Pharmacy Project Manager

Job Description

Are you a change maker who wants to play a pivotal role in restoring vision for millions of people in low-income settings across Ghana?

 

VisionSpring, an international social enterprise, seeks a Pharmacy Manager - in its project execution in Ghana. The Pharmacy Manager is delivering one of our newest models of service delivery, bringing clear vision into the community, closer to those who had limited access before. 

 

Reporting to the Global Pharmacy Manager and the Country Manager Ghana, this is a full-time, position requiring a candidate located in Kumasi, Ghana with in-depth knowledge of the local market. The Pharmacy Manager will be responsible for developing a scalable and sustainable business model for distributing reading eyeglasses through the pharmacy store.

ABOUT YOU 

• You are an arranger – you like to orchestrate all elements of a project and bring it to fruition.
• You have run projects and love the project cycle and you understand the benefits of structured project implementation
• You have experience implementing programs or projects, especially in partnership with community pharmacy partnership.
• You love working with all kinds of teams and people. You can bring them together in a smoothly running team.
• You think on your feet, and you recognize the problems in the job that can sometimes deviate from plan, andare always able to quickly move to Plan B.
• Nothing gives you more satisfaction than flawless work.
• You believe that technology and processes are great enablers to create efficiencies and improve productivity.

ABOUT US

• VisionSpring increases lifelong earning, learning, safety, and well-being through eyeglasses for people vulnerable to poverty. We believe in the wonder of clear vision for everybody. Our vision is to ensure that everyone who needs eyeglasses will have them by 2050, and your role as a Senior Proposal Writer will be instrumental in achieving this inspiring goal. 
• We sell and deliver radically affordable optical products and services and develop markets for eyeglasses. This 700-year-old technology has failed to reach 1 billion people in need of vision correction, most of whom live on less than $4 a day.
• We serve low-income consumers, not as beneficiaries but as customers. Our customers expect high-quality, affordable products and eyecare services, and are willing to spend their limited discretionary income on the immediate and tangible benefits of vision correction.
• As a social enterprise, we are purpose first. We blend philanthropic and earned revenue, drawing on nonprofit and business practices, and utilize sales and efficiency metrics, as well as social impact measures, to bring vision correction to an ever-growing number of people. 
• We catalyze collaborative action in an expansive, multisector partner network and use our evidence and experience to influence systems change and close the global clear vision gap.
• We believe in scaling our impact, not our organization. We are a lean team of doers, which means you'll have the opportunity to take on significant responsibilities and make a direct impact on our mission.
• Our big goal: Everyone who needs eyeglasses will have them by 2050.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or Higher National Diploma.
• 5 to 7 years of professional experience 
• Planning and analytical skills
• Distributor experience is a plus.
• Negotiation skills
• Demonstrated project management experience. 
• Demonstrated financial or budget management experience. Must reside in Kumasi Ghana, with knowledge of the local market dynamics and experience working with local stakeholders.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English, and other local languages common in Ghana
• Computer software skills, especially Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Job Responsibilities

Project Management

• Build a scalable and sustainable business model for selling reading eyeglasses in pharmacy stores in Kumasi.
• Drive execution and work closely with all cross-functional team members, partners, distributors and vendors to co-ordinate multiple workstreams and drive closure on action items.
• Present status to leadership team including execution, budget adherence and risks, in a standard format at regular intervals.
• Travel to various locations – pharmacies, referral hospitals and outreach camps as needed to implement project.
• Work closely with Supply Chain and Logistics teams to ensure product and other equipment are available on site as required for project. Develop a plan for reusable assets.
• Working closely with Program manager and the Quality Assurance teams, develop a service operations plan including delivery of service and collection of data.
• Working with the Monitoring and Evaluation team, develop and maintain the Key Performance Indicators as required for the project.
• Propose innovations based on data and evidence gathered.

 

Operations

• Develop and map assigned territory by selecting the right pharmacy clusters.
• Identify and on-board new retail pharmacies and ensure product distribution to pharmacies.
• Product requisition collection from distributor and ensure product supply on time.
• Ensure marketing collateral are displayed at visible points within the partner pharmacies..
• Regular and structured visit to partner pharmacies and market development
• Monitor distributor staffs’ daily activities to ensure prompt order pick-up and supplies
• Prepare regular sales reporting, analyses, and solving territory operational issues.
• Liaise with supply chain officer to ensure delivery to pharmacy distributor(s), as per demand from the pharmacies.
• Ensure product display at pharmacy and proper execution of POSM (point of sale materials)
• Supportive Supervision of Partner Pharmacies to ensure required quality standards are met and undertake a root-cause analysis to implement corrective and preventative actions.

 

Financials

• Work closely with Global Program Manager, Country Manager and African Director in preparation of the budget for new projects. Develop budget forecasting models and track variance to the budget.
• Ensure project budgets are tightly monitored. Keep track of staffing requirements and ensure that project is level loaded to optimize labor. Maintain a tracker of project staff cost.
• Monitor philanthropy subsidy and ensure that this subsidy reduces overtime for the project.

 

Training, Marketing and Communications

• Increase the effectiveness and efficiency of field staff through training to improve their skills at regular intervals.
• Ensure that distributors, partners, and retailers are trained as required. Working with the Program Manager and Training team, ensure that training content is developed as needed for the project.
• Working with marketing teams ensure that all collateral and marketing material is available for the project at all points of distribution, retail, or service camps.
• Gather customer and user stories that can be shared across the VisionSpring network of donors and partners.

 

Overall support

• Help Managers and Country Leaders develop new project proposals in standard format for approval by the
• leadership team.
• Take charge of all on-going and upcoming VisionSpring projects and apply project management discipline to
• deliver them on time, on budget and with quality.

Job Benefits

• Based on experience, education, and location.
• We offer comprehensive benefits, including health insurance.

Please note, only candidates invited to interview will be contacted.

At VisionSpring, diversity, equity, and inclusion are directly aligned with our core value to advance equity. Our mission is predicated on removing a fundamental barrier to full economic and social participation—uncorrected blurry vision. The values that underpin our mission energize our commitment to a diverse and inclusive team. A diverse team also allows VisionSpring to approach problems with nuance and develop unique insights that drive an outsized positive impact in the world. We actively recruit, develop, and retain talented people from diverse backgrounds and support everyone in being exactly who they are. VisionSpring is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes people from all experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.