Pharmacy Buyer

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Job description

O’Sullivans Pharmacy is family owned and run with branches located across the Mid-West. Our roots go back many years with our pharmacy on O’Connell Avenue, Limerick serving customers since 1926. We strive to ensure that our services stay in tune with the needs of our customers and our highly skilled team works towards the same goal. As a member of our team you’ll be offered continuous professional training and education. It is essential to us that each customer is treated to the highest level of care and we strive to achieve this with a highly skilled team.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Buyer to join our team 3 O’Connell Avenue in Limerick City.

The ideal candidate

• 3+ years retail, purchasing and pharmacy experience essential.
• EPOS experience, Microsoft Excel proficiency and strong analytical skills
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize own workload
• Strong communicator with the ability to communicate with all levels of the business
• Ability to understand and utilize financial data and KPI’s
• Sales & Marketing experience is desirable
• OTC Brand sales or management experience is desirable

Main role responsibilities include but not limited to

EPOS product file maintenance including product set up, suppliers, cost price, selling price and margin

Supplier Negotiation to develop brands, add newness and manage declining brands

Managing the purchase orders from initial order to stock delivery, across the group

Review of stock levels on a weekly basis to formulate orders for suppliers or to arrange transfers between branches, as appropriate

Management of stockholding, including overstock, out of stock and seasonal variations, with consideration given to minimization of working capital investment, individual store needs and non- moving stock across the group

Source and coordinate special offers and stock for monthly promotional activity

Work closely with store operations to ensure the following of procedures in store to maximize the accuracy of stock, sales and margin reports

Generation and issuing of reports to management, including; sales reports, margin reports, month end reports, ad-hoc reports, stock holding reports

Agree and review brand sales targets by store

Effectively communicate to store managers and staff members

Looking for efficiencies into existing systems and processes

Support the directors, financial controller and operations manager in the management of the business.

Role specifications

Full time 39 hour contract

Salary Range: €36,605.00 per annum

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits

• Bike to work scheme
• Company pension
• Employee discount

Education

Advanced/Higher Certificate (preferred)

Experience

• Pharmacy Purchasing: 2 years (required)
• Work Location: In person.