What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager - DSCSA position at Walgreens Boots Alliance?
Job Summary
Track and Trace: Develops and executes Walgreens’ overall Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) compliance strategy, aka Track and Trace. Leads the Track and Trace program, which ensures Walgreens ability to procure prescription drug products regulated by the DSCSA. Leads and executes the
development of large-scale implementation plans and training material related to Track and Trace. Responsible for day to day management of the Track and Trace program. Pharmacy Automation: Develops and executes Walgreens’ overall retail pharmacy automation strategy.
Leads the pharmacy automation program, which assists pharmacy staff in the physical fulfillment of prescriptions, with the primary areas of emphasis being filling and verification of prescriptions. Responsible for establishing pharmacy automation at Walgreens as a competitive advantage in the market place, by improving operational efficiency inside the pharmacy and by enabling pharmacy staff to have more meaningful and valuable interactions with patients. Leads and executes development of large scale implementation plans and training material related to pharmacy automation. Responsible for day to day management of the automation program.
Job Responsibilities
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations, and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni-channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients’ care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.
The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits More Company information is available at www.walgreensbootsalliance.com
$102800 - $164400 / Salaried
Track and Trace: Develops and executes Walgreens’ overall Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) compliance strategy, aka Track and Trace. Leads the Track and Trace program, which ensures Walgreens ability to procure prescription drug products regulated by the DSCSA. Leads and executes the
development of large-scale implementation plans and training material related to Track and Trace. Responsible for day to day management of the Track and Trace program. Pharmacy Automation: Develops and executes Walgreens’ overall retail pharmacy automation strategy.
Leads the pharmacy automation program, which assists pharmacy staff in the physical fulfillment of prescriptions, with the primary areas of emphasis being filling and verification of prescriptions. Responsible for establishing pharmacy automation at Walgreens as a competitive advantage in the market place, by improving operational efficiency inside the pharmacy and by enabling pharmacy staff to have more meaningful and valuable interactions with patients. Leads and executes development of large scale implementation plans and training material related to pharmacy automation. Responsible for day to day management of the automation program.
Job Responsibilities
- Ensuring trading partners are authorized, which consists of validating FDA registrations for manufacturers and state licenses of wholesalers/third party logistic providers/non-Walgreens pharmacies from where we buy prescription drugs.
- Partners with internal stakeholders and external vendors to ensure Suspect Products (e.g., potentially counterfeit, etc.) are quarantined and properly investigated, and that illegitimate products are reported to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and not dispensed to patients.
- Leads and executes development of large-scale implementation plans and training material related to Track and Trace.
- Ensure DSCSA compliance data is received for each prescription drug procured from a manufacturer/wholesaler/non-Walgreens pharmacy and stored for six years.
- Respond to Requests for Information from state and federal agencies related to our compliance with the DSCSA.
- At industry-wide Partnership for DSCSA Governance (PDG) meetings, advocate for the pharmacy voice to be heard and lead one PDG Work Group to show Walgreens is a leader in DSCSA compliance.
- Develops and executes Walgreens’ overall retail pharmacy automation strategy.
- Establishes pharmacy automation at Walgreens as a competitive advantage in the market place, by improving operational efficiency inside the pharmacy and by enabling pharmacy staff to have more meaningful and valuable interactions with patients.
- Partners with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to develop and refine innovative leading edge pharmacy automation solutions.
- Continuously monitors the market (vendors, competitors, parallel industries) seeking out the most innovative pharmacy automation solutions and uses this intelligence to Walgreens’ advantage Support Pharmacy Process and Engineering initiatives to improve the pharmacy operation and experience.
- Through collaboration with appropriate teams, resolve and/or raise issues as required to management
- Define success criteria and execute measurement plans
- Coaches, mentors and develops employees through orientation, training, and performance management programs to build employee morale, motivation and loyalty.
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations, and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni-channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
Walgreens is the flagship U.S. brand of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), an integrated healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader. Its retail locations are a critical point of access and convenience in thousands of communities, with Walgreens pharmacists playing a greater role as part of the healthcare system and patients’ care teams than ever before. Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy provides critical care and pharmacy services to millions of patients with rare disease states and complex, chronic conditions.
The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits More Company information is available at www.walgreensbootsalliance.com
$102800 - $164400 / Salaried
Qualifications:
- BA/BS and at least 2 years of Experience in an analytical or pharmacy role OR High School/GED at least 5 years of Experience in an analytical or pharmacy role.
- Exceptional analytical and problem solving skills coupled with a high level of intellectual curiosity and a relentless desire to seek the root cause of business issues, develop solutions, and drive solution implementation
- Experience communicating verbally and in writing with groups of people that may include management level up to the VP level individuals.
- Experience with project management (for example: planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives).
- Experience in identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
- Experience with analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
- Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
- Experience establishing & maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, in the business community & with external vendors.
- Experience developing ways of accomplishing goals with little or no supervision, depending on oneself to complete objectives and determining when escalation of issues is necessary.
- At least 1 year of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross functional team leadership.
- Willing to travel up to/at least (20%) of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).
Salary : $102,800 - $164,400
