Pharmacy Buyer
- Location
- Sioux Falls, SD
- Listed
- 3 days ago
About the role
Location: Integrated Services Center
Worker Type: Regular
Work Shift: Day/Evening/Weekend/Holiday Shift (United States of America)
Pay Range
The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.
- $22.75 - $32.75
- Position Highlights
- You Belong at Avera
Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.
A Brief Overview
Accountable for generalized buying and purchasing functions.
What you will do
- Performs generalized buying and purchasing functions including, but not limited to: contacting vendors to obtain pricing, quantities, and delivery times for goods and services required.
- Preparation of departmental reports and analysis of goods and service required by the hospital. Ability to manipulate and analyze data in a digital format. Downloads and manipulates data, designs and creates reports, prints and disseminates routing and special computer reports to pharmacy staff and others as requested.
- Interacts with hospital employees and physicians to determine needs for goods and services. Interacts with vendors to analyze the most advantageous purchase price given hospital standards and quality procedures.
- Assists with analysis and implementation of contracts.
- Communicates with other pharmacy staff and reports feedback in a timely fashion to Pharmacy Leadership.
- Completes necessary steps to insure DSCSA compliance.
- Maintains purchasing expertise and professional competency to serve as a resource for personnel.
- Responsible for maintenance of pharmacy databases as pertains to pharmacy inventory and the cost of pharmaceuticals.
- Coordinates inventory control activities, provides information and assistance as requested to ensure continuous quality improvement and daily delivery of inventory products.
- Maintains and reconciles charges and payments to pharmacy outpatient system accounts, billing for supplies provided to other hospital departments and managed network facilities. Works closely with the Finance and Purchasing Departments in order to assure timely financial processing, as well as maximum utilization of automation associated with cost accounting.
Essential Qualifications
The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions.
Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience
- Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) - Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) within 2 Years
- Registered Pharmacy Technician - Board of Pharmacy active in state of practice within 30 Days
- Three to five years of experience in healthcare/pharmacy supply chain
Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience
- Bachelor's
Expectations and Standards
- Commitment to the daily application of Avera's mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
- Promote Avera's values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
- Uphold Avera's standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
- Maintain confidentiality.
- Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
- Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.
Benefits You Need & Then Some
- Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees.
- We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives.
- Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.
- PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
- Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
- Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.
Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call or send an email to.
From Avera's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 7, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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