Pharmaceutical Production Manager (Pharmaceutical Company) - Johannesburg, Gauteng

Job Overview

As a Pharmacy/Production Manager, you will oversee the day-to-day operations of our client’s pharmacy and ensure the delivery of high-quality pharmaceutical services.

You will be responsible for managing a team of pharmacists and pharmacy assistants, optimising workflow efficiency, and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards.

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy (B.Pharm)
• 1-6 years’ related work experience
• Pharmaceutical Production Experience and Retail Pharmacy Experience
• Registration with Pharmacy Council

Specific Job Skills:

• Comprehensive knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing, standards, and compliance requirements
• Ability to interpret and implement policies, processes, and objectives
• Entrepreneurial spirit and a proactive approach to problem-solving
• Highly organised with strong time management skills
• Excellent leadership and team-building skills
• Understanding of the complementary medicine’s environment
• Strong financial acumen and business acumen
• Information gathering
• Interrogating information
• Taking action

Duties & Responsibilities:

Planning and Procedures:

• Plan and prioritise daily, weekly, and monthly activities
• Determine, request, and use resources/assets optimally

Inspections and Verifications:

• Verify certified clean status of equipment
• Verify, review, and approve verification of measuring equipment performance, calibrations, and sampling, and dispensing of materials

Line & Production Processing:

• Perform, review, and approve line sign-no’s, closures, and clearance authorisations
• Perform, review, and approve batch reconciliations to product specifications and quality
• Ensure production process adherence to standards and specifications

Process and System Improvements:

• Manage review, and approve change control programs and deviations/concessions comply to standards and specifications
• Manage and resolve customer complaints
• Optimise processes and identify gaps in policies/procedures
• Drive Corrective Action and Preventative Action investigations in area of focus

Compliance & Auditing:

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, including those set forth by the South African Pharmacy Council and other relevant authorities
• Perform and review shift Good Manufacturing Practice checks, and agent expiry dates, and ensure continued compliance
• Verify good document practice as per Standard Operating Procedures and regulation
• Verify the identity of bulk product and printed packaging materials, and conduct intermix checks to assess uniformity
• Verify In Process Controls are in line with product quality and specifications
• Review and approve preliminary batch records
• Audit logbooks and systems

Troubleshooting:

• Investigate deviations and concessions, and assess risk
• Raise deviations and implement corrective action
• Raise maintenance notifications as and when required

Training and Technical Expertise:

• Provide clinical guidance and support to pharmacy staff, including counselling patients on medication use and adherence
• Train new Pharmacists and Post Basic Assistance on SOP’s in transition period
• Identify refresher or awareness training needs

Administration & Record Keeping:

• Monitor inventory levels and ordering processes to maintain adequate stock
• Complete batch records and labels
• Query documents and sign off declarations
• Perform and verify calculations in relation to production targets
• Maintain and update records and systems as required
• Retrieve supporting documentation and records to facilitate and support query resolution

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