Inventory Manager

LIFE Healthcare Group; Roodepoort; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare group is seeking an Inventory Manager to oversee pharmacy services at their hospital. The role focuses on medication safety, financial management, and effective team leadership, requiring a relevant degree and strong interpersonal skills. Candidates will ensure compliance with quality systems and regulatory standards while fostering a customer-responsive environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree or diploma is essential.
• Management experience in inventory/logistics or pharmacy is required.
• People management experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate pharmacy services within the hospital.
• Ensure compliance with legal and professional standards.
• Achieve hospital budgeted financial measures relating to pharmacy.

Skills

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

People management

Interpersonal skills

Financial skills

Education

Relevant Degree or diploma (e.g., BCOMM, B Pharm)

Logistics/Supply chain tertiary qualification

Tools

SAP Materials Management system

Job description

A vacancy exists for an Inventory Manager based at Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital, reporting to the Pharmacy Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and coordinating 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.

Critical Outputs

1. 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 the team.

Requirements

• Relevant Degree or diploma, e.g., BCOMM, B Pharm, or relevant Logistics/Supply chain tertiary qualification.
• Knowledge of SAP Materials Management system is advantageous.
• Management experience within an inventory management/logistics environment or relevant pharmacy experience.
• People management experience is essential.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for working with patients, doctors, hospital staff, and suppliers.
• Basic financial and numeric skills.
• Computer proficiency.
• Driver's license and ability to travel.

Competencies

• Problem-solving, analysis, and judgment.
• 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.

Email: [e-mail]

Closing date: Thursday, July 10, 2025

Internal applicants are encouraged to discuss their application with their line manager prior to applying. External candidates will also be considered.

Life Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.