Join Cleveland Clinic and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. Here, you will work alongside a dedicated team of caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career. As a Pharmacy Buyer, you will play a vital role in ensuring our patients receive the highest quality care by managing the procurement of medications, equipment and services across our health system. You will be responsible for sourcing and ordering the right drugs and supplies-at the right time and in the right quantities-through approved channels. While working behind the scenes, your expertise and attention to detail will have a direct impact on our ability to deliver exceptional patient care. **A caregiver in this position will work 8-hour shifts from Monday through Friday between 7:00am to 5:30pm.** A caregiver who excels in this role will: + Procure sourced medications, equipment and services for departments within Cleveland Clinic Health System. + Place all sourced orders for assigned vendors. + Serve as the single point of contact for vendors assigned and be responsible for processing issues related to sourced items. + Organize, facilitate updates and retain product information on file as well as purchase order records. + Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround ties, streamline work processes and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service. + Secure reasons for price changes and challenge price changes when not justified. This includes insuring appropriate paperwork will be secured from the vendor and will be updated in the respective information systems. + Communicate status of issue to appropriate staff as required. + Work in concert with the sourcing teams to ensure all updates are processed on a timely basis to facilitate an efficient procure to pay process. + Maintain the proper and appropriate professional and ethical relationship with vendor representatives while also conducting business according to established principles and guidelines. Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: + Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, pharmacy or related field OR an additional four years of supply chain experience or pharmacy experience specifically related to inventory control may offset this degree requirement + Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) verified through the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) + Registration as a Certified Pharmacy Technician, Registered Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Technician Trainee with the Ohio Board of Pharmacy. Registration as a Certified Pharmacy Technician with the Ohio Board of Pharmacy is required within 6 months + Minimum of two years' experience in purchasing or related experience Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. Click the link and see how we're dedicated to providing what matters most to you: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-2/ Cleveland Clinic empowers caregivers to minimize the impacts of healthcare while optimizing patient outcomes and supporting the community. The Department of Pharmacy has a "Greening the Pharmacy" initiative with the goal of leading by example and acting as stewards of our natural resources for the wellbeing of all. **Physical Requirements:** + Manual dexterity to operate office equipment. + May require periods of sitting, standing and the ability to walk to various locations throughout the health system to attend meetings. + Must have normal or corrected vision and be able to clearly communicate verbally by phone or in person. + Must have own transportation due to travel to multiple sites. **Personal Protective Equipment:** + Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required. **Pay Range** Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process. Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities