Amerita

The Manager, Purchasing and Pump Management is a hybrid leadership and operational role within the Pump Management and Purchasing team, reporting directly to the Sr. Manager of Purchasing and Inventory Management. This position oversees team performance while simultaneously performing hands-on pump management, purchasing, and inventory responsibilities.

 

The individual in this role will collaborate extensively with cross-functional partners—including Finance, Accounting, Clinical, Operations, IT, and external business partners—to ensure accurate and timely execution of purchasing and inventory functions. Core responsibilities include managing pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical product purchasing, overseeing product transfers, maintaining inventory accuracy, supporting dispensing system updates, and reconciling incoming products. This position is responsible for ensuring consistent product availability, preventing stock outages, and meeting corporate inventory targets for days on hand.

 

In addition, this role oversees pump operations across all branches, focusing on developing, standardizing, and optimizing pump-related practices to improve operational consistency. Key pump-related duties include maintaining accurate pump inventory, ensuring timely turnaround of equipment, enforcing compliance requirements, and training staff accordingly. This role requires strong leadership, cross-functional collaboration, independent problem-solving, and effective use of ordering systems, databases, and analytical tools to support business needs and drive results.

 

 

• Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits plus, HSA & FSA Savings Accounts
• Supplemental Coverage – Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with Employer Match
• Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Employee Discounts
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off & Holidays 

• Manages the assigned Purchasing and Inventory Specialist team’s performance of responsibilities and provide support across other Trade & Purchasing teams
• Completion of assigned daily product ordering processes for assigned pharmacies utilizing division pharmacy management ordering systems and certain supplier ordering systems within supplier order cutoff times
• Monitors open purchase order report and work with supplier to determine supply issues or delayed delivery
• Utilizes purchasing analytical tools to identify the optimal product quantities to order for the assigned pharmacies to support patient product access and to maintain targeted pharmacy inventory levels
• Identifies excess product inventory situations and work with team members to support product transfers between pharmacies to balance product days on hand across pharmacies
• Timely maintain supplier and product information (e.g., acquisition cost) in pharmacy management system and ordering systems
• Works with suppliers to resolve order and receiving discrepancies and product returns
• Troubleshoot and resolve purchasing specialist team member challenges (i.e., systems, suppliers, pharmacy, etc.) experienced
• Ensures implementation of supplier setup with pharmacy divisions DSCSA service supplier
• Supports training of new employees and coverage for team member and director absence
• Completion of reporting and other assigned responsibilities

• Bachelor’s degree (preferred)
• 8+ years of pharmaceutical purchasing experience (preferred)
• 4+ years’ experience supervising others (preferred)
• Working knowledge Excel, Word, and Outlook (required) and CPR+ or other inventory dispensing system experience (preferred)
• Certified Pharmacy Technician (preferred)
• Works well with others

Amerita, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, is a specialty infusion company focused on providing complex pharmaceutical products and clinical services to patients outside of the hospital. Committed to excellent service, our vision is to combine the administrative efficiencies of a large organization with the flexibility, responsiveness, and entrepreneurial spirit of a local provider. For more information, please visit www.ameritaiv.com. Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and X.
 

USD $95,000.00 - $105,000.00 / Year