Job Title: Stores Clerk (Fresher Jobs)
Organisation: Nation Media Group (NMG)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Procurement Manager
About Organisation:
The Nation Media Group is the largest independent media house in East and Central Africa with operations in print, broadcast and digital media, which attract and serve unparalleled audiences in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. As a brand, we are committed to generating and creating content that will inform, educate and entertain our consumers across the different platforms, keeping in mind the changing needs and trends in the industry.
Job Summary: To requisition, receive, store and issue office stationery, production materials, promotional items and all purchased items and ensure cost effective optimum stock levels are maintained in support of MPL’s business objectives.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Monitors stock re-order levels and raises IPR’s for optimum stock levels.
- Follows up LPO’s for stocks and liaises with procurement for specifications and deliveries.
- Checks the delivered goods to ensure compliance with specifications, quality and quantities.
- Receives the goods and files delivery notes from customers and updates bin cards accordingly.
- Raises goods received notes in SAP and forwards to Finance department for invoice verification.
- Issues required goods and items through approved SAP stores reservations from user departments and makes the necessary bin card adjustments.
- Receiving Newsprint at the warehouse.
- Handling offloading of Newsprint and updating bin cards at the warehouse.
- Liaising with the URA customs officer to ensure availability of newsprint for use.
- Transferring Newsprint to Head office stores and updating the records.
- Issuing Newsprint and other production items to production through approved SAP stores reservations.
- Working closely with clearing agent, Procurement Manager and Finance to ensure Newsprint taxes are paid in time.
- Working closely with clearing agent to ensure timely clearance of Nation products and other items at the border.
- Ensures that the store and warehouse are kept clean, orderly and that goods and items are easily accessible.
- Takes stock count with Finance department at month end.
- Ensure timely renewal of bonded warehouse license every year.
- Verify and receive bundled & painted returns and verify the weights.
- Verify and receive painted excess copies, wastage, and offcuts and used plates from production.
- Safely store these returns and items from production in the store & later have them sold to the contracted buyers in the presence of security staff.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Academic: University Degree in Procurement and Logistics Management, Commerce, Business Administration or any other related field from an accredited institution
- Professional: Professional qualifications in Procurement (CIPS).
- Experience: 3 years’ working experience in procurement preferably in an FMCG company.
Core Competencies
- Relationship management
- Good Communication and interpersonal skills
- Customer service and relations
- Finance and budgeting skills
- Ability to make sound decisions, providing advice and guidance on procurement matters
- Good planning and organizing skills, with the ability to multitask
- Negotiating and networking skills
- Good judgment and analytical ability
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Strong problem solving skills
- Business acumen – good commercial and business awareness
- High standards of Integrity
- Ability to work well under pressure and with tight time constraints
How to Apply:
All candidates should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 16th July 2025
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