Pharmacy Supervisor – ALIMA Nigeria

In emergency medical response, the availability of high-quality medication is the difference between life and death. As a Pharmacy Supervisor with ALIMA, you are not just managing inventory; you are safeguarding the therapeutic chain that allows our medical teams to treat vulnerable populations. Your expertise ensures that even in the most remote areas of Borno State, our patients receive the right treatment, at the right time, in the right condition.

Location: Borno State, Nigeria

Position Type: Full-Time

Application Deadline: January 27, 2026

Sector: Pharmaceutical / Humanitarian Medicine

Job Summary

The Pharmacy Supervisor provides comprehensive oversight of medical supply chains and stock management for complex project sites. Reporting to the Medical Referent (MedRef), you will ensure that the pharmacy operates under strict international standards of Good Hospital Pharmacy Distribution Practices. Your role is to bridge the gap between procurement and patient care, ensuring rational drug use, cold chain integrity, and the continuous availability of life-saving medical assets.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Supply Chain & Order Management

• End-to-End Oversight: Manage the full cycle of international and local medical orders, ensuring seamless reception, recording, and tracking of shipments.
• Validation & Distribution: Supervise the preparation and validation of orders for internal consumption units, including health posts, emergency kits, and hospital wards.
• Traceability: Maintain a rigorous archival system for all pro-forma orders, packing lists, and donation certificates to ensure 100% audit transparency.

2. Expert Pharmacy & Stock Governance

• Stock Optimization: Maintain a clean, organized, and secure medical warehouse in alignment with ALIMA’s global recommendations.
• Digital Inventory: Utilize Sagastock to record all medical inputs and outputs, ensuring the digital record mirrors the physical reality.
• Risk Mitigation: Perform regular physical inventories and provide proactive alerts on potential stockouts, overstocking, or upcoming expiration dates to project leadership.
• Security: Act as the primary custodian of the medical stock, controlling access and ensuring the safety of controlled substances.

3. Cold Chain & Technical Quality Control

• Thermal Integrity: Execute twice-daily temperature checks for all cold chain equipment, maintaining precise logs to guarantee vaccine and medication efficacy.
• Equipment Maintenance: Collaborate with the Logistics team to ensure the upkeep of refrigerators and freezers, escalating technical failures immediately.

4. Clinical Support & Rational Drug Use

• Pharmacy Best Practices: Guide medical staff in the rational use of drugs, ensuring clinical protocols are respected to maximize patient safety and minimize waste.
• Indicator Tracking: Capitalize on pharmacy data by tracking key performance indicators to improve future medical forecasting.

5. Team Leadership & Development

• Supervision: Lead and mentor pharmacy storekeepers and dispensers, fostering a culture of punctuality, accuracy, and proactivity.
• Talent Growth: Conduct regular performance evaluations and design tailored development plans to enhance the technical skills of your team.

Essential Qualifications & Skills

• Educational Background: A Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy Management, Pharmaceutical Sciences, or a strictly related field.
• Experience: Minimum of 1 year of professional experience in pharmacy management, ideally within an NGO or a high-volume clinical setting.
• Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (specifically Excel for data analysis) and experience with inventory management software (e.g., Sagastock).
• Language: Fluency in English and at least one local language relevant to Borno State is essential.
• Soft Skills: A self-starter with a “critical spirit” for identifying process improvements, high flexibility, and a deep commitment to humanitarian principles.

Why This Job Matters

In Borno State, medical projects often face unpredictable supply routes and extreme climates. The Pharmacy Supervisor is the “guardian of the stock,” ensuring that heat-sensitive vaccines remain potent and that surgical supplies never run dry during an influx of patients. By professionalizing the pharmacy workflow, you directly enable ALIMA’s doctors to perform their duties without interruption.

Benefits of Applying

• Professional Growth: Manage complex medical stocks that include international procurement and cold chain logistics.
• Impactful Work: Contribute to medical research and innovative projects that are redefining humanitarian medicine.
• Collaborative Environment: Work within a multi-disciplinary team of international and local experts.
• Salary: Competitive and commensurate with experience within the NGO sector.

About the Organization

The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA) is an independent humanitarian organization that has been transforming medical aid since 2009. We specialize in providing high-standard healthcare during emergencies and medical disasters, while simultaneously advancing the field through integrated medical research. ALIMA’s unique model relies on strong partnerships with local medical actors, ensuring that our interventions are not only rapid but sustainable and culturally grounded.

Tips for Applicants

• Focus on Precision: When describing your experience, highlight your familiarity with “Good Distribution Practices” and “Cold Chain Management.”
• Software Experience: If you have used Sagastock or similar ERP systems for medical supplies, ensure this is clearly detailed in your CV.
• Leadership Style: Be prepared to discuss how you have previously mentored junior staff to improve their accuracy and accountability.

How to Apply

Are you ready to safeguard the medical mission in Borno? Please submit your application through the ALIMA recruitment portal: ALIMA Application Form.

Organization: Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA)