Manager, Inpatient Pharmacy Supply Chain

Job Description Summary:

The Inpatient Pharmacy Supply Chain Manager is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership for all inpatient pharmacy supply chain activities at Boston Medical Center. The manager leads the pharmacy supply chain team and collaborates with pharmacy, nursing, physicians, finance, procurement, logistics, and external vendors to ensure a safe, reliable, and cost-effective medication supply chain. This role oversees medication procurement, inventory management, drug shortage mitigation, distribution operations, automation, regulatory compliance, and financial stewardship across acute care, hospital-based ambulatory clinics, and hospital-based infusion services.

Job Description:

Position Title: Manager, Inpatient Pharmacy Supply Chain

Location: Boston Medical Center

Reports To: Associate Director of Pharmacy Supply Chain

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership, direction, and oversight for all pharmacy supply chain operations supporting inpatient pharmacy services, including medication procurement, inventory management, distribution, replenishment, and medication availability.
• Supervise, recruit, develop, train, and evaluate pharmacy supply chain staff.
• Develop, implement, and standardize supply chain workflows, inventory management strategies, and operational best practices that optimize medication availability while minimizing waste, expired medications, inventory carrying costs, and operational inefficiencies.
• Manage the pharmacy supply chain operating budget, including pharmaceutical purchasing, inventory investment, and operational expenses; collaborate with pharmacy leadership on annual budgets and capital planning.
• Monitor medication purchasing trends, drug spend, and financial performance; identify cost-saving opportunities through inventory optimization, utilization analysis, contracting strategies, purchasing initiatives, and process improvements.
• Establish departmental goals, monitor performance metrics, conduct staff huddles and educational programs, and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Review and approve pharmaceutical invoices; investigate and resolve invoice discrepancies, pricing errors, manufacturer credits, wholesaler adjustments, and purchasing variances in collaboration with finance, accounts payable, and vendor teams.
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with pharmaceutical wholesalers, manufacturers, distributors, and group purchasing organizations; collaborate on contract negotiations, vendor performance, allocation management, and service improvements while proactively resolving supply disruptions.
• Oversee the health-system's drug shortage program by coordinating mitigation strategies, conservation efforts, therapeutic alternatives, communications, and stakeholder collaboration to ensure uninterrupted patient care.
• Oversee pharmacy inventory technologies and automated medication storage systems while partnering with Pharmacy Informatics to implement new technologies, optimize system performance, and improve operational efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, accreditation, and organizational requirements.
• Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), utilize operational and financial analytics, and other process improvement initiatives to enhance supply chain performance, operational efficiency, and patient care.
• Serve as the Primary Vaccine Coordinator for the Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program and ensure compliance with all program requirements.
• Participate in departmental on-call responsibilities as assigned.
• Participate in the development, implementation, and revision of departmental policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Required

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) or Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy.
• Current Massachusetts Pharmacist license in good standing by the hire date.
• Minimum four years of pharmacy experience in pharmacy operations and/or pharmacy supply chain, or completion of a PGY-2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership (HSPAL) residency.

Preferred

• Minimum two years of leadership or supervisory experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of health-system pharmacy operations, pharmaceutical supply chain management, medication procurement, inventory optimization, drug shortage management, and medication distribution systems.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing pharmacy budgets, drug spend, inventory investment, purchasing strategies, contract management, invoice review, and expense reduction initiatives.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and collaborating effectively with pharmacy, n