Senior Principal Pharmacist

**About ALPS**

ALPS Pte Ltd, set up in 2018 as part of Ministry of Health’s (MOH) strategic thrust in delivering value-based supply chain solutions to public healthcare.

As the public healthcare supply chain agency, we design and execute a national level end-to-end supply chain

blueprint in partnership with 27 Public Healthcare Institutions (PHIs) in Singapore.

Our employees are key to our excellence - the heartbeat in sustaining our mission, developing new capabilities and re-engineering processes to future-proof Singapore’s healthcare supply chain landscape -making it more sustainable and resilient.

**About The Role**

As Senior Principal Pharmacist, you will oversee and manage overall supply chain operations of site team for drugs and pharmaceutical products. This includes procurement, inventory management and stock distribution:
**Key Responsibilities**
- Manage expectations and work closely with clinical pharmacists &/or physicians on alternate sources & drugs when usual sources have supply issues.
- Ensure proper and comprehensive evaluation of all drugs and gather inputs from key stakeholders (physicians, nurses and/or clinical pharmacists). Represents institution as evaluation committee member in evaluation of drugs and pharmaceutical products.
- Ensure availability and accessibility of drugs for all patient care setting.
- To keep optimal inventory to achieve optimal stock availability vs overstocking and avoid wastages.
- Work closely with pharmacy inventory team on inventory management of all pharmacy sections, support stock take activities and reporting. Participate in key activities and related operational workgroups, quality improvement/productivity projects, management of critical supplies & stocks, attend management meetings at the supporting site.

**Procurement**
- Timely sourcing and processing of purchase requests from users - Purchase requests must be fulfilled on time in order not to affect patient's treatment plan.
- Ensure purchases are performed in accordance to procurement policy.
- Verify and submit requirements of national contracts taking into considerations past usage and future trends of disease treatment protocols that aligns with MOH directives and international guidelines. Achieve cost-savings from purchases (Group/cluster contracts and institution quotations/negotiations)

**Logistic/ Inventory management**
- Manage controlled drugs, distribute effectively and in accordance to requirements of Misuse of Drug Acts.
- Ensure continuity of critical supplies or alternate products during exceptional periods.
- Minimize total value of goods written-off (Pharmacy Store and all pharmacy sections/substores).
- Achieve mínimal stock discrepancy of total physical stock vs inventory system. Maintain targeted annual stockturn per year (pharmacy)

**Others**
- Material /item code creation and updates. Timely and accurate maintenance of PHI pharmacy systems (SAP & dispensing systems) on cost price, selling price, drug class and drug subsidy status/type.
- Handle audit queries in all related areas

**People Management**
- Stakeholder management at supporting site Lead and motivate the team at site

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy) / Bachelor of Pharmacy
- Registered pharmacist with the Singapore Pharmacy Council
- Relevant experience in Procurement and inventory management of drugs and pharmaceutical products
- Good knowledge in SAP-MM, Microsoft office, excel and powerpoint.
- Good negotiation, interpersonal and communication skills Self-motivated, independent worker with team spirit and good problem solver

**Benefits**
- Competitive paid-leave entitlements including family care leave
- Performance bonus and AWS
- Annual salary increment
- Health insurance and dental coverage
- Learning and development opportunities
- Rotation opportunities for career progression Maternity Medical Benefit

**How to apply**

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