Pharmacist Deputy

About the role

The Deputy Pharmacist will lead quality oversight for a pharmaceutical distribution centre, ensuring compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards while supporting efficient storage, dispatch, and distribution of products.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain and renew the annual premises licence for the pharma warehouse.
• Monitor operational staff compliance with Good Warehouse Practice (GWP), Good Storage Practice (GSP) and client SOPs.
• Drive a quality culture across receipt, storage, and distribution processes.
• Prepare monthly operational reports and weekly security system reports.
• Ensure service level agreements are met and support third‑party performance monitoring.
• Lead internal and client audits, and respond to regulatory enquiries.
• Resolve quality complaints within 24 hours and escalate when necessary.
• Manage temperature‑controlled storage, batch and shelf‑life accuracy, and controlled‑drug records.
• Oversee handling of damaged, expired, and NAFDAC‑hold products.
• Perform root‑cause analysis of deviations and implement CAPA plans.
• Support maintenance of security systems, generators, MHEs and temperature monitoring devices.

Required profile

• Qualified pharmacist with experience in warehouse or distribution centre operations.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements (e.g., NAFDAC, GWP, GSP).
• Proven ability to manage audits, quality complaints and HSE initiatives.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.

Required skills

• Good Warehouse Practice (GWP)
• Good Storage Practice (GSP)
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) implementation
• Regulatory compliance (NAFDAC)
• CAPA development and execution
• Root cause analysis
• Audit management
• Temperature monitoring and calibration
• HSE (Health, Safety, Environment) practices