Shawn Harrington
Burbank,CA
Summary
Pharmacy professional with extensive experience at Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation, delivering cost-effective inventory management and vendor negotiation. Experienced in pharmacy operations oversight, performance optimization, and quality assurance. Trained employees to improve workflows, compliance, and service quality.
Overview
1
1
Certification
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Pharmacy Buyer
Cedars Sinai Medical Care Foundation
Beverly Hills
05.2017 - Current
- Purchasing and monitoring medication/inventory used for all
- Pyxis locations throughout the Medical Network and locations
- Maintaining inventory, reviewing and advising on usage trends
- Creating PO's
- Tracking and mitigating shipment issues with vendors/carriers
- Processing of invoices and coordinating with accounts payable
- Department for payment.
- Creating and maintaining accounts with vendors
- Managing and coordinating with team and vendor/manufacturer
- On recalled product
- Monitoring and mitigating back orders, supply chain issues or
- Product discontinuation
- Managing annual employee flu vaccination for Cedars Sinai
- Medical Network and assisting in coordination of patient flu
- Vaccines for Network
- Reviewing price increases and coordinating advance purchases of
- Product, to find most cost eective solutions
- Processing expired/damaged returns for credit or replacement
Infusion Pharmacy Supervisor
Medico Rx
Van Nuys
08.2013 - 03.2017
- Management of pharmacy operations
- Performance management including supervision of pharmacy
- Technicians, pharmacy clerks, and other pharmacy sta
- Oversees the daily workflow of the department
- Prepares the daily work schedule for technicians and drivers
- Prepares written performance evaluations of pharmacy technicians
- Determines priorities and assigns and regulates the routine work
- Production performed by technicians and drivers
- Serves as a communication liaison with the director of pharmacy
- Sta pharmacists, technicians, and drivers
- Conducts sta meetings routinely with technicians
- Participates in problem-solving and troubleshooting activities
- Involving technicians and other intradepartmental and
- Interdepartmental sta
- Participates in quality-assurance activities of the department
- Responsible for maintaining and performing the highest achievable
- Level of technical competence and work performance
Infusion Pharmacy Manager
AZ Homecare
Tempe
09.1999 - 07.2013
- Management of pharmacy operations
- Performance management including supervision of pharmacy
- Technicians, pharmacy clerks, and other pharmacy sta
- Oversees the daily workflow of the department
- Prepares the daily work schedule for technicians and drivers
- Prepares written performance evaluations of pharmacy technicians
- Determines priorities and assigns and regulates the routine work
- Production performed by technicians and drivers
- Serves as a communication liaison with the director of pharmacy
- Sta pharmacists, technicians, and drivers
- Conducts sta meetings routinely with technicians
- Participates in problem-solving and troubleshooting activities
- Involving technicians and other intradepartmental and
- Interdepartmental sta
- Participates in quality-assurance activities of the department
- Responsible for maintaining and performing the highest achievable
- Level of technical competence and work performance
Education
Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale, AZMcHenry County College
Crystal Lake, ILChaparral High School -
Chaparral High School
Scottsdale, AZSkills
- Purchasing/Supply Management
- Cost Effective Inventory Management
- Vendor Contract Management
- Operations Management
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Problem Solving
- Customer Service
- Meticulous Attention to Detail
- Inventory Management
- Works Well Independently
- Troubleshooting
- Employee Training
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Supply chain tracking
- Vendor negotiation
- Employee Coaching
- Strong Work Ethic
- Pyxis
- PeopleSoft
- CPR Software
- Microsoft Office
Certification
Board licensed and Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)
Management Development Training
Customer Service Management Training
Complaint Management
Employee Evaluation Training
Management Development Training
Customer Service Management Training
Complaint Management
Employee Evaluation Training
Volunteer Experience
- Friends of the Orphans/Nuestros
- Pequenos Hermanos
- The Welcome to America Project
- Andre House
Timeline
Pharmacy Buyer
Cedars Sinai Medical Care Foundation
05.2017 - Current
Infusion Pharmacy Supervisor
Medico Rx
08.2013 - 03.2017
Infusion Pharmacy Manager
AZ Homecare
09.1999 - 07.2013
Scottsdale Community College
McHenry County College
Chaparral High School -
Chaparral High School