Refurbishment Junior Associate at mPharma Nigeria

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 350+ 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, Malawi & Rwanda).

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Refurbishment Junior Associate

Location: Rivers
Employment Type: Full Time - Permanent contract
Department: Quality Rx

Position Description

• We are looking for a responsible and trustworthy professional with exceptionally high work standards to join our QualityRx team as a Refurbishment Junior Associate.
• He/She will lead the refurbishments of a pipeline of Retail Pharmacies ready to join the QualityRx network in support of mPharma’s mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities.
• This role will focus on replicating the approved design for pharmacy renovations and will work with relevant stakeholders as needed. This position reports to the Country Head QualityRX.

Responsibilities

• Lead the timely refurbishment of selected retail pharmacies.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with suppliers, facilitating pooled purchases of raw materials and driving down the overall cost of refurbishments.
• Manages, monitors and tracks the performance of contractors.
• Involves in on-site monitoring of ongoing refurbishment and deliver facility refurbishment targets.
• Manages the planning, budgeting and timely delivery of each pharmacy refurbishment.
• Ensures design consistency and quality across all renovated pharmacies.
• Maintain quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
• Works with internal stakeholders to develop and improve on internal and external branding, design and layout.
• Contribute to any other initiatives that are critical to the continued success of the business unit.
• Ensures a successful transition to Key accounts team to maintain the service and relationships.
• Contributes to any other initiatives that are critical to the continued success of the QualityRx Service.

Key Attributes

• An entrepreneurial spirit with a passion for mPharma’s mission to increase the accessibility and affordability of high-quality medicines.
• A strong work ethic and a proactive “can do” attitude that requires minimal supervision.
• Fluent English with excellent writing, verbal, analytical, and organizational skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience in architecture, building surveying, production designing, interior or spatial designing. 
• Ability to provide fact-based advice and development of market and industry analysis.
• Understanding of business development initiatives and influencing stakeholders
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to multitask, prioritize and manage time effectively
• Relevant project management experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills to network with new people and develop business relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Degree in Architecture, Quantity Surveying, Project management or relevant field.
• 4+ years of professional experience.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.