Job Title: Laboratory
Logistics Advisor
Logistics Advisor
Organisation: Edes
& Associates
& Associates
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
About Us:
Edes & Associates seeks to
recruit for its valuable client, a leading Health Supply Chain Management
Organisation that specialises in Logistics and Supply Chain Management Services
for pharmaceutical products and health commodities.
recruit for its valuable client, a leading Health Supply Chain Management
Organisation that specialises in Logistics and Supply Chain Management Services
for pharmaceutical products and health commodities.
Job Summary: The
Laboratory Logistics Advisor will coordinate the operations of a safe, secure,
reliable and sustainable Laboratory Supply Chain Management System by
assessing, developing and implementing laboratory system policies, procedures
and plans.
Laboratory Logistics Advisor will coordinate the operations of a safe, secure,
reliable and sustainable Laboratory Supply Chain Management System by
assessing, developing and implementing laboratory system policies, procedures
and plans.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Offer
direction and guidance on the implementation of the Laboratory Logistics
Strategic Plan, with a special focus on integration and harmonization of
supply chains within the National Health System. - Provide
active support to National and implementing partners to promote better
procurement and supply chain practices for specific commodities. - Strengthen
supply chain management including the requisitioning cycle, procurement,
warehousing, cold chain management, distribution and monitoring and
evaluation for quality within the supply chain. - Coordinate
the development and implementation of national supply chain standards and
customer service requirements. - Develop
standard operational procedures for the purchase, installation and
implementation of new equipment and /or new testing technologies and their
supply plan. - Develop
and provide regulatory guidelines for the evaluation of use and supply of
INVTRO and POC medical diagnostic devices and management of approval
process of the POC Diagnostic Medical devices in Uganda. - Offer
information to manufacturers / suppliers on the regulatory assessment of
Diagnostics/POCs to determine the level of scrutiny of the assessment of
an IVD and to assure the quality, safety and performance in clinical use
in Uganda. - Prepare
product list and specification for HIV related commodities in
collaborations with technical working groups. - Render
support in the rollout of equipment management module in DHIS2 - Support
the analysis of weekly EMPTC weekly supply chain data and DHIS 2 data - Actively
coordinate the procurement of HIV/AIDS commodities under third party
procurements agents. - Work
closely with the MOH, support the national efforts in building Logistics
capacity at National, District and facility levels, and other partners. - Develop
an effective logistics and information management system to support the
coordinated response to public laboratory events of national concern. - Develop
logistics information management policies and protocols including
clearance /information sharing requirements in accordance with existing
country policies.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
candidate should possess a good Diploma or Bachelor of Medical Laboratory
Technology. - Post
Graduate qualification in Systems design especially supply chain of health
commodities or Master’s Degree in Public health, Business administration
or supply chain management in
health, operations management or Laboratory Supply Chain Management. - At
least six to eight years of professional experience in forecasting,
procurement, quantification, and distribution. - Past
exposure and experience in technical assistance in supply chain of health
facilities - Laboratory
SCM systems, processes, and tools development and implementation - At
least four years’ experience as a trainer. - Experience
in SCM quality review - Excellent
communication and interpersonal skills - Excellent
presentation skills - Skills
& knowledge transfer - Skills
in mentoring and coaching - Good
report writing skills - Strong
computer skills - Past
interaction working with MOH
How to Apply:
All applicants who are
interested in working with Medical Access Uganda Limited (MAUL), a leading
Health Supply Chain Management Organisation should send their detailed
Curriculum Vitae to: The Human Capital and Business Manager, Edes &
Associates Consultants Limited, Plot 22 Entebbe Road, Conrad Plaza, 6th Floor,
P.O. Box 21984 Kampala-Uganda or email them to: [email protected]
interested in working with Medical Access Uganda Limited (MAUL), a leading
Health Supply Chain Management Organisation should send their detailed
Curriculum Vitae to: The Human Capital and Business Manager, Edes &
Associates Consultants Limited, Plot 22 Entebbe Road, Conrad Plaza, 6th Floor,
P.O. Box 21984 Kampala-Uganda or email them to: [email protected]
Deadline: 4th October, 2014.
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