
Pharmacy Shipping Coordinator
- Dartmouth, NS
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Ensuring the daily receiving, shipping and inventory control aspects of the pharmacy are maintained including:
- Receiving: verifying all inbound shipments for quantity and any shipping damage; performs established
- pharmacy receiving process, ensures quantities invoiced for is what the pharmacy received, inputs invoices
- product details into pharmacy Kroll software. Receiving documents are reviewed for accuracy and to ensure
- no discrepancy in product pricing.
- Quarantining of product: relating to all inbound receipts and returns as outlined in the pharmacy SOPs
- Managing inventory movement in a FIFO or FEFO manner (first-in-first-out, first-expiry-first-out)
- Proper Storage of product: relating to all inbound receipts
- Packing of product: All products received by the pharmacy are to be verified against accompanying
- documentation to ensure product, quantity, shipping location and box pack out are correct. All orders
- provided by the pharmacy are to be packaged in accordance with temperature requirements of the products
- and Standard Operating Procedures of the pharmacy. Assess suitability of packaging requirements based on
- shipping destination and weather circumstances.
- Ensuring that all documentation is completed accurately, including preparing shipping documentation, i.e.
- waybills and packing slips
- Production assembly; Ie. cold chain and ambient box assembly and conditioning of bricks and blankets for
- pack outs.
- Supplies management; monitor and replenish shipping materials as needed
- Assist with administrative functions i.e filing
- Ensuring all sensitive products outlined by the pharmacy SOP are handled and labelled accordingly.
- Required to be trained and understand Kroll, the pharmacy software system as it relates to receiving functions.
- Act as the final check to ensure the right prescription reaches the right destination
- Utilizes various carrier’s software, such as FedEx, Purolator, ATS, etc.
- May be required to be on standby/on call as part of this role
- High school diploma or equivalency
- Previous experience an asset\
- Must be proficient in English language (reading, written, oral and mathematics)
- Ability to lift and move up to 50 lbs
- Ability to perform repeated reaching, bending and lifting daily
- Able to work in a cold environment daily
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and use appropriate judgment
- Ability to work accurately with a strong attention to detail
- Ability to work well under pressure in time sensitive situations
- Ability to shift priorities quickly to meet deadlines
- Good organizational and multi-tasking abilities
- Independent worker, requiring minimal supervision
- Bilingualism (French-English) is also an asset
- Ability to operate material handling equipment such as reach truck, Walkie, pallet jacks and/or forklifts as required