Recent Openings at Aspen Pharma Group

Requirements

Planning and Operational Support

• Act as a technical/ subject matter resource
• Facilitate implementation of current processes
• Identify gaps in current policies and procedures.
• Provide input into changes or improvements to processes, tools, and techniques.

Validation

• Perform validation exercises in compliance with GMP standards and validation schedules.
• Maintain compliant status of equipment and processes.

Qualification

• Perform the relevant operational qualification protocols as per SOP to ensure new equipment/ utilities/ packaging function as per intended use.
• Perform the relevant performance qualification protocols as per SOP to ensure new equipment/ utilities/ packaging function as intended over time and within limits.
• Investigate and report OOE results and perform re-tests.
• Participate in change control assessments to ensure compliant status of affected equipment is not compromised.
• Conduct routine inspections of equipment and utilities to identify any deficiencies and ensure quality standards are being adhered to
• Ensure documents and procedures to operate and maintain equipment are in place.

Requalification

• Assess and recommend re-qualification of equipment and utilities as appropriate as per Protocol.
• Prepare and perform re-qualification of equipment and utilities as per SOP.

Reporting and Record-Keeping

• Compile, maintain and update validation documentation as per SOP and QMS
• Generate validation reports on a weekly/ monthly basis.

Skills Required

Background/experience

• National Certification (N4-N6) or Trade Tested Artisan with 2-4 years’ related experience.
• degree or equivalent qualification in Science (Chemistry, Microbiology) or Engineering (Chemical, Pharmaceutical or Process), or equivalent industry experience
• Aseptic pharmaceutical manufacturing process and automated packing experience

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ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategy Delivery

• • Plan and manage overall finished goods product and freight sourcing strategy
• • Develop and deliver supply chain strategy to support delivery of business growth agenda. 
• • Drive and input into supply strategies with manufacturing sites and 3rd parties to improve overall supply performance for service level and improve business inventory holding. 
• • Drive sourcing of products and CMO supply performance and benchmarking to improve service, cost and cash. 
• • Build strong and sustainable relationship with 3rd party suppliers

Supplier Sourcing & Negotiation

• Execute analyses and make suggestions for improvement of overall sourcing strategy
• Responsible for sourcing suitable contract manufacturer considering technical, regulatory requirements, cost and supply chain efficiency.
• Implement sourcing frameworks and policies that is suitable and applicable for the SA Commercial.
• Assists in the development and implementation of procurement and contract management instructions, policies, procedures and procurement charter in line with audit requirements
• Represents the company in negotiating contracts and formulating supplier agreements.
• Responsible for Cost, Service negotiations with CMOs to drive service performance, cost reduction as well as supply resilience in supply in both short and long horizons. Including coordinate and negotiate SLA with suppliers
• Ensure sufficient capacity negotiated with all suppliers for the 24 months+ horizon to deliver business growth agenda.
• Drive on-time delivery linked to new launches, realignments and operationalization of license agreement.
• Develop long term strategy on products with pricing or continuity weaknesses and create supply resilience.
• Develop and control annual budget for sourcing of products and cost of goods spent with Finance
• Manage and track budget and annual spent, and drive reduction in cost to service. This includes, Opex, Capex and COGs. 

Supplier Management

• Responsible for maintenance and update of supply agreements along with legal team.
• Maintain effective supplier relationships and evaluate / audit suppliers frequently and ensure alignment to company policies
• Ensure supplier compliance to SLA and latest regulatory requirements
• Act as the point of escalation with the team and SA Commercial, communicating and resolving operational issues
• Responsible for ensuring resolutions to supplier queries and serves as owner to supply agreements for SA Comm along with Supply Chain Manager
• Responsible and accountable for ensuring all supply agreement are updated and with no interruption on service delivery.
• Drive operation efficiency at CMO’s to deliver Aspen’s growth agenda. Drive continuous improvement in CMO performance to deliver service improvement.
• Analyse supplier performance
• Implement and conduct routinely supplier performance reviews and feed supplier strength and weaknesses into overall supply chain strategy.
• Conduct supplier bench markings and contract reviews to continuously optimize cost, cash and cost. 

Other Supply Chain Improvement

•  Develop methodology and policies to manage sourcing operationals effectively.
• Provide periodic reporting for management on sourcing, controls and processes.
• Build effective relationships with all supply  points to strengthen supply reliability, responsiveness, and agility
• Adoption of new supply chain planning systems/functionalities and embed the new planning tool by working with planners and IT system stewards and external consultants to scope, spec and migrate Supply related functionalities from the commercial end
• Drive fact-based decision-making that will increase competitiveness by providing data analytics and implement improvement plans.

Requirements

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE 

• Degree in Supply Chain Management, BCom degree
• Specialist procurement qualification is advantageous (CIPS etc)
• Exposure to Manufacturing essential
• Import/Export experience essential
• Team Management experience essential
• 5+ years’ experience within a similar role, preferably in FMCG/Pharmaceutical environment
• 10 years’ experience within a Supply Chain environment
• Demonstrated success in product sourcing & negotiations
• Strong understanding of financial, regulatory and Supply chain interactions
• Strong understanding of procurement frameworks, methodologies, processes and industry best practices
• Proven capability to lead cross-functional project
• Understanding of legal, regulatory and GMP environment in marketing and manufacturing.
• Experience in operating with SAP, Excel, Power BI
• Experience in senior stakeholder engagement & reporting

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Description

• Oversee GMP related training interventions
• Provide oversight and support of the training system
• Plan for, schedule and report on training
• Develop training material and conduct training and assessments
• Keep records and perform administrative / compliance tasks
• Report on GMP training compliance to line / dept. managers
• Maintain training records and perform administrative tasks to ensure regulatory requirements are met

Requirements

Training administration

• Ensure GMP training plan is developed for plant, in line with operations plan.
• Assist in maintaining GMP training programmes
• Serve as a training system administrator in the LMS.
• Act as process SME, with detailed knowledge of process history, compliance, operations, and changes
• Make proposals on improvements to training systems, policies, and procedures.
• Maintain GMP training data and monitor and reports on Capability performance metrics.
• Ensure SOPs are updated regularly and are available for on-the-job coaching and assessment.
• Present objective data regarding process performance
• Maintain up to date knowledge of industry and regulatory trends, ensuring system remains compliant.

Training

• Design, develop and schedule classroom, eLearning, and skills assessment training, based on user requirements.
• Assess new and existing training material.
• Deliver lectures on GMP topics and industry/ site trends.
• Train Production operators in GMP production activities
• Train QC operators in GMP IPC and QC testing activities
• Train QA operators to facilitate understanding of manufacturing processes.
• Provide feedback to training delegates regarding competency.

Communications

• Liaise with line/ department managers to ensure GMP training requirements are met.
• Assist in disseminating regulatory updates.
• Assist in authoring development reports and regulatory documentation.
• Work with external service providers, as needed, in providing a conduit to disseminate relevant training.

Skills Required

Background/experience

• 6 years' relevant experience
• Pharmaceutical industry experience and/ or e experience working in a laboratory environment.
• Experience with electronic learning management and electronic document management
• Understanding of training procedures and techniques
• National Diploma in Pharmacy/Chemistry/ Biomedical Science or a related discipline

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

(The primary tasks, functions and deliverables of the role)

Strategic Decision making

• Develop promotional and advertising strategies that grow brand market shares against competitors in all channels (Doctor, Pharmacy, Wholesale & Retail)
• Market analysis and gathering insights to arrive at strategic intent. Ability to interpret and implement insights drawn from a variety of internal and external data sources.
• Develop succinct portfolio/brand strategies with supporting tactical plans in form of a Brand Plan to drive the strategic intent.
• Implementation, monitoring and measurement of the success of the developed strategies and to ensure that they are flexible to adapt to a dynamic environment.
• Anticipate future trends in disease management and the market environment.
• Strategies need to create demand for Brands in portfolio’s by ensuring the necessary support to the sales teams with high levels of energy, motivation, integrity and urgency to help them achieve sales targets.
• Successful roll out and lead the implementation of tactical plans and monitor the roll out.

Commercial capability

• Ability to set sales budgets agreed in the business
• Compile advertising budget and spend
• Ability to manage the cross functional networks and channel resources for the portfolio to drive profitable growth

Sustainable business growth and profitability

• Forecasting accuracy and stock management which entails minimizing write-off costs and returns, monitoring and managing distributor and wholesaler’s stock holding as well as backorders
• Effectively manage and monitor sales as well as promotional budgets
• Effectively manage and initiate the required Advertising and promotional campaigns to support execution excellence and maximize ROI
• Initiate robust measurements for tactical execution outcomes to maximize ROI and future commitment decision making
• Maintaining portfolio profitability through pricing strategies, profit margins and batch MOQ’s
• Assess market potential of opportunities/pipeline with NPL team to successfully implement new products once launch ready.

Innovation

• Innovative way of thinking to secure a competitive advantage.
• Provide creative direction for brand/ portfolios strategies.
• Solution orientated.
• Pipeline management to secure future portfolio assets with NPL team

Internal and external customer interaction

• Enthusiastically communicate plans and results with the Sales force as well as business leadership and relevant teams within the business at all times
• Drive cross functional efficiencies and collaboration with key stakeholders to deliver on quantitative and qualitative targets to achieve brand/portfolio priorities through engagements.
• Sense of urgency in resolution of customer queries
• Quality assessments of portfolio/ brand strategy and tactical implementation through customer interactions / infield visits to obtain required intelligence and insights.  
• Optimize Training department engagements to ensure field force is fully equipped and aligned with strategic and execution requirements.

Requirements

Skills and Competencies

(The abilities that the individual needs in order to perform this role effectively)

• Enthusiasm, passion, high energy are key requisites.
• Commercial acumen
• Analytical skills
• Project management
• Networking ability
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to perform under pressure.
• Self-starter and self -motivated
• Sense of urgency
• Prioritizing and planning
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Aptitude for continuous learning
• Influential and impactful presentation skills
• Adaptability and flexibility in a changing environment

QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Matric
• Relevant Post matric Marketing/Health Science Degree
• 3+ years Pharmaceutical and/or Marketing industry experience
• Successful track record and experience in Pharmaceutical Sales / Marketing
• 2-3 years brand/sales management experience would be beneficial.
• Financial literacy
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word
• Ability to work on Qlikview models is advantageous.

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JOB REQUIREMENTS:     

• Formal tertiary qualification in Chemistry, National Diploma or BTech or B.Sc. Degree or Equivalent Qualification as per the National Qualification Framework or demonstrated competence in analytical chemistry.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a pharmaceutical laboratory, experience, or knowledge of the API testing environment.
• Advanced analytical knowledge of test methods, instrumentation software, troubleshooting, and data processing.
• Good knowledge and understanding of GLP (Good Laboratory Practice).     
• Must have experience in or knowledge of the API Testing Environment.
• Must be computer literate.

BASIC JOB TASKS INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:

• Execute and Perform analysis using appropriate equipment and related techniques. This may include:
• Method development, method validation, or verification trials. This may include the compilation of associated reports.
• Investigative or confirmatory analysis
• Adhere to GLP such as recording of results, reporting OOS events, raising deviations, and ensuring safe use and disposal of materials.
• Ensuring that training requirements are met, and associated records are retrievable.
• Ensure tasks are performed according to the training provided.
• Analytical support for new product development.
• Maintenance of GLP in the Laboratory.
• Teamwork

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JOB REQUIREMENTS:          

• MSc(synthetic chemistry) or an Equivalent Qualification as per the National Qualifications Framework (NQF)
• Proven ability to lead synthetic chemistry projects.
• Proven ability to generate technical documents and research reports.
• Understanding of OHSE regulations and applied knowledge of cGMP within a production environment will be an advantage

BASIC JOB BASIC JOB FUNCTIONS (DEPENDANT ON TEAM):

• To lead a team of research chemists and/or technicians in the R&D laboratory.
• To plan and lead a team to carry out small scale and scale-up experiments to assist with the development of synthetic processes and technology transfer to production.
• To develop efficient and environmentally acceptable scaled-up synthetic processes for the manufacturing of new products.
• To provide chemical support to existing and new processes in Production.
• To assist in compilation and review of manufacturing protocols and research reports.
• To transfer manufacturing technology to pilot and/or production facility.
• Comply with GMP requirements as outlined by Company SOP’s and written instructions in all tasks and activities.
• Adhere to all Company OHSE rules and regulations.