Warehouse Pharmacist: QA & Compliance Lead

Adcock Ingram; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Adcock Ingram Holdings Limited is seeking a Warehouse Pharmacist in Clayville to uphold warehouse quality systems and SOPs. You will manage deviations, CAPAs, change control, and staff training while coordinating audits and validation projects.

The role requires GMP/GDP familiarity, QA exposure, and strong communication. You will monitor temperature, validate processes, and contribute to stock integrity and reporting.

Qualifications

• Team player with the ability to work under pressure.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential.
• GWP/GDP training is essential for this role.
• Preferably 1+ year QA experience to support quality systems.
• Knowledge of validation protocols and site compliance is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance of SOPs: creating, updating and implementation of SOPs.
• Management of warehouse deviations including tracking and ensuring successful closure of deviations.
• Implementation of warehouse CAPAs including tracking and ensuring successful implementations of CAPAs.
• Management of warehouse change control including tracking.
• Training of all staff on GWP and SOPs.
• Conducting monthly self-inspections.
• Co-ordinating third party audits for the warehouse.
• Co-ordinating all warehouse validation projects.
• Temperature and humidity monitoring and managing temperature out of specifications.
• Co-ordinating warehouse technical agreements when delegated by RP (Responsible Pharmacist).
• Monitoring warehouse floor processes (receiving, dispatching, cycle counts and stock control)
• Co-ordination calibration of all warehouse equipment.
• Co-ordinating the sampling process
• Destruction of goods and supervision of destruction.
• Performing stock investigations.
• Initiating risk assessments for the warehouse.
• Participating in Quality Management Reviews.
• Co-ordinating warehouse projects.
• Ensuring warehouse readiness for all audits (SAHPRA, SAPC)
• Assist during stock count bi-annually
• Compile compliance and stock reports on a regular basis.
• Performing any other task as delegated to you by the National Distribution Pharmacist and/or Responsible Pharmacist

Skills

Team player

Work under pressure

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

GWP/GDP training

QA experience

Validation protocols

Site compliance knowledge

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Adcock Ingram Holdings Limited is seeking a Warehouse Pharmacist in Clayville to uphold warehouse quality systems and SOPs. You will manage deviations, CAPAs, change control, and staff training while coordinating audits and validation projects.

The role requires GMP/GDP familiarity, QA exposure, and strong communication. You will monitor temperature, validate processes, and contribute to stock integrity and reporting.