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• At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll have chances to create and learn, supported by a culture that fosters your growth. Our substantial investment in R&D and impressive revenues of over $40 billion provide the resources for you to make a meaningful impact on the world.
• Location/Division Specific Information
• Are you ready to advance your career in a role that combines pharmaceutical expertise with world-class logistics? Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is seeking a Warehouse Pharmacist in South Africa who is passionate about ensuring the flawless and safe distribution of pharmaceutical products. This outstanding opportunity allows you to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment while upholding the highest standards of pharmaceutical care and logistics.

Discover Impactful Work:

• The Warehouse Pharmacist supervises protecting product integrity and following wholesale and regulatory guidelines. This position requires the candidate to work independently, complete assigned tasks, and manage risks.

A day in the Life:

• Perform delegated functions and activities of the Responsible Pharmacist during their absence.
• Deliver high standards of pharmaceutical care for the end-to-end management of dispensary operations in accordance with Good Pharmacy Practice and Good Wholesale Practice.
• Assist in maintaining pharmacy plans, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and other relevant documentation required by law.
• Participate in and contribute to the development and achievement of the company goals and objectives.
• Demonstrate and promote the company vision of the 4I's: Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement.
• Dispense study-related drugs according to project-specific protocols and SOPs.
• Handle scheduled substances and ensure legal requirements regarding the documentation and control of scheduled medicines are strictly adhered to. This includes ensuring that scheduled substances are not accessed by unauthorized individuals.
• Ensuring the safe and effective storage and keeping of scheduled substances in the pharmacy under direct supervision.
• Act as a back-up Site Controlled Substance Responsible Person Pharmacist in the absence of the Responsible Pharmacist.
• Coordinate logistics activities to ensure clinical supplies are received, stored, and distributed following approved procedures, policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Manage and control returns, quarantine, destruction, expired stock, and batch recalls.
• Supervise drug storage conditions and record-keeping.
• Ensure 100% drug accountability and compliance with randomization codes as per study-specific procedures.
• Ensure that required environmental conditions are continually met.
• Perform departmental self-inspections.

Keys to Success:
Education

• B.Pharm degree
• Registered with SAPC

Experience

• Experience in a Warehousing environment will be advantageous
• Proven track record in accurately performing pharmacist responsibilities
• Experience with Good Pharmacy Practice and Good Wholesale Practice
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
• High attention to detail
• Self-motivated
• High level of accuracy
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities
• Excellent communication skills
• Physical Requirements / Work Environment
• Ability to work in a warehouse environment
• Capable of lifting and moving pharmaceutical supplies
• Standing for extended periods

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Job Description

• At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

The PPD FSP Solution:

• PPD's Functional Service Provider division partner with and serve as an extension of our PPD team, supporting our customers key functions. We cover customer needs on every level, allowing them to do more with less, with an uncompromising commitment to quality. We deploy the same top-tier talent in ALL engagement models. Exceptionally trained, rigorously supported and technologically empowered to help customers manage capacity and set programs up for success.
• Joining within our PPD FSP functional area, allows you to join the renowned PPD CRO and still gain invaluable client dedicated experience.

Summarized Purpose:

• Provides complete oversight of vendors for moderate complexity clinical trials in single or more than one region. Selects and contracts with appropriate vendors for scope of client's study and provides financial control and oversight of pass-through budgets.

A Day in the Life:

• Identifies the scope of third-party vendors required to support clinical trials
• Oversight of contracting with vendors, including legal and contract modifications, where required
• Ensures all activities are executed in compliance with company practices, client requirements, GxP and GCP
• Provides financial management of vendor pass through costs
• Identifies risks proactively, develops contingency plans, and communicates to stakeholders
• Oversight of inverse logistics processes, including returns, destruction, and recalibration activities
• Participates in team meetings, providing insight about vendors processes and procedures, costs, timelines, requirements, and deliverables
• Maintains close collaboration with the GCS team concerning I/E activities to ensure that appropriate regulations are followed for all countries imports and exports

Discover Impactful Work

• Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors.
• Developing professional expertise, applies company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues.

Key to Success:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification

Skills & Experience:

• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+ years)
• Skilled in various vendor and clinical systems such as laboratory vendors, supply vendors, and procurement.
• Excellent communication skills (interpersonal, written and verbal) with the ability to communicate highly technical information to all project team members.
• Excellent organizational, planning, customer service, and time management skills with the ability to multitask under tight deadlines while providing attention to detail.
• Ability to communication effectively with sponsors, vendors, and internal project teams.