Applicants will only be considered after successful completion and submission of the following:
- Completed application via the UM Careers website
- Letter of Intent
- Updated curriculum vitae
The Pharmacy Services Department is seeking an experienced business professional to join the team. This position reports to the Pharmacy Supply Chain Contracting Manager. This role is responsible for supporting and developing pharmacy purchasing and drug shortage management systems and technologies to provide informed decision-making processes for line-item procurement, database management, and drug supply chain stability. This position will collaborate with the Pharmacy Data Solutions team to establish analytical and technological tools to enhance the Pharmacy Buyer?s workflow and drug management workflow. This will result in additional information and guidance to proactively address drug shortages. Given the nature of this work, excellent Microsoft Office skills are required, along with a baseline understanding of other technology systems.
The Pharmacy Services Department is seeking an experienced business professional to join the team. This position reports to the Pharmacy Supply Chain Contracting Manager. This role is responsible for supporting and developing pharmacy purchasing and drug shortage management systems and technologies to provide informed decision-making processes for line-item procurement, database management, and drug supply chain stability. This position will collaborate with the Pharmacy Data Solutions team to establish analytical and technological tools to enhance the Pharmacy Buyer?s workflow and drug management workflow. This will result in additional information and guidance to proactively address drug shortages. Given the nature of this work, excellent Microsoft Office skills are required, along with a baseline understanding of other technology systems.
Outside of shortage management, this position also supports purchasing analytical decisions as a secondary responsibility. As drug prices and procurement complexities continue to increase, this position will assess novel and alternative drug procurement channels to reduce expenditure and maintain drug access.
For more information about the UMHS Department of Pharmacy Services, see our annual report at: https://www.medicine.umich.edu/dept/pharmacy/pharmacy-annual-report
This position will work closely with the drug shortage pharmacist(s) to provide complete drug shortage management in both the Acute and Ambulatory Care settings. Specific responsibilities are listed below.
- Investigate current market drug shortages and the impact they have on community/specialty pharmacy and hospital pharmacies
- Analyze trends in drug utilization in hospital and community/specialty pharmacy settings (i.e., burn rates) at a national and institutional level to proactively identify drugs at risk of experiencing a shortage
- Communicate routinely with manufacturers and wholesalers regarding drug availability
- Compile information from various sources to create a product availability report unique to Michigan Medicine
- Investigate shortage management solutions with the Pharmacy Contracting Manager, Senior Pharmacy Buyer, and Drug Shortage Pharmacist(s)
- Optimize shortage management processes, in collaboration with the Drug Shortage Pharmacist(s) for both Acute and Ambulatory Care settings
- Collaborate with the Pharmacy Data Solutions Team to repurpose current data streams to introduce automation and artificial intelligence into drug shortage management
- Partner with pharmacy buyers throughout the institution to provide guidance on market availability
- Serves as a liaison and expert resource for pharmacy drug shortage systems used by Pharmacy Services throughout the Michigan Medicine enterprise.
- Collaborate with pharmacy buyers and contracting team to investigate novel drug procurement channels.
- Utilize purchasing trends, utilization patterns, benchmarking data, and available market intelligence to identify cost-saving opportunities and margin-improvement strategies.
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