Inventory Manager

Life Healthcare Group; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 400 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Gauteng is seeking an Inventory Manager to coordinate pharmacy services ensuring compliance and quality. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Inventory Management or Supply Chain Management and relevant experience in pharmacy. Responsibilities include managing inventory incidents, achieving financial objectives, and leading staff development initiatives. This role promotes a culture of ethical behavior and organizational excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience within inventory management or relevant experience in a pharmacy environment.
• Knowledge of inventory control processes, procedures, and practices.
• Driver's license and ability to travel.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate pharmacy services ensuring quality and compliance.
• Conduct inventory incident reports and implement remedial actions.
• Achieve budgeted financial measures relating to pharmacy.

Skills

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Verbal & written communication skills

Customer responsiveness

Motivating and developing people

Education

Degree or diploma in Inventory Management NQF 6 or higher

BCom Degree in Supply Chain Management

Job description

Overview

A vacancy exists for an Inventory Manager based at Life Fourways Hospital, reporting to Lorisha Sewdass, Pharmacy Manager.

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and coordinating the Pharmacy services within the hospital environment by ensuring that quality pharmaceutical services, financial objectives, legislative compliance and people management requirements are achieved to the required standards.

Effective medication safety management

Report % of inventory incidents and develop and implement remedial actions as appropriate.

Complete trends analysis with relevant actions quarterly together with Pharmacy Manager.

Report % of pharmacy alerts and develop and implement remedial action and complete a trends analysis quarterly.

Effective quality management systems

Participate in the implementation and compliance to LHC Quality management systems.

Ensure compliance with SAPC, DOH and LHC legal and professional standards.

Achieve required customer service levels in theatre and wards.

Implement customer satisfaction and pharmacy quality initiatives.

Effective financial management

Participate in achieving hospital budgeted financial measures relating to pharmacy.

Unrecorded liabilities management

Daily negative stock review and correction

Effective financial management by ensuring the procure to pay process relating to stock is aligned to company best practice.

GRIR feedback.

MIR6 management

Updating of codes on preference cards ensuring accurate billing together with Nursing team

Available every month end i.e. last working day of the month to ensure all processes complete

Oversight on all pharmacy reports on Gateway, management of dead stock, non-recoverables, open orders, discontinued codes etc. and ability to provide actions plans to achieve targets

Month end reporting

Provide feedback to key stakeholders regarding performance and implement actions to bring them in line with budgets.

Effective product management

Participate in the active management of cost of sales of pharmaceuticals in line with revenue and budget.

Build effective working relationships with doctors.

Drive VBC initiatives.

Regular engagements with other hospitals to understand what cost effective options they are using.

Be part of working groups between the hospitals to discuss these aspects.

Regular cyclical counts and monthly stock takes in the plant and Renal

Consignment stock management, alignment with Annexure, vendor valuation and SAP.

Overseeing Regular consignment stock counts by reps monthly

Driving Best cost formulary conversions, and reducing non-formulary purchases

Regular rep and doctor engagement for trial of new stock

Reviewing VBC dashboard, Procurement Dashboard, Qerent and DRG dashboard, aligning stock with appropriate utilization

Regular updates of codes in the plant when changes occur

Effective asset management

Participate in achieving stock targets.

Achieve optimal system utilisation.

Effective people management

Recruit, retain, motivate and develop staff according to LHC people policies and practices.

Provide direction and inspire positive work behaviour in team.

Effective communication with all key stakeholders to ensure that everyone is aligned

Requirements

Degree or diploma in Inventory Management NQF 6 or higher / BCom Degree in Supply Chain Management

Experience within inventory management or relevant experience within a pharmacy environment

Knowledge of inventory control processes, procedures and practices

Understanding of management and relationship structures within an operating environment People management experience

Basic financial and numeric skills

Computer proficiency

Driver's license and ability to travel

Competencies

Problem-solving, analysis and judgement

Attention to detail

Resilience

Motivating and developing people

Engaging diversity

Verbal & written communication skills

Influencing skills

Building relationships

Customer responsiveness

Organisational awareness

Excellence orientation

Ethical behaviour

Action orientation

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Closing date Friday, November 14,

Internal applicants - Before making an application, you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager.

External candidates will also be considered.

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Download the application form and email to the relevant contact person specified in the job advertisement.

Life Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity.

Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Applicants who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date of this advert, should consider their application as unsuccessful.

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