Key Responsibilities
Inventory Accuracy & Control
Partner with pharmacy leadership and purchasing teams to evaluate inventory accuracy, identify variances, and determine root causes.
Review inventory practices related to receiving, storage, dispensing, transfers, adjustments, and returns.Identify opportunities to tighten inventory controls, improve documentation, and reduce shrink, waste, and obsolescence.Support consistent application of inventory policies, SOPs, and internal control standards across locations.
Process Improvement & Risk Reduction
- Assess endtoend inventory workflows and recommend process changes to improve visibility, tracking, and accountability.
- Collaborate with operations, finance, compliance, and internal audit to address inventoryrelated risks and audit findings.
- Assist with implementation of standardized best practices for inventory management and control execution.
- Support remediation plans tied to internal audits, external audits, or regulatory reviews.
Physical Inventory & Vendor Coordination
- Coordinate and work directly with external inventory service providers to plan and execute physical inventory counts.
- Ensure pharmacies are properly prepared for physical inventories, audits, and inspections.
- Review inventory count results, identify discrepancies, and support followup investigations and corrective actions.
- Partner with pharmacy leaders to ensure timely resolution of inventory variances and documentation issues.
Audit, Compliance & Security
- Support inventoryrelated audits, including internal audit, SOXrelated controls (as applicable), and regulatory reviews.
- Evaluate inventory security practices, including access controls, storage, and monitoring.
- Recommend enhancements to inventory security and lossprevention controls, including controlled substance handling where applicable.
- Serve as a field resource for inventory compliance questions and escalations.
Training & Collaboration
- Educate pharmacy staff and leadership on inventory control expectations, best practices, and process changes.
- Provide handson guidance during site visits to reinforce proper inventory procedures.
- Partner with centralized inventory management, purchasing, finance, and compliance teams to ensure alignment.
Key Competencies
- Inventory accuracy & reconciliation
- Process improvement & risk mitigation
- Audit & compliance support
- Vendor coordination
- Fieldbased problem solving
- Communication and influence
- Operational discipline and followthrough
Work Environment
- Fieldbased role requiring frequent travel to pharmacy locations nationwide.
- Combination of onsite operational work and remote analysis/documentation.
- Occasional evenings or weekends may be required to support physical inventories.
