Manager, Pharmacy Facility Design and Automation Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee projects that enhance commercial pharmacy logistics and centralized pharmacy service center operations.

• Assess workflows, performance metrics, and operational hurdles to boost throughput, inventory accuracy, productivity, service levels, and cost efficiency.

• Lead facility design initiatives, including workflow analysis, storage solutions, space utilization, automation integration, and operational readiness planning.

• Collaborate with pharmacy, quality, regulatory, supply chain, and operational stakeholders to establish and sustain logistics processes encompassing receiving, inventory management, storage, fulfillment, returns, and distribution.

• Manage the implementation, testing, deployment, and operational readiness of warehouse automation, material handling, warehouse management, PLC, and related technology solutions.

• Work alongside engineering, IT, vendors, and operations teams to enhance automation systems, reporting, dashboards, operational visibility, performance monitoring, and workforce productivity.

• Provide operational expertise for consulting engagements, customer interactions, assessments, workflow analyses, business cases, solution evaluations, and capability development.

• Oversee cross-functional initiatives from planning to implementation, including development of implementation plans, timelines, risk management, action logs, status updates, issue resolution, and stakeholder communications in collaboration with a dedicated project manager.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives utilizing Lean, Six Sigma, and operational excellence methodologies.

• Assist with compliance, safety, documentation, training, audits, validation, corrective actions, and operational readiness activities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, logistics, pharmacy operations, industrial engineering, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience is required.

• A minimum of 6 years of progressive experience in healthcare supply chain, pharmacy operations, logistics, warehouse automation, consulting, or similar operational environments.

• Proven experience in coordinating cross-functional projects that involve automation systems, material handling technologies, warehouse operations, or pharmacy fulfillment processes.

• Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, project management, continuous improvement, or operational excellence methodologies is preferred.

• Experience in healthcare distribution, pharmacy fulfillment, specialty pharmacy, centralized pharmacy services, or pharmaceutical logistics is preferred.

• Background in supporting automation implementations, facility design, operational readiness, or consulting engagements is preferred.

• A Master's degree in industrial engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience, is preferred.

• Strong understanding of commercial pharmacy operations, healthcare supply chain, warehouse operations, fulfillment workflows, and logistics processes.

• Proficient knowledge of warehouse management systems, material handling technologies, automation systems, SCADA/PLC interfaces, reporting tools, and operational performance metrics.

• Ability to analyze operational challenges, interpret data, and devise practical, scalable solutions.

• Excellent project coordination skills with the capability to manage priorities, timelines, risks, deliverables, and cross-functional execution in a matrixed environment.

• Exceptional communication, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong attention to detail with a commitment to quality, compliance, safety, and operational excellence.

• Customer-focused mindset with the ability to support both internal and external stakeholders.

• Willingness to travel approximately 70% based on project, customer, vendor, and site implementation requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision care.

• Backup dependent care.

• Adoption assistance.

• Infertility coverage.

• Family building support.

• Behavioral health solutions.

• Paid parental leave.

• Paid caregiver leave.

• Training programs.

• Professional development resources.

• Mentorship programs.

• Employee resource groups.

• Volunteer activities.