Inventory Manager
| Location | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Date Posted | July 15, 2022 |
| Category |
Health Care / Medical
|
| Job Type |
Full-time
|
| Currency | ZAR |
Description
A vacancy exists for an Inventory Manager based at Life Brenthurst Hospital, reporting to Roshni Jinabhai, Pharmacy Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and co- ordinating 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.
Duties & Responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
- Participate in achieving hospital budgeted financial measures relating to pharmacy.
- Participate in the active management of cost of sales of pharmaceuticals in line with revenue and budget.
- Build effective working relationships with doctors.
- Participate in achieving stock targets.
- Achieve optimal system utilization.
- Recruit, retain, motivate and develop staff according to LHC people policies and practices.
- Provide direction and inspire positive work behavior in team.
Desired Experience & Qualification
- Relevant Degree or diploma in Stock Logistics
- Experience within inventory and stock management or relevant experience within a pharmacy environment
- Knowledge of inventory control processes, procedures and practices Understanding of management and relationship structures within an operating environment
- People management experience
- Basic financial and numeric skills
- Computer proficiency
- Drivers license and ability to travel
Competencies:
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- 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