Location: Culver City,CA, USA
**Inventory Specialist**
at Alto Pharmacy Culver City, CA Alto is Americas leading digital pharmacy, transforming a $500 billion industry. Founded in 2015, Altos better pharmacy model is centered on the critical role of pharmacists as the final link in a persons health journey. Alto combines expert pharmacist care with purpose-built technology to deliver a more convenient and affordable experience for those who need medication. To date, Alto has fulfilled more than three million prescriptions, expanded to twelve markets, and built a mobile app experience that makes it easier than ever to manage medications and chat with a pharmacist. As Alto continues its rapid growth, it remains customer obsessed, with an industry-leading NPS score of 86.
****About the Team:****
**Were building a new kind of pharmacy to cure one of our healthcare systems most startling ills: over 50% of prescriptions are never picked up. Because staying on track with doctors orders requires more than just delivering pills, were managing everything from insurance logistics to pricing, late-night questions to supply chain, and anything else that could stand in the way of effective treatment. Join us as we prove just how much a pharmacy can deliver.**
We are a fast-moving company with many moving parts, and here you'll have an open invitation to help steer the future of Alto as we work towards expanding.
**About the Role**
* Ensure all inventory is received and put away each morning
+ Assist in putting away daily orders
+ Receive drop ship and direct buy orders throughout the day
+ Assist technicians pull OOS products for filling
* Ensure inventory is well organized and labeled on shelves
* Assist in organizing and maintaining full PARATA inventory
* Analyze inventory reports on a daily basis to draw insights on actions that need to be taken
* Suggest new reporting that might required network wide to better manage current processes
* Ability to explain insights and pain points to Senior Managers and the PIC and make recommendations using data and facts
* Complete daily cycle counts
* Return expired drugs monthly
* Return stale inventory/overstock not moving on a regular basis
* Ensure accurate record keeping of all invoices and prescriptions
+ File on a monthly basis
* Coordinate record storage with vendor
* Assist in organizing and maintaining ancillary products
* Order and maintain stock of fulfillment technician supplies
+ Vials and caps
+ Labels for manual filling and PARATA
+ Receipt roll paper for pick slips
+ Thermal transfer rolls for pick slips
+ Stoppers for liquid vials
+ Plastic bags for ancillaries
+ iPledge stickers
+ Follistim pens from Merck
+ Order supplies for Henry filling machine
* Assist in helping to maintain a clean inventory area (break down cardboard boxes)
* Step into production and assist in filling or packing as need arises
* Assist in single use dose packing machine builds as need arises.
* Partner with the central ops, procurement and product teams on building/improving current network wide inventory processes.
* Investigate and submit report for loss or missing medications
**Requirements:**
Minimum Qualifications:
* Active pharmacy technician license in the state where you are working
* Ability to work with minimal supervision or instruction
* Experience using MS Excel, Google sheets or similar spreadsheet software
* Previous experience working with pharmacy inventory i.e returns, cycle counts etc
* Ability to multitask, and know how to prioritize in a constantly changin g environment
* Communicates clearly and effectively with multiple levels of leadership
Preferred Qualifications:
* Past experience as an inventory specialist in a fast paced Pharmacy environment
**Additional Physical Job Requirements**:
Job inside a pharmacy:
* Exposed to a normal office environment.
* Lift, carry, reach, and /or push/pull various items (bags, boxes, carts, etc.) while using proper technique up to 35 lbs.
* Standing, walking, bending, and sitting depending on the needs of the pharmacy operation.
* Operate all equipment necessary to do the job.
* Read English, comprehend, and follow simple oral and written instructions.
* See details of objects that are less than a few feet away including differences between colors, shades, and brightness.
* Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading. Assessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned.
* Use one or two hands and/ or fingers to grasp, move, or assemble objects.
* Repeat the same movements.
*Alto Pharmacy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.*
*Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We are an E-Verify company.*
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