Pharmacy Purchasing Analyst - Pharmacy
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
San Diego, CAJob$30.96–42.57/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Under the general supervision of the Chief Pharmacy Officer, the Pharmacy Purchasing Analyst analyzes inventory and purchasing data for inpatient and homecare pharmacies. The role manages medication and supply purchasing, inventory, returns, contract compliance, price audits, recalls, shortages, and 340B purchasing operations. It also provides data and analysis for budget development and inflation analysis, and monitors purchasing accuracy and pricing in 340B software.
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JOB SUMMARY:
Under the general supervision of the Sr. Director, Chief Pharmacy Officer, this position is responsible for analyzing inventory and purchasing data for RCHSD inpatient and homecare pharmacies. This position coordinates, manages, purchases, tracks and reports the process of ordering, maintaining and the return of Pharmacy medications and supplies. Oversees GPO pharmacy contract management compliance, price auditing, and ensuring compliance of DSCSA. Manages recall notification by coordinating and processing recalls. Also responsible for the coordination of department inventory management, creating accounts for wholesalers, directs, specialty, secondary vendors/wholesalers, and contract pharmacies. Manages shortages with the clinical operation's manager or equivalent specialist. This position provides data and analysis for budget development, inflation analysis and adherence in the areas of pharmaceutical supplies. This position is responsible for monitoring the daily operations of the 340B program with respect to purchasing for the inpatient and homecare pharmacies. This position provides advanced knowledge of purchasing and 340B regulations regarding but not limited to crosswalk updates, accuracy of purchasing on correct account (WAC, 340B and GPO) and pricing in 340B software.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
HS Diploma, GED or Equivalent
5 years of experience
Licensed Pharmacy Tech within 6 months of hire
Excellent data management and analytical skills
Able to resource and research systems
Ability to present data factually with supportive research and analytics
Strong written and verbal communication skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's Degree
7 years of experience
Current Licensed Pharmacy Tech
4 years of purchasing and inventory management experience in an institutional (hospital, clinic, long term care, infusion pharmacy) pharmacy or materials management department
Contract evaluation and negotiation skills
Pharma manufacturer experience
Proficiency on Excel, Word, Powerpoint and Access.
Four years of experience as a pharmacy buyer or buyer-like function.
The current salary range for this position is $30.96 to $42.57
Rady Children’s Hospital is committed to compensation that is externally competitive and internally equitable. We demonstrate this commitment by conducting regular market reviews to remain competitive with organizations of similar size in the nonprofit, healthcare sector. The range listed above does not represent the full salary range for the position but is the expected hiring range for qualified candidates. Compensation decisions consider a variety of factors including experience, education, licensure, unique skillsets, organizational need, and internal equity. This posting will remain open from the “date posted” until the hiring manager has determined there is a sufficient applicant pool or until the position is filled.
EOE including disability/vet
How this job compares
Set against the 13,926 open Pharmacy Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$30.96–42.57/hr
- California median$20–29/hr763 hourly ranges
- US median$18–27/hr11,016 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $36.77/hr, is 53% above the California median midpoint ($24/hr) — in the top quarter of Pharmacy Technician hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 833 open Pharmacy Technician jobs in California and 13,926 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- CVS Health258 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience — more than three in four Pharmacy Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 2,707 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 5,049 of the 13,926 open Pharmacy Technician jobs (36%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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