To procure medicines and sundry items including computer generated and manual requested items from Dispensary, Distribution, Quality Assurance, ASU and Pharmacy and other Trust areas e.g. (Skin clinic patch tests, X-Ray contrast media). To obtain information regarding unlicensed medicines from approved suppliers. To be responsible for following up outstanding orders with suppliers, document replies and escalate when necessary. To obtain acceptable medicine alternatives as directed by Store Manager or Deputy and to organise couriers and taxi for urgent orders when necessary. To advise Dispensary Co-ordinator on the availability of requested items including urgently required items. To collate and ensure procurement information for the pharmacy scorecard is completed in a timely manner. To co-ordinate the day -to-day workload and staff working in stores ensuring items are ordered and booked in in a timely manner and that colleagues are supported. To manage and direct the activities of Band 2 and rotating students in stores so that they cover the necessary curriculum elements needed for their course. To be an authorised signatory for all order types up to a value of £75,000 To accurately change prices on the pharmacy system according to unit value on invoices as directed. Excessive price deviations must be referred to Store manager deputy for actioning. To assist in resolving supplier and invoicing queries To act on emails received from the Regional Procurement Specialist, Medicine Information, and directorate Pharmacist where availability, stock information is needed for forecasting activities and medicine allocations. To ensure that stock checks are completed as per procedures and rota compiled. To assist in the maintenance of an accurate computerised pharmacy stock control system by dealing with stock balance forms in a prompt manner and ensuring stock discrepancies are corrected before new stock is booked in. To investigate by exception reporting and analysis of abusable and high-cost medicine discrepancies. To investigate trend in stock balance discrepancies and report to Store, Distribution and Dispensary managers for action. To assist in the proper storage of medicinal products and consumables. To participate in the monthly expiry date and removal process. To carry out the user acceptance testing in the event of system upgrades. To contribute to the improvement of the pharmacy procurement services. To assist the store manager or deputy with the calculation of stocks to be held within the automated dispensing units. To accurately map the new contract lines on the Medecator system prior to contract start dates. To accurately input data in the CMU, Extend off-contract logging system. To document wholesale supplier delivery problems for East Midlands Pharmacy Collaborative (EMPC) for their monitoring purposes. To attend wholesaler review meetings with representatives. To work collaboratively with Pharmacy Technician for Training & Pharmacy IT Systems with the management of the robot automated systems and attend systems meetings as required.