Job Vacancy For Inventory Control Associate

mPharma

  • Accra
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 29 days ago
Job Vacancy For Inventory Control AssociateAt mPharma, we start and end our day thinking about how we can enable patients to afford their medications. We're a small but growing team of 550+ members, headquartered in Accra, Ghana, and backed by mission-driven investors. We've joined hands with third-party payers, drug manufacturers and healthcare providers to develop products and services that directly reduce the costs of prescription drugs for patients. In only a few years, we've managed to provide low-cost, high-quality medicines to hundreds of thousands of patients across 9 African countries.Position Description
  • We are looking for highly experienced candidates to champion the mPharma Ghana Inventory Control Management. The candidate will interface with a wide variety of stakeholders in the Ghanaian healthcare space: manufacturers, insurers, distributors and providers. The associate will also become a key part of mPharma's data collection process and provide data analysis that will drive critical business decision-making. The Role sits in the supply chain unit and Reports to the Distribution and Warehouse Manager.
Key Responsibilities
  • Creates, edits and manages the Verified Drug List and Streamlined Formulary
  • Responsible for monthly stock counts for own warehouse as well as partners' locations and generates variance reports
  • Maintains and manages inventory movements and locations
  • Works with the warehousing team through daily spot checks in order to guarantee high inventory record accuracy (IRA)
  • Responsible for receipts of new stock, returns, back-orders, and associated issues, while adhering to strict accounting and auditing procedures.
  • Conducts stock count training for interns across the region.
  • Ensures strict adherence to process guiding stock taking.
  • Generates complete date consolidated stock count data for all stakeholders.
  • Responsible for validation of processing of deliveries and withdrawals on SAP.
  • Ensures routine data management regarding inventory, which involves evaluating and monitoring usage, analyses and periodic stock rotations to minimize excess as well as Slow and Obsolete (SLOB) stock.
  • Provides support for the warehouse managers on SAP routine checks, and management of errors that might affect the inventory.
  • Generates and provides daily reports on inventor Operations, stock position, and stock adjustments across all warehouses and facilities.
  • Conduct daily and weekly Audits on the delivery notes generation, Receipt Notes generation and other Stock movement documents to ensure compliance and accuracy.
  • Validates and shares monthly supply data to ensure the smooth billing process
  • Ensures prompt and proper valuation of all mPharma stock both in own warehouses and partners' facilities
  • Provides timely and accurate reports to key stakeholders.
  • Generate the complete End of Year Valuation Report to all stakeholders.
Our Ideal Candidate
  • Fluent in English with excellent writing, analytical and organizational skills
  • A strong work ethic and a “can-do” attitude that requires minimal or no supervision
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, and Google Suite specifically Excel and google Sheets. Experience with SAP is preferred
  • Critical thinking, problem-solving, and organizational skills are mandatory
  • Must be able to understand internal and external customers' needs and how to meet them
  • Must have the ability to create and disseminate transparent databases in order to guarantee access to data by parties who need to use it
  • Must be comfortable with all data formats and the conversion of data from one format to another to enable standardization and access
  • Be willing to work for extended periods of time without supervision from a manager
  • Must have sufficient understanding of the different methods of preventing data breaches and make sound judgment calls on new software to be implemented into current systems
  • Must be enthusiastic about using analytical methods to solve problems and convince managers/colleagues to see the benefits of work created
  • Be proficient in programming languages such as R, Python, SQL, C or Java and have strong database design and coding skills.
  • Excellent Data mining and strong analytical skills
  • Possess admirable people management skills
  • Experience in the health domain either working with multinational pharmaceutical companies, clinician settings, or other healthcare services is desired
  • Strong interpersonal skills to network with new people and develop business relationships.
  • A self-starter who can multitask while consistently producing high-quality deliverables for a diverse set of concurrent initiatives.
Qualification Required & Experience
  • A bachelor's degree in supply chain management, or any other relevant discipline
  • At least 1-3 years of experience in SAP usage or other enterprise resource software will be an added advantage
  • At least 3-5 years in a Business / Data Analytics role
  • At least 1-2 years of people management experience
  • At least 1-3 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical or FMCG industry as an Inventory Analyst/Controller
  • Spotless business and personal background
Location: AccraHow To Apply For The JobTo submit your application, click on the link below and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.Closing Date: 30 October, 2022

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