Pharmacy Fulfillment Manager

The Pharmacy Fulfillment Manager is accountable for the overall performance, people leadership, and continuous improvement of pharmacy fulfillment operations. This role leads day-to-day execution across the fulfillment team, balancing service, productivity, quality, compliance, safety, staffing, and cost. The Sr. Manager establishes operating standards, develops leaders, monitors performance, resolves escalated issues, and partners cross-functionally to ensure accurate and timely prescription fulfillment. The role also provides direction for process improvement, technology adoption, workforce planning, and operational readiness across fulfillment sites, reporting to the Director of Fulfillment.   Location : Full-time Onsite   Responsibilities Operations Leadership & Accountability • Own daily fulfillment execution, ensuring orders are processed accurately, safely, efficiently, and within established service expectations. • Establish clear operating priorities, communicate expectations, and maintain accountability for department results across shifts and work areas. • Coordinate staffing, workflow, and labor allocation based on volume, business priorities, service levels, and staffing availability. • Ensure consistent adherence to SOPs, quality standards, pharmacy practice requirements, safety procedures, and company policies. • Serve as the operational escalation point for complex fulfillment issues and coordinate timely resolution with the appropriate pharmacy, technology, customer service, or leadership partners.   People Leadership, Coaching & Workforce Planning • Lead, coach, and develop fulfillment supervisors, technicians, and other team members; create a high-accountability, high-support environment. • Set performance expectations, conduct regular coaching and performance reviews, recognize strong performance, and address performance gaps promptly. • Build and maintain staffing plans that support forecasted demand, peak periods, coverage requirements, and business continuity. • Develop team capability through onboarding, cross-training, succession planning, and ongoing training on procedures, systems, quality, and safety. • Develop frontline leaders so the operation can perform effectively with appropriate management coverage when the Sr. Manager is unavailable.   KPI, Productivity & Service Management • Own the fulfillment operating scorecard and regularly review productivity, service levels, accuracy, quality, backlog, staffing, and other department KPIs. • Analyze trends, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions to improve throughput, quality, service, and labor productivity. • Establish daily and weekly performance routines, including team huddles, metric reviews, action tracking, and escalation of risks. • Partner with Finance and leadership as needed to understand labor and operating costs and identify productivity opportunities.   Process Improvement & Technology • Identify and lead workflow improvements that reduce errors, rework, delays, and unnecessary touches while improving team capacity. • Partner with technology, pharmacy, and other stakeholders on WMS, automation, systems, and process changes that improve fulfillment performance. • Lead or support operational projects, pilots, and implementations from requirements through adoption, stabilization, and measurement of results. • Ensure changes are documented, communicated, trained, and incorporated into standard work.   Inventory & Facility Operations • Oversee fulfillment inventory practices, including availability, storage, organization, rotation, security, replenishment, and waste reduction. • Partner with pharmacy and purchasing teams to prevent stockouts and minimize excess or obsolete inventory that could affect fulfillment performance. • Maintain a safe, clean, organized, and efficient work environment and ensure equipment