Procurement Junior Associate at mPharma

At 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 300+ members, headquartered in Accra, Ghana, 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 seven African countries (Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Rwanda & Malawi).

Overview

At mPharma, we start and end our day thinking about how we can enable patients to afford their medications. We are a growing team of 600+ members, headquartered in Accra, Ghana, backed by world class 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 a short time,, we’ve managed to provide low-cost, high-quality medicines to tens of thousands of patients across seven African countries (Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, Gabon, Malawi, Kenya, Rwanda).

Job Description

mPharma is looking for a procurement Junior Associate to join our Purchasing team in Rwanda. In this role, you will be expected to interface with Pharmaceutical manufacturers, Pharmaceutical distributors and Hospital Procurement Departments. This role involves being in the field purchasing drugs on mPharma Rwanda’s formulary and ensuring that our customer’s inventory needs are fully met

Key Responsibilities:

• Organize, manage and be responsible for all documentation related to procurement
• Strong communication with suppliers – strategizing to find cost-effective deals while building and maintaining relationships with
• Coordinate and communicate with all Pharma medical
• Communicate and work closely with other teams within mPharma Rwanda including: Finance, Operations, Customer Service and Distribution, Marketing, Sales and Patient Support.
• Work to ensure timely stock receipts from suppliers and completion of purchase requests as
• Support Senior Procurement Associate in preparing weekly and monthly supply chain management reports related to procurement
• Responsible for drug mapping
• Keep abreast with Rwanda FDA regulations governing the pharmaceutical industry on local
• Frequently collect and update Senior Procurement Associate on revised drug cost prices from

Our applicants must have:

• The enthusiasm to work with an early stage start-up, commitment to helping Rwanda business grow, and passion about healthcare in Africa
• A strong knowledge base in pharmaceuticals and ability to draw frequently from technical knowledge
• A strong work ethic and a “can-do” attitude that requires minimal supervision Credentials:
• Bachelor’s degree in Procurement & Supply Diploma or any related field; if you have a Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy it would be an added value.
• 1-2 years work experience (can include internships)
• Spotless personal background
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work in a dynamic team

Admin:

This position reports to the Senior Procurement Associate – Rwanda

To Apply

Interested candidates should click the Apply button below to send their applications not later than 5th May 2022.