Senior Purchasing Coordinator - Infusion Clinics

Columbia, SC

Full time

R37365

Extraordinary Careers. Endless Possibilities.

With the nation’s largest home infusion provider, there is no limit to the growth of your career.

Option Care Health, Inc. is the largest independent home and alternate site infusion services provider in the United States. With over 8,000 team members including 5,000 clinicians, we work compassionately to elevate standards of care for patients with acute and chronic conditions in all 50 states. Through our clinical leadership, expertise and national scale, Option Care Health is re-imagining the infusion care experience for patients, customers and team members.

Join a company that is taking action to develop an inclusive, respectful, engaging and rewarding culture for all team members. At Option Care Health your voice is heard, your work is valued, and you’re empowered to grow. Cultivating a team with a variety of talents, backgrounds and perspectives makes us stronger, innovative, and more impactful. Our organization requires extraordinary people to provide extraordinary care, so we are investing in a culture that attracts, hires and retains the best and brightest talent in healthcare.

Job Description Summary:

Job Description:

Job Responsibilities (listed in order of importance and/or time spent)

• Evaluates and processes high dollar Specialty product order requisitions from pharmacy network.

• Keeps office apprised of product availability in the market.

• Responsible for setting up new accounts with suppliers. Develops and maintains relationship with suppliers.

• Selects products and assists in determining the vendor from whom purchases will be made.

• Ensure orders are accessing appropriate contract pricing.

• Monitors overstock levels of high dollar products across pharmacy network to optimize company-wide inventory positions on high dollar Central Specialty ordered products and minimize carrying costs.

• Communicates order status, issues, disposition with field staff as necessary.

• Directs intra-company transfers within the pharmacy network of high dollar Specialty products to manage company-wide inventory positions.

• Manages inventory cycling of Central Specialty short dated products to minimize loss/waste.

• Provide suppliers with updated license information to keep accounts active and eligible.

• Support pharmacy requests for credit/replacement requests with product breakage/mishandling.

• Coordinate buy-ins to fulfill contract rebate/incentives.

• Leads Reverse Distribution (returns) practices for the purchasing team. Tracks all credits/claims. Process daily return credits. Works with corporate accounting on financial tracking related to returns.

• Update intranet purchasing resources (OCHO) as needed with purchasing guidance.

• Monitors and processes 340B order requests. Works cross-functionally within organization on necessary reports.

• Supports Drug Supply Chain Security Act (Track and Trace) practices for the purchasing team. Ensures appropriate linkage with trading partners and Option Care. Supports data pulls as required related to purchase records for FDA/State Agency inspections.

• Maintains confidentiality of patient and proprietary information. Observes legal and ethical guidelines for safeguarding the confidentiality of patient and proprietary Option Care information.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Does this position have supervisory responsibilities? NO

(i.e. hiring, recommending/approving promotions and pay increases, scheduling, performance reviews, discipline, etc.)

Basic Education and/or Experience Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalentand at least 3 years of experience in a supply chain, procurement, or business role.

Basic Qualifications & Interests

• Basic level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: opening a workbook, inserting a row, selecting font style and size, formatting cells as currency, using copy, paste and save functions, aligning text, selecting cells, renaming a worksheet, inserting a column, selecting a chart style, inserting a worksheet, setting margins, selecting page orientation, using spell check and/or printing worksheets).

• Basic level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: opening a document, cutting, pasting and aligning text, selecting font type and size, changing margins and column width, sorting, inserting bullets, pictures and dates, using find and replace, undo, spell check, track changes, review pane and/or print functions).

• Basic skill level in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: inserting, rearranging, hiding and deleting slides, navigating between slides, increasing list level, adding, centering and editing text, changing views, inserting a table or a note, moving objects, printing outline view and/or running a slide show).

• Experience establishing & maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, in the business community & with vendors.

Travel Requirements

Less than 10%

Preferred Qualifications & Interests

Licensed pharmacy technician with previous home healthcare experience.

Due to state pay transparency laws, the full range for the position is below:

Salary to be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Pay Range is $19.40-$32.33

Benefits:

-Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance

-Paid Time off

-Bonding Time Off

-401K Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match

-HSA Company Match

-Flexible Spending Accounts

-Tuition Reimbursement

-myFlexPay

-Family Support

-Mental Health Services

-Company Paid Life Insurance

-Award/Recognition Programs

Option Care Health subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, making employment available without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status according to the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information.

For over 40 years, Option Care Health has provided adult and pediatric patients with an alternative to hospital infusion therapy. With more than 2,900 clinical experts, Option Care Health is able to provide high-quality infusion services for nearly all patients with acute and chronic conditions across the United States, resulting in high quality outcomes at a significantly reduced cost. Option Care Health has more than 70 infusion pharmacies and 100 alternate treatment sites. We are guided by our purpose to provide extraordinary care that changes lives through a comprehensive approach to care along every step of the infusion therapy process including: intake coordination, insurance authorization, resources for financial assistance, education and customized treatments.