Warehouse Pharmacist

Duties & Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure quality, efficiency and safety of medicines are maintained through the distribution chain.
• Ensure good warehouse practice (GWP) compliance.
  • Receiving of Medication
  • Storage
  • Packaging
  • Temperature Maintenance
  • Picking and Packing
  • Supervise warehouse staff
  • Return and Destruction
  • Cycle Counts
  • Stock Take
• Handle:
  • Recalls
  • Complaints
  • Returned Goods
  • Quarantine Goods
  • Non-Compliance reports
• Perform related duties as assigned by The Head of Operations.
• Maintain compliance with all regulatory-, company policies and procedures
• Responsible for own job-related filing
• Open and lock-up of the office and warehouse when required
• Proper housekeeping
• Client Liaison when applicable
• Oversee packing material management
• Act as backup when Responsible Pharmacist is not available.
• Receive and react to alarms received from: Intrusion alarm, smoke alarm, power failure and temperature alarm.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers
• Excellent computer proficiency (MS Office – Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices
• Must have successfully completed Matric and Pharmacist degree, B.Pharm.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to talk, listen and speak clearly in general and on telephone
• Must be able to move and carry boxes as required within the Warehouse and Logistics environment.