Buying Associate
Echo, United Kingdom
Job Description
Our mission is to simplify pharmacy.
Echo is an exciting, cutting-edge tech organisation that has created a mobile app that allows people to manage their NHS repeat prescription orders online. Founded by patients, our mission is to simplify pharmacy and in doing so radically improve medical adherence.
We spend 17bn on medicine every year, and half of all medicine isn’t taken as directed, this is a huge drain on NHS resources. Beyond waste, if people don’t take their medicine properly they are more likely to get ill. To deliver this we have to be agile, creative and challenge the status quo of dispensing. Echo is solving this by using technology to make it easier for patients to get and take their medicine. We aim to radically improve medicines adherence by making it easier for people to get, take and manage their meds.
Founded in 2015, we’re a diverse, inclusive team of 200 people based in Perivale or working remotely, where we run one of England’s busiest pharmacies. Echo was VC backed, until May 2019, at which point we were acquired by McKesson UK, who we partner with, while remaining fiercely independent. Now more than ever we have to ensure we deliver on this mission to enable elderly and vulnerable patients to get access to their medication, in a simple, safe and efficient way. Right now, Echo is directly making a significant impact on the fight against Covid-19.
We are a passionate and friendly group of pharmacists, dispensers, fulfilment associates, engineers, developers, designers and everything in between, working towards the goal of making it easier for people to get and manage their medicine.
We are dedicated to creating opportunities and reducing barriers for everyone, we are committed to ensuring that any forms of discrimination or biases are excluded from our recruitment and selection process, performance management and pay, and that promotion and retention is fairly granted across all our operations. We are committed to seeking ‘belonging’, here at Echo. The space where we represent and understand our diversity, promote and encourage our equality and inevitably create a space where we are all free to grow and demonstrate our talents.a place where we ALL belong.
About the Role
This is a great position, working as a dedicated Buying Associate for our pharmacy operation based in Perivale, West London. As a successful buying associate, you will help us in running a highly efficient amp; agile pharmacy operations service.
Requirements
You will be responsible for:
• Ensure availability of all goods in time
• Generate and coordinate purchase orders and ensure accurate detail entry
• Manage purchase order life cycle - full tracking up to delivery on site
• Troubleshoot and resolve inbound receiving issues
• Evaluate restocking and purchasing requirements with the Operations Manager to ensure business requirements are met
• Provide lead times to the Patient Care team regarding the customer’s orders fulfilment
• Meet the assigned procedural KPI’s
• Make recommendations to aid efficiency and add value
• Good communication skills, both written and oral with a commercial mindset
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Windows programs with an emphasis on Excel
• Experience in sourcing and/or purchasing competencies in pharmacy would be advantageous.
• The ability to demonstrate success managing inventory
• Demonstrates an understanding of customer deliverables and the impact of failure/cost of poor quality
• Able to work effectively at speed and pace
What We’re Looking From You:
• Good organisation skills with a high attention to detail
• Able to hit clearly defined K.P.I’s
• Able to work well as part of a team
• Enjoys working in a start-up environment
• Reliable, trustworthy
• Flexible, prepared to work on different tasks as needed and take responsibility for completion
Benefits
ECHO is an amazing business to work in with a super exciting and executable vision. Our team members are rewarded well, not only from a salary perspective ( DOE plus annual bonus for this role) but also with:
- 350 annual physical wellbeing allowance e.g. gym membership, dancing classes
- Enhanced paternity (6 weeks fully paid) and maternity (13 weeks fully paid)
- Pension contribution
- 500 personal learning and development budget
Plus many more exciting benefits!
Sounds exciting? Apply now