The
offices of MSF - Holland in Lokichogio, Kenya would like to invite applications
from individuals wishing to work in the following position:
Position: Deputy Warehouse Manager
Position: Deputy Warehouse Manager
Start: May / June 2012
Overall Objectives:
Administration, receipt, storage, and issuance of a wide range of medical supplies, food items, spare parts, tools, equipments and other logistics materials for different projects and departments as well as maintenance of up-to-date inventories and conduction of periodic physical count of warehouse and storage items, under the supervision of the Warehouse Manage.
Specific Responsibilities:
Overall Objectives:
Administration, receipt, storage, and issuance of a wide range of medical supplies, food items, spare parts, tools, equipments and other logistics materials for different projects and departments as well as maintenance of up-to-date inventories and conduction of periodic physical count of warehouse and storage items, under the supervision of the Warehouse Manage.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Reception
of goods – checking the quantity and quality of goods, checking of the
cold box and the cold chain-monitoring card, reporting of discrepancies or
damage, updating stock cards, ensuring items are properly organised and
are correctly stored
- Issuing
of goods – to prepare outgoing goods, to ensure proper packing and
labelling, to issue goods in compliance of FEFO and/or FIFO principle, to
advise on the weight/volume of goods ready for dispatch, to organize and
sends cargo to the projects
- Stock
management/administration – to ensure correct recording of all information
on stock cards, to assist on preparation of the monthly stock report, to
prevent stock discrepancy, to carry-out physical stock counts, to monitor
expiring items and store temperature, to enter logistics data in
LogistiX7, to supervise assistant logistics and medical storekeepers
- To
ensure that goods are ready for dispatching
- To
supervise warehouse staff in the absence of the warehouse manager
Requirements:
- Demonstrable
stock keeping experience, diploma in logistics management
- Excellent
level of computer skills
- Good
command of English and relevant local language, both written and
spoken
- Ability
to organize & priorities workload independently, using initiative when
appropriate
- Physically
fit and be able to perform activity in the store (warehouse) and
sufficient eyesight
- Honesty,
attention to details
- Minimum
2 years work experience in a similar job
- Willingness
to work outside office hours when needed
- Previous
experience in managing team of 6 or more people
Please send CV and motivation letter to: somalia-reception@oca.msf.org
Deadline: May 15th, 2012
Only candidates selected for a follow up interview and test will be contacted