Synchrony Health Services

Sr. Purchasing Manager

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Since our founding in 1997, we’ve been making long-term care better for our residents and more rewarding for our team members. We’re a Fortune Best Places to Work in Aging Services, a certified Great Place to Work, and one of Glassdoor’s Top 100 Best Companies to Work. If you’re looking for a place that embraces you for who you are, helps you achieve your full potential, and makes working hard feel less like hard work, then look no further than Trilogy.

Are you compassionately committed to customer service? If so, we would like to hear from you!

Synchrony Pharmacy, a subsidiary of Trilogy Health Services LLC, is seeking a Sr. Purchasing Manager for the Pharmacy division.

We invite you to learn more about our unique culture and the exciting opportunities that exist within our organization.

Job Summary

A Senior Purchasing Manager is responsible for supporting the procurement and inventory process within an organization. They develop and implement purchasing strategies, negotiate contracts with suppliers, manage vendor relationships, and ensure cost-effective purchasing practices. They also lead the procurement quality assurance program, confirm utilization of inventory policies and procedures, and collaborate with other departments to meet organizational needs. Additionally, they support a team of purchasing professionals and contribute to overall supply chain management objectives.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Trains new purchasing team members on procurement processes, inventory management, and vendor relations.
  • Provides ongoing professional development opportunities for existing purchasing team members to enhance their skills and knowledge.
  • Implements and maintains perpetual inventory systems to ensure accurate stock levels and reduce inventory discrepancies.
  • Validates daily uploads and spot-check tertiary framework uploads to maintain data integrity.
  • Performs daily centralized purchasing duties for field pharmacies, ensuring timely procurement of required supplies and medications.
  • Manages user-defined drug pricing within the pharmacy operating system.
  • Assists in managing vendor relationships, resolving quality, shipping, or invoicing issues, and participating in contract negotiations and vendor selection.
  • Validates daily/weekly/monthly pharmacy spend and perform physical inventory counts and audits.
  • Implements and maintain a procurement quality assurance program and validate understanding and utilization of inventory policies and procedures.
  • Conducts actual vs. average cost validation to identify cost-saving opportunities and reduce obsolete inventory.
  • Reviews formulary overviews and send updates to locations with concerns, ensuring compliance with purchasing policies.
  • Validates receiving in framework daily uploads and ensure remote desktop verification processes are in place.
  • Participates in on-site opportunity reviews and assist in pharmacy inventory organization to optimize stock levels and reduce waste.
  • Other duties as assigned.


Qualifications

Education High School / GED

Experience 3-5 years

Licenses and Certifications

None Required

Physical Requirements

Sitting, standing, bending, reaching, stretching, stooping, walking, and moving intermittently during working hours. Must be able to lift at least 50lbs. Must be able to maintain verbal and written communication with co-workers, supervisors, residents, family members, visitors, vendors, and all business associates outside of the health campus.

What if you could work for a company that genuinely cares about you as a person? At Synchrony, you’re so much more than just an employee – you’re a member of our family. Our benefits encompass your compensation, wellness, emotional and social well-being, so you can be the best version of yourself. That’s the Synchrony Advantage. #C4U

Comprehensive Benefit Package Including

  • Competitive Salaries & Weekly Pay
  • Affordable Health Insurance Option + up to $1,500 in HSA company contributions
  • Incentive Based Wellness Program w/On-site Health Screenings
  • Paid time Off
  • Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Tuition Reimbursement, Scholarships and Student Loan Repayment
  • Employee & Dependent Scholarships
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Employee Celebrations
  • And much more!
  • Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level
  • Employment type

    Full-time
  • Job function

    Purchasing and Supply Chain
  • Industries

    Hospitals and Health Care

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