Pharmacy Stock Controller

LIFE Healthcare Group; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in South Africa is seeking a Pharmacy Stock Controller. The successful candidate will manage stock control procedures and ensure compliance with quality standards. Responsibilities include liaising with medical staff, overseeing inventory, and maintaining financial objectives. Ideal candidates will have over 2 years of relevant experience, attention to detail, and excellent communication skills. The role may require overtime and weekend availability.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in stock control in a hospital environment.
• Understanding of the private healthcare industry is an advantage.
• Willingness to work overtime and weekends is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage stock control procedures and systems.
• Ensure compliance with quality management systems.
• Maintain customer service levels in theatre and wards.

Skills

Attention to detail

Problem-solving

Excellent interpersonal skills

Customer focus

Time management

Education

Grade 12

Tools

SAP

Online computer systems

Job description

Overview

A vacancy exists for a Pharmacy Stock Controller based at Life Flora Hospital, reporting to Mariska Brits, Inventory Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring quality pharmaceutical services, financial objectives, legislative compliance and people management requirements are achieved to the required standards. A key part of the role will be ensuring optimal stock management in all units through effective interdepartmental liaising, communication and administrative support to the pharmacy team.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the implementation and compliance to LHC Quality management systems and work procedures
• Participate in achieving required customer service levels in theatre and wards
• Participate in the active management of cost of sales of pharmaceuticals in line with revenue and budget
• Build effective working relationship with doctors and nursing staff
• Manage product complaints for surgical and consumable stock
• Manage reports, like Negative stock, Overstocked, Open orders and MIR6
• Participate in achieving stock targets: stock cover, dead stock, expiry dates, stock adjustments as well as gross and net variances with stock take
• Perform cycle counts and stock takes, as well as the capturing of stock takes and the investigating of variances
• Participate in achieving hospital budgeted financial measures relating to pharmacy
• Communicate product and supplier changes or “out of stock” to relevant pharmacy and inventory staff, nursing and doctors
• General administrative functions as requested

Requirements

• Grade 12
• Sound knowledge of and experience in stock control for at least 2 years in a hospital environment
• Computer proficiency and exposure to an on-line computer system
• SAP experience will be an advantage
• Understanding of the private healthcare industry, its challenges and role players would be an advantage. Hospital experience and knowledge of stock systems is a requirement as well as hospital stock control experience required
• A person who is result orientated, pays attention to detail, has excellent interpersonal as well as communication skills is needed
• Customer focus, a commitment towards continuous improvement, the ability to work independently and the management of time is required
• Willingness to work overtime, after hours and possibly weekends also required

Competencies

• Attention to detail
• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Verbal & written communication and presentation
• Ethical behaviour
• Influencing
• Action orientation
• Excellence orientation
• Organisational awareness
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Drive & energy

Email: [e-mail]

Closing date: Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Internal applicants - Before making an application, you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager. External candidates will also be considered.

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.