Well Pharmacy
Digital - Pharmacy Operations Manager
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Well Pharmacy Overview
Well Pharmacy is the UK's largest independent pharmacy chain, operating approximately 640 branches and employing more than 6,000 colleagues nationwide. Headquartered in Manchester and part of the Bestway Group, we dispense over 72 million prescription items annually and support more than 2 million patients across the UK.
Our services extend far beyond traditional pharmacy care, including:
- NHS and private prescription dispensing
- Online prescription delivery services
- Pharmacy First consultations
- Free blood pressure checks for over-40s
- Flu vaccination programmes
- Stop smoking support
- Medication services for more than 360 care homes
Operations Manager Opportunity
As we continue to grow and innovate, we're looking for an experienced Operations Manager to lead one of the UK's largest and most advanced Distance Selling Pharmacies.
Based at our state-of-the-art logistics centre in Stoke-on-Trent, this is an exciting opportunity for a high-calibre operational leader to take ownership of a fast-paced, highly regulated, and rapidly expanding healthcare fulfilment operation.
Processing more than 150,000 prescription items every month, the site supports multiple service streams, including:
- Direct-to-patient prescription services
- Care home medication fulfilment
- Weight management services
- Online doctor and digital healthcare platforms
This role sits at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and large-scale logistics. It combines the regulatory standards of pharmacy with the pace, complexity, and operational demands of a high-volume distribution environment.
Key Responsibilities
Operational Leadership
- Lead day-to-day pharmacy fulfilment operations across multiple service streams and shift patterns.
- Ensure receiving, inventory management, picking, packing, and shipping activities are delivered efficiently and on time.
- Manage operational costs, workforce planning, overtime, absence management, and equipment maintenance.
- Maintain a safe, compliant, and high-performing working environment.
- Act as the senior escalation point for operational challenges, identifying solutions before issues impact service.
- Monitor and improve key operational metrics including productivity, order accuracy, cost per order, and carrier performance.
- Build, develop, and mentor leadership teams and operational colleagues.
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Strategic & Project Leadership
- Provide operational expertise to support business planning and growth initiatives.
- Collaborate with teams across IT, Projects, Marketing, Automation, and Commercial functions to implement new services and technologies.
- Lead operational readiness planning for peak trading periods and business-critical events.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes through innovation, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Serve as the operational subject matter expert for pharmacy fulfilment across the wider business.
- Partner closely with the Responsible Pharmacist and senior leadership teams to align operational delivery with clinical, regulatory, and commercial objectives.
- Develop strong relationships with suppliers, automation partners, and technology providers to enhance operational performance.
People Leadership & Culture
- Lead, motivate, and develop a large, diverse workforce operating across multiple shifts.
- Manage all people-related activities including recruitment, onboarding, engagement, performance management, and development.
- Create a culture built on accountability, safety, collaboration, inclusion, and operational excellence.
- Support succession planning and leadership development to build future capability across the operation.
About You
Essential Experience
- Proven experience leading large-scale operations teams within a regulated, healthcare, logistics, fulfilment, manufacturing, or similar environment.
- Strong people leadership skills with experience managing large teams and multi-shift operations.
- The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on operational problem-solving.
- A track record of delivering results within fast-moving and evolving environments.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
Desirable Experience
- Knowledge of pharmacy operations, particularly Distance Selling Pharmacy or centralised fulfilment models.
- Understanding of GPhC, NHS, and MHRA regulatory frameworks.
- Experience working with automation, robotics, or digital operational systems.
- Exposure to project delivery, compliance management, and workforce planning.
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Why Join Well Pharmacy?
- Make an Impact at Scale: Help shape services that support thousands of patients every day across digital healthcare platforms and care homes nationwide.
- Work with Advanced Technology: Gain exposure to automated dispensing systems, robotics, and innovative healthcare technology supporting high-volume operations.
- Broaden Your Experience: Partner with colleagues across logistics, IT, governance, commercial, warehouse, project, and marketing functions.
- Lead a Significant Operation: Develop expertise managing a sophisticated operation handling more than 150,000 prescription items every month.
- Accelerate Your Career: Strengthen your leadership capabilities by managing large teams, driving operational excellence, and leading transformational change.
- Focus on Operational Excellence: Work in a central fulfilment environment without the demands of front-of-store retail, allowing you to focus entirely on service delivery and innovation.
- Be Part of a Market Leader: Join one of the UK's largest and most progressive pharmacy operations as we continue to transform the future of healthcare delivery.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you're an experienced operations leader with a passion for people, performance, and continuous improvement, we'd love to hear from you. Join Well Pharmacy and help shape the future of pharmacy care across the UK.
The Ideal Candidate
Bestway Healthcare is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer. If you have any specific requirements, we'll do everything we can to support you. Whether it is to find a pharmacy that is accessible, or if it is a part-time position you are looking for, we can help find the role that is right for you. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process, we will be happy to accommodate you.
Please be aware that due to the high number of applications we receive it may not be possible for us to provide an outcome to all applicants. If you are not contacted within 28 days of your submission unfortunately you will have been unsuccessful.
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