between 9:00am to 5:30pm.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Procure sourced medications, equipment and services for departments within Cleveland Clinic Health System.
• Place all sourced orders for assigned vendors.
• Serve as the single point of contact for vendors assigned and be responsible for processing issues related to sourced items.
• Organize, facilitate updates and retain product information on file as well as purchase order records.
• Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround ties, streamline work processes and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.
• Secure reasons for price changes and challenge price changes when not justified. This includes insuring appropriate paperwork will be secured from the vendor and will be updated in the respective information systems.
• Communicate status of issue to appropriate staff as required.
• Work in concert with the sourcing teams to ensure all updates are processed on a timely basis to facilitate an efficient procure to pay process.
• Maintain the proper and appropriate professional and ethical relationship with vendor representatives while also conducting business according to established principles and guidelines.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, pharmacy or related field OR an additional four years of supply chain experience or pharmacy experience specifically related to inventory control may offset this degree requirement
• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) verified through the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)
• Registration as a Certified Pharmacy Technician, Registered Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Technician Trainee with the Ohio Board of Pharmacy. Registration as a Certified Pharmacy Technician with the Ohio Board of Pharmacy is required within 6 months
• Minimum of two years’ experience in purchasing or related experience

Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. Click the link and see how we’re dedicated to providing what matters most to you: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-2/

Cleveland Clinic empowers caregivers to minimize the impacts of healthcare while optimizing patient outcomes and supporting the community. The Department of Pharmacy has a "Greening the Pharmacy" initiative with the goal of leading by example and acting as stewards of our natural resources for the wellbeing of all.

Physical Requirements:

• Manual dexterity to operate office equipment.
• May require periods of sitting, standing and the ability to walk to various locations throughout the health system to attend meetings.
• Must have normal or corrected vision and be able to clearly communicate verbally by phone or in person.
• Must have own transportation due to travel to multiple sites.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Pay Range

Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.