7 Pharmaceutical jobs in Kuwait

Overview

Responsible for coordinating all aspects of tender processes and government relations procedures, especially within the Central Medical Store, ensuring compliance, efficient communication, and the timely execution of duties across the pharmaceutical division.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Policies and Procedures
  • Implement the Healthcare Division’s set policies and procedures and comply with Mohamed Naser Al – Hajery & Son’s other policies.
• Tender & Government Affairs Coordinator Activities
• Documentation and Compliance
  • Gather all necessary documentation for tender processes and government relations, ensuring thorough understanding and adherence to required procedures.
  • Conduct detailed checks of invoices and items before delivery to the warehouse, ensuring all documents and items are accurately accounted for and meet quality standards.
• Departmental Coordination
  • Share critical information and deadlines with relevant departments, following up to guarantee timely and complete submissions.
  • Serve as a liaison between the contracts team and the central medical stores, facilitating effective and transparent communication.
• Bridge communication between the tender team and the stock-keeping systems of pharmaceutical suppliers, ensuring timely updates on needed quantities.
• Stakeholder Engagement
  • Establish and maintain rapport with relevant government institutions and officials to advance the company’s interests effectively.
  • Utilize public relations skills to inquire about declined quotations and strategize improvements for future proposals.
• Operational Monitoring and Negotiation
  • Keep a close eye on the status of tenders, quotations, and any related discrepancies, promptly addressing and resolving any issues.
  • Regularly negotiate and follow up on all activities in the Central Medical Store (CMS), ensuring smooth progress and compliance with established standards.
  • Monitor all files and provide daily updates to the Commercial Manager on statuses and any emerging issues within CMS.
• Supply Chain and Inventory Tracking
  • Gain access to and utilize the supply chain sheet to track the status and location of each item, ensuring clear visibility and timely management of supplies.
• Skills
  • Follow up on any stalled files, identifying causes of delays and resolving issues to keep processes moving forward efficiently.
• Quality Assurance and Improvement
  • Maintain high standards by performing regular quality checks on items and invoices, identifying and correcting discrepancies swiftly.
• Additional Duties
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the Direct Manager, contributing to the overall efficiency and success of the division.
• Reports
  • Prepare and submit reports tracking the status of tenders and pending government procedures to the Head of Government Affairs.

Job Requirements

• Educational Qualification
  • Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, biomedical engineering, or any medical field.
• Work Experience
  • Minimum of 1–3 years of experience in the same or related field.
• Behavioral Competencies
  • Accountability
  • Attention to detail
  • Time management
  • Communication skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Teamwork and collaboration
• Language Skills
  • Proficiency in Arabic and proficiency in English would be an advantage.
• Communications and Working Relations
  • Key Internal Contacts
    • Governmental Affairs Department
    • Tender Department
  • Key External Contacts
    • Central Medical Stores
    • Ministry of Health
    • Suppliers

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• Responsible for selling and dispensing drugs according to prescriptions of physicians, while also consulting customers about appropriate over the counter medications, consumer healthcare, and skincare products for common ailments. Also responsible for instructing patients on how and when to take a prescribed medicine and inform them about side effects they may experience from taking the medication.
• Implement the pharmacies established policies and procedures and comply with the company’s policies.
• Greet customers warmly and assist them with their orders in a friendly and professional manner.
• Provide product information, recommendations, and assistance as needed to enhance the customer experience.
• Verify the identity of customers to ensure that they match prescriptions.
• Review prescriptions from doctors to ensure accuracy, to ascertain the needed medicines, and ask all the relevant questions to evaluate their suitability for the patient.
• Check for potentially dangerous drug interactions when patients are taking multiple medications and advise them of ways of avoiding potential harm.
• Provide information and advice about drugs, their side effects, correct dosage and proper storage.
• Keep records such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, and narcotics or controlled drugs in compliance with MOH regulations.
• Plan, implement and maintain procedures for packaging and labelling pharmaceuticals according to policy and legal requirements to ensure quality, security and proper disposal.
• Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, drugs and other retail products, as required and in line with the company’s policies and procedures.
• Direct the laborer in maintaining, handling and storing stock properly, in line with the company’s policies and procedures.
• Ensure all stocks maintained at the pharmacy are within the acceptable expiry dates and returned before expiring in store.
• Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive or illicit use.
• Adhere to all health and commercial regulations pertaining to the practice of pharmacy in the state of Kuwait.
• Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment or healthcare supplies that may best suit their needs.
• Provide pharmacological, cosmeceutical and nutritional supplement information by answering questions of customers and counseling patients.
• Adhere to WHO & MOH guidelines in anti-microbial stewardship to prevent antimicrobial overuse and reduce cases of antimicrobial resistance.
• Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with relevant procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Maintain pharmacological knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies
• Perform ad-hoc and other duties related to the job as assigned by direct manager.

Skills

• A bachelor’s degree in pharmacy.
• Minimum of 1 - 6 years of experience in the same or related field.
• Accountability
• Attention to detail
• Time management
• Communication skills
• Proficiency in English and Arabic languages.
• Interpersonal skills
• Teamwork and collaboration

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At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at Function:**
Medical Affairs Group
**Job Sub** **Function:**
Medical Science Liaison
**Job Category:**
Scientific/Technology
**All Job Posting Locations:**
Kuwait City, Kuwait
**Job Description:**
**We are searching for the best talent for Medical Science Liaison - Oncology/Hematology** in **Kuwait.**
**About Innovative Medicine**
Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.
Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.
Learn more at maximize company product value through high scientific quality communication with Leading Specialists on a peer-to-peer basis. Through activities in line with the Medical Affairs Plan, the MSL is jointly responsible for the realization of short-term and long-term company goals.
To be a therapeutic area scientific expert, responsible for discussing our products, patients' treatment trends and studies in the therapeutic areas in which we are involved, on a peer-to-peer basis with defined audience of Leading Specialists (Physicians, Pharmacists, Hospital Managers, Board Members of Scientific Societies, and other partners) and to be considered a trusted scientific counterpart.
**You will be responsible for:**
To keep abreast of the **medical and scientific knowledge.**
- Continuously update their knowledge of products, patient's treatment trends and clinical activities and studies conducted within the therapeutic area in their region.
+ Development and maintenance of a **contact network with Leading Specialists** . Understands their needs, key value drivers, practical treatment patterns and scientific activities within therapeutic area. Communicates value of company products, incl. formulary discussions. Through scientific interactions, champions medical benefits of products and contribute to foster innovative approaches. Represents the company within therapeutic area professional associations in cooperation with Medical Advisor/ Medical Lead
+ **Proactive and reactive communication** of medical scientific data to Leading Specialists and broader external health-care related audiences: Communicates directly and proactively scientific information on our products within the approved label . Communicates non-promotional general information about our company, including description of research and development programs. Responds to unsolicited scientific queries of customers for approved products and products/indications in development, based on Medical Affairs and Medical Information documents
+ Organization and participation in **Medical Education activities:** Identify/support/educate speakers Build Medical Education programs with scientific third party
+ Organization and participation in **Advisory Boards** in cooperation with Medical lead.
+ Provision of **scientific support to company Sales Representatives.** Provides medical and product training and scientific support to Sales Representatives in coordination with Training Department as appropriate. Acts as a reference point to Sales Representatives for any scientific query, in collaboration with Medical Information as appropriate.
+ Support Medical Affairs **study execution,** Supports the set up and follow up of registries and other non-interventional Medical Affairs studies. Proposes investigators and sites for interventional and non-interventional Medical Affairs studies. Participates in investigator meetings preparation, recruitment follow-up and study result presentation. Receives investigator proposals for IIS and to ensure they are discussed within the Medical Affairs department for decision.
+ Through scientific interactions, **gain valuable insight** into treatment patterns, and scientific activities in the therapeutic area and provide input to the company Medical Affairs Plan / business decision- making.
**Qualifications / Requirements:**
+ Pharmacist/Physician
+ Experience as medical science liaison in a mid-to-large pharmaceutical organization required
+ Experience in Oncology/Hematology therapy area is strongly preferred

Responsible for selling and dispensing drugs according to prescriptions of physicians, while also consulting customers about appropriate over the counter medications, consumer healthcare, and skincare products for common ailments. Also responsible for instructing patients on how and when to take a prescribed medicine and inform them about side effects they may experience from taking the medication. Implement the pharmacies established policies and procedures and comply with the company’s policies. Greet customers warmly and assist them with their orders in a friendly and professional manner. Provide product information, recommendations, and assistance as needed to enhance the customer experience. Verify the identity of customers to ensure that they match prescriptions. Review prescriptions from doctors to ensure accuracy, to ascertain the needed medicines, and ask all the relevant questions to evaluate their suitability for the patient. Check for potentially dangerous drug interactions when patients are taking multiple medications and advise them of ways of avoiding potential harm. Provide information and advice about drugs, their side effects, correct dosage and proper storage. Keep records such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, charge system files, inventories, and narcotics or controlled drugs in compliance with MOH regulations. Plan, implement and maintain procedures for packaging and labelling pharmaceuticals according to policy and legal requirements to ensure quality, security and proper disposal. Order and purchase pharmaceutical supplies, medical supplies, drugs and other retail products, as required and in line with the company’s policies and procedures. Direct the laborer in maintaining, handling and storing stock properly, in line with the company’s policies and procedures. Ensure all stocks maintained at the pharmacy are within the acceptable expiry dates and returned before expiring in store. Analyze prescribing trends to monitor patient compliance and to prevent excessive or illicit use. Adhere to all health and commercial regulations pertaining to the practice of pharmacy in the state of Kuwait. Advise customers on the selection of medication brands, medical equipment or healthcare supplies that may best suit their needs. Provide pharmacological, cosmeceutical and nutritional supplement information by answering questions of customers and counseling patients. Adhere to WHO & MOH guidelines in anti-microbial stewardship to prevent antimicrobial overuse and reduce cases of antimicrobial resistance. Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with relevant procedures, rules, and regulations. Maintain pharmacological knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies Perform ad-hoc and other duties related to the job as assigned by direct manager. Skills A bachelor’s degree in pharmacy. Minimum of 1 - 6 years of experience in the same or related field. Accountability Attention to detail Time management Communication skills Proficiency in English and Arabic languages. Interpersonal skills Teamwork and collaboration

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Overview Responsible for analyzing sales data to create accurate demand forecasts and act as the central communication link between suppliers/principals, internal teams, and customers in both private and public sectors. The Demand Planner ensures seamless coordination, timely resolution of shipment issues, and accurate reporting to support informed decision-making in the pharmaceutical division.

Key Roles and Responsibilities Demand Planning Activities

Demand Forecasting and Analysis

Create, maintain, and communicate accurate product forecasts, analyzing sales trends, and applying demand assumptions.

Review monthly sales data for all products/SKUs and track forecasts for pipeline products, identifying reasons for growth or decline in sales.

Collaborate with Sales Management to ensure current product listings and build market share assumptions, adjusting forecasts to align with production plans and customer allocation.

Provide analytical support for Revenue Management and Marketing teams, contributing to the monthly Demand Review and annual Sales Planning process.

Adopt and manage forecasting tools (e.g., SAP Integrated Business Planning, Discontinuation tracking, Forecast templates) to improve forecast accuracy continually.

Conduct portfolio-level analysis, recommending actions for SKU rationalization, product optimization, and profitability improvements.

Lead the communication with principal to arrange their annual forecast and keep updating on a monthly basis.

Stakeholder Coordination and Communication

Serve as the primary point of communication between customers in private and public sectors, including KOC, MOH, and suppliers, to ensure smooth order processing and follow-up on purchase orders’ status.

Coordinate with suppliers and principals on any supply chain issues.

Track all shipment data, including invoicing, quantity, and regulatory compliance, proactively addressing and resolving issues by coordinating with relevant stakeholders.

Manage new product setup within the system and maintain up-to-date sales trend analysis.

Regularly communicate shipment statuses and updates with the Pharmaceutical and Supply Chain Directors.

Work as an intermediary between suppliers and the procurement team to resolve issues like expiries and Free of Charge (FOC) products, etc.

Compliance and Process Improvement

Ensure compliance with internal policies, including the Global Business Ethics and Compliance Program, Global Quality policies, Safety and Environmental standards, and HR policies.

Identify and implement process improvements within demand planning and communication processes to optimize efficiency and accuracy.

Reports The Demand Planner is responsible for preparing comprehensive reports on sales data, demand forecasts, shipment statuses, and issue resolutions, ensuring that key stakeholders are informed and aligned with ongoing supply chain and compliance activities.

Qualifications and Skills

Skills

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or a related field is preferred.

Minimum of 5 years of experience in demand planning or forecast analysis.

Preferred experience with forecasting in the pharmaceutical or biologics industry.

Behavioral Competencies

Planning and organizing

Delegation

Problem analysis and problem solving

Decision making

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Language Skills

Proficiency in English and Arabic languages.

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Overview

Responsible for coordinating all aspects of tender processes and government relations procedures, especially within the Central Medical Store, ensuring compliance, efficient communication, and the timely execution of duties across the pharmaceutical division. Key Roles and Responsibilities

Policies and Procedures

Implement the Healthcare Division’s set policies and procedures and comply with Mohamed Naser Al – Hajery & Son’s other policies.

Tender & Government Affairs Coordinator Activities Documentation and Compliance

Gather all necessary documentation for tender processes and government relations, ensuring thorough understanding and adherence to required procedures. Conduct detailed checks of invoices and items before delivery to the warehouse, ensuring all documents and items are accurately accounted for and meet quality standards.

Departmental Coordination

Share critical information and deadlines with relevant departments, following up to guarantee timely and complete submissions. Serve as a liaison between the contracts team and the central medical stores, facilitating effective and transparent communication.

Bridge communication between the tender team and the stock-keeping systems of pharmaceutical suppliers, ensuring timely updates on needed quantities. Stakeholder Engagement

Establish and maintain rapport with relevant government institutions and officials to advance the company’s interests effectively. Utilize public relations skills to inquire about declined quotations and strategize improvements for future proposals.

Operational Monitoring and Negotiation

Keep a close eye on the status of tenders, quotations, and any related discrepancies, promptly addressing and resolving any issues. Regularly negotiate and follow up on all activities in the Central Medical Store (CMS), ensuring smooth progress and compliance with established standards. Monitor all files and provide daily updates to the Commercial Manager on statuses and any emerging issues within CMS.

Supply Chain and Inventory Tracking

Gain access to and utilize the supply chain sheet to track the status and location of each item, ensuring clear visibility and timely management of supplies.

Skills

Follow up on any stalled files, identifying causes of delays and resolving issues to keep processes moving forward efficiently.

Quality Assurance and Improvement

Maintain high standards by performing regular quality checks on items and invoices, identifying and correcting discrepancies swiftly.

Additional Duties

Perform other duties as assigned by the Direct Manager, contributing to the overall efficiency and success of the division.

Reports

Prepare and submit reports tracking the status of tenders and pending government procedures to the Head of Government Affairs.

Job Requirements

Educational Qualification

Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, biomedical engineering, or any medical field.

Work Experience

Minimum of 1–3 years of experience in the same or related field.

Behavioral Competencies

Accountability Attention to detail Time management Communication skills Interpersonal skills Teamwork and collaboration

Language Skills

Proficiency in Arabic and proficiency in English would be an advantage.

Communications and Working Relations

Key Internal Contacts

Governmental Affairs Department Tender Department

Key External Contacts

Central Medical Stores Ministry of Health Suppliers

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