Inventory Manager

Life Healthcare; Roodepoort; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Roodepoort seeks an Inventory Manager to oversee pharmacy services. The candidate will ensure compliance with pharmacy standards, manage financial objectives, and lead a team effectively. Relevant degree and experience in inventory management within a pharmacy are required, along with strong communication and people management skills.

Qualifications

• Experience within inventory management or relevant experience within a pharmacy environment.
• Knowledge of inventory control processes, procedures and practices.
• Computer proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Manage and co-ordinate pharmacy services within the hospital.
• Ensure compliance with legal and professional standards.
• Participate in achieving hospital budgeted financial measures.

Skills

Inventory management

People management

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Education

Relevant Degree or diploma

Job description

Overview

Function Pharmacy Facility Position Inventory Manager Introduction

A vacancy exists for an Inventory Manager based at Life Flora Hospital, reporting to Phia Swartz, Pharmacy Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and co-ordinating the Pharmacy services within the hospital environment by ensuring that the quality pharmaceutical services, financial objectives, legislative compliance and people management requirements are achieved to the required standards.

Responsibilities

• Effective medication safety management
  • Report 100% of inventory incidents and develop and implement remedial actions as appropriate.
  • Complete trends analysis with relevant actions quarterly together with Pharmacy Manager.
  • Report 100% 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• Relevant Degree or diploma
• 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