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• Provides
  overall managerial responsibility over inventory; both commercial,
  consumables and third party commodities and movement of products in and
  out of the UHMG Warehouses/Stores both physically and electronically.
• Ensures
  that regulatory requirements for drugs storage, warehouse maintenance, and
  human resources are provided for, and maintained in accordance with
  National Drug Authority (NDA); sets standards, ISO Quality Management
  Systems as per internal and other external policies.
• Installs,
  and maintains security checks, controls and measures, oversights over
  stocks, records, documents and personnel within the warehouse custody.
• In
  charge of designing and managing continuous review for the improvement the
  business operations model for the warehouse part of the value chain, and
  creatively achieves on high efficiency and customer satisfaction.
• Plans,
  organizes and supervises all resources to ensure that work flow processes
  are well managed, coordinated and synergies built for high performance
  levels in all aspects of the warehouse and distribution operations.
• Takes
  lead and accountability of all goods and assets and the deliverables of
  the warehouse, and ensures that correct measures are taken for the correct
  work standards, situation and procedures for effective security and safety
  of both goods and humans as well as the achievement of expected results.

• Provides
  stewardship and management of overall operations that manages the value
  chain and ensures achievement of minimum standard of services.
• In
  charge of organizing and overseeing operation fleet, offering on-site and
  offsite supervision to the delivery team while liaising with the
  administration, sales and finance team.
• Continuously
  evaluates operations model with reference to market demands, benchmarks
  with market leaders and suggests new operations strategies to ensure
  building competitive edge in the industry.
• Evaluates
  UHMG market presence, distribution location and reach and suggest
  effective ways of meeting the demands of customers in various territory
  and sector.
• Prepares
  and sends weekly warehouse and operations activity reports of all physical
  stocks including closing stock for each product, stock-in-hand that is
  invoiced but not delivered, expired stocks, damaged stocks (if any), and
  opening balance for each product for the following month.

• Supervises,
  mentors and motivates staff in the department and builds their capacities
  in line with the organizational strategy and policies.
• Actively
  promotes a results-based performance management evaluation system,
  ensuring that key targets are achieved in line with the organization
  objectives.

• The
  candidate should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy, degree in Logistics
  and Supply-Chain Management, business management, Post Graduate Diploma or
  Masters in Business Administration or Management Sciences, Procurement and
  Stores;
• Highly
  computer literate with hands-on experience in warehousing, stores,
  distribution and software packages to manage inventory and stock movement
  electronically is a must;
• Be
  a Member of a professional body; CIPS, CIM, ICASA, PSU.
• A minimum
  of five years’ experience in warehouse and supply-chain management, in a
  private sector or development organization;
• Strong
  knowledge and understanding of stores, warehouse and distribution
  management;
• Past
  exposure and experience in designing and running operations models;
• Clean
  track records with references of previously managed operations and stores.
  
• Be
  highly motivated, focused, disciplined personality, have the drive and
  dynamism to work under pressure with competing deadlines.
• Possess
  excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical and result-oriented
  skills.
• Significant
  experience in managing objectives with the customer in mind; tactful,
  ability to plan, organize and measure outcomes of interventions;
• Exemplary
  honesty, with a high level of energy and integrity, and able to work under
  minimum supervision.

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