Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF Hollande) recherche un Pharmacien support au
Département Achats. Poste basé à Amsterdam.
Contexte et profil du poste :
Artsen zonder Grenzen (MSF-Holland) is an international organization,
which offers humanitarian medical aid to victims of emergency and chronic
crises and speaks out for their cause. The logistics department plays a
key role in providing technical and logistical support and in supplying
drugs, medical material and non-medical material to the field projects.
The department consists of the Procurement Unit and the Field Support
Unit.
With immediate effect Artsen zonder Grenzen has a vacancy for a
PHARMACIST (100%) based in Amsterdam
Position
As a member of the tactical procurement team, the pharmacist reports
directly to the coordinator of the Procurement unit of the Logistics
department. Together with the pharmacist in the Public Health Department
(PHD) s/he is part of the MSF international pharmacist network and a
counterpart to the pharmacists of the MSF supply centers in Belgium and
France (MSF Supply and MSF Logistique respectively).
Medicines supplied to the projects of MSF in the field should be evaluated
according to the MSF qualification scheme agreed by general and medical
directors. Each medicine is assessed by MSF pharmacists against agreed
technical criteria and its validation is endorsed by section pharmacists
and the international coordination (and medical directors when necessary).
This system is already applied for drugs purchased and stocked by MSF
Supply and MSF Logistique and exported to the field missions. Pharmacists
in procurement centers are key actors in the assessment process in close
collaboration with the international coordinator who is responsible of the
implementation of the MSF qualification scheme. MSF-Holland, however,
procures directly on (field) order at several different pharmacy
wholesalers and directly from manufacturers. Where these suppliers offer
products of which the quality has not yet been assessed through the MSF
qualification system, this poses obvious concerns over their compliance to
MSF International quality assurance requirements.
The purpose of the position is to satisfy this compliance for the short
and long term in MSF-H pharmaceutical procurement, in particular in the
context of long-term framework contracts with MSF-H main suppliers of
pharmaceutical products. The pharmacist will be also in charge of the
pharmaceutical license delivered by the Dutch authority.
Main responsibilities:
Harmonization MSFHâs international supply:
- Define further/ implement the strategy for collaboration with
MSF-Hâs medical suppliers towards compliance with the MSF qualification
scheme for pharmaceuticals
- Set-up and evaluate product dossiers in collaboration with MSF
suppliers, the pharmacist coordinator and the other MSF pharmacists
- Define quality standards for surgical equipment and other medical
materials in collaboration with medical staff of PHD
- In close collaboration with the section pharmacist, source
appropriate quality supplies and negotiate good delivery conditions as
part of ongoing operational procurement activities.
Follow-up of MSFHâs pharmaceutical license:
- Supervise the maintenance of the requirements linked to the status
of a pharmaceutical wholesaler
- Be the responsible pharmacist for the Dutch pharmaceutical
wholesale license of MSF-Holland
- Regularly update the quality manual of procedures (related to the
pharmaceutical wholesale license)
- Supervise the maintenance of good distributing practices (GDP) in
the MSFH warehouse
- Organize and control the complaints and recall system
MSF International:
- Take part in the MSF international pharmacist group with the aim
to assist in defining standards and procedures related to international
purchase of pharmaceuticals and medical materials and facilitate their
implementation.
- Take part in the setting up of product dossiers and their
evaluation together with MSF pharmacists involved in product dossier
assessment.
- Develop collaboration and work relationship with the pharmacists
of MSF Supply Centers
- Participate to worldwide manufacturer audits together with
MSF-appointed good manufacturing practices (GMP) experts or perform
technical/monitoring visits to manufacturers on behalf of MSF.
Profile
We are looking for a qualified pharmacist (diploma accepted in Europe)
with experience in quality assurance and procurement of pharmaceuticals.
Knowledge of good distributing practice requirements and work experience
in the pharmaceutical industry is an asset. The candidate should have an
interest in the organizational context of MSF and be available to perform
worldwide audits, to travel incidentally to the field and internationally
to other MSF partners. Computer skills and fluency in English are
essential next to advisory skills, initiative and a result driven
approach. Knowledge of French and Dutch is highly preferred.
We offer
A contract for one year with a renewal option based on a fulltime
appointment in salary grade 6, with a gross monthly salary between â¬
2.730 and ⬠4.042 depending upon relevant professional experience and
based upon a 40-hour working week. Other benefits include 30 holidays and
a premium free pension.
More information?
For more information about this position, please contact Roel Zaat,
Coordinator Procurement on phone 020-520 8016.
Application
If you are interested in this position and believe that you fit the
profile, please e-mail your letter of application and curriculum vitae in
English to: officejobs@amsterdam.msf.org, attn: Marco Visser, HRM Advisor.
Please mention âPharmacist - procurementâ in the subject line. The
application deadline is 14 April 2008.
International Medical and Pharmaceutical Coordination
MSF International, Paris
Ph: + 33 (0) 1 40 21 29 79
Fax: +33 (0) 1 40 21 2960
Email address : thuy-nga.li@msf.org