Chemonics / Kenya Pharma is a USAID funded
project that seeks to establish and operate a reliable, sustainable
pharmaceutical supply chain management system.
Its aim is to forecast, procure, store, and distribute drugs, supplies, and equipment needed for the care and treatment of persons with HIV/AIDS in Kenya.
Chemonics / Kenya Pharma has the following vacancy.
Position Title: Supply Chain / Logistics Manager
Reports to: Director of Technical Coordination
Location: Nairobi
Position Description:Its aim is to forecast, procure, store, and distribute drugs, supplies, and equipment needed for the care and treatment of persons with HIV/AIDS in Kenya.
Chemonics / Kenya Pharma has the following vacancy.
Position Title: Supply Chain / Logistics Manager
Reports to: Director of Technical Coordination
Location: Nairobi
The Supply Chain/Logistics Manager will be responsible for Kenya Pharma’s inbound drugs shipment, customs clearance, warehousing and outbound deliveries to the service delivery points.
Specific Duties & responsibilities
Inbound shipment:
- Liaise
with the shipment subcontractor and ensure commodities are shipped from
the supplier and cleared with customs in a timely manner.
- Coordinate
arrival of shipments into the warehouse.
Warehousing & Inventory Management:
- Oversee
warehousing practices to ensure appropriate handling of commodities.
- Coordinate
the receipt and dispatch of the commodities from the warehouse.
- Manage
contingency stocks and work with the procurement and forecasting and quantification
managers to ensure availability of buffer stocks at all times in the
warehouses.
- Plan
and manage quarterly inventory and warehouse inspections.
Outbound Shipment:
- Liaise
with the warehouse team for the management of drug orders, authorize emergency
deliveries to facilities, and manage reverse logistics when required.
- Coordinate
with the transport subcontractor to ensure efficiency in delivery of
commodities to sites as well as proper tracking and tracing of
commodities.
Management and Reporting:
- Provide
overall management and supervision of subcontractors.
- Identify
areas of potential improvements/efficiencies.
- Work
with project team to develop and deliver training on various areas of
supply chain management.
- Implement
ISO 9001 principles, Chemonics and USAID regulations in supply chain
management.
Qualifications
- B.A.
(Masters preferred) in supply chain management required, or equivalent
combination of education and relevant work experience.
- Minimum
8 years project management experience, including supply chain and
logistics operations management, subcontracts supervision and management.
- Experience
managing health commodities supplies will be an added advantage.
- Thorough
knowledge of USAID and its contractual and reporting requirements.
- Strong
understanding of GOK customs clearance procedures and processes.
Please include position title in the subject line of the email.
For a more comprehensive scope of work for this position, visit www.kenyapharma.org/about_us/careers
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