The Nairobi Hospital, a leading health care institution in Eastern Africa has excellent career opportunities for individuals who possess a passion for excellence, strong work ethic, results oriented and committed to continual improvement. The successful candidates will be team players with the ability to effectively add value to enabling good patient outcomes and shape best clinical and non-clinical practice.
Stores Officers REF:
TNH/HRD/SO/08/21
Reporting to Procurement Manager, General Warehouse & Distribution, the successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating the daily operations of the hospital’s store including inventory control and management in line with established procedures.
Responsibilities
- Ensure timely processing of documents, stock,
ordering, receiving, and issuing and variance reconciliation.
- Conduct effective demand and supply analysis in a
timely manner.
- Coordinate all stores operations including
ordering, receiving, storage, issuing and record management.
- Implement best practice stocks ordering, storage
processes and eliminate expiries/obsolesce/damage in storage.
- Receive items from suppliers in collaboration with
the joint receiving team.
- Ensure processing of stores’ documents is carried
out on a daily basis and forwarded within established timelines.
- Undertake inventory controls by ensuring all
stocks received from other stores or suppliers are accounted for and
reconciled in a timely manner.
- Facilitate timely stock ordering and follow ups
for replenishment.
- Prepare and coordinate implementation of the duty
roster for staff to ensure adequate staffingin the store at all time.
- Ensure the store has adequate space to
accommodate all items coming on a daily basis for efficiency in
operations.
- Maintain accurate records and tracking of all
stock items through the delivery notes, stock
- requests and issue reports by processing all
issues and receipts on daily basis.
- Prepare reports in a timely manner in order to
give account of stocks and determine the necessary actions.
- Act as the key person in item creation in the
system and responsible for pricing.
- Ensure security of all materials stored in the
store and enforce access control to store from non- store staff.
- Ensure accurate and thorough physical counting of
stocks during stock taking and speedy variance explanation.
- Carry out filing and archiving of hospital
documentation related to store management; and
- Any other responsibilities that may be assigned to
the job holder by the supervisor from time to time.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Procurement or
any other related field from a recognized institution.
- Full professional qualification in Purchasing and
Supplies Management.
- Must be a Professional Member of Kenya Institute
of Supplies Management with a valid practising license.
- Minimum of 3 years’ stores management or
procurement experience in a large establishment.
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Experience in warehousing and inventory
management.
- Thorough understanding of procurement laws and
procedures.
- Knowledge and experience in demand and supply
system and best procurement practices.
- Knowledge and effective application of all
procurement and relevant hospital policies, processes, procedures and
guidelines to consistently achieve required compliance standards or
benchmarks
- Highly analytical and excellent negotiation skills
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- High level of integrity
- Knowledge of supply chain management in
multiuser/network environment
- Knowledge of international procurement and
logistics management
- Attention to detail
- Planning and organizing skills
- Accountability
How to Apply
If your background,
experience, and competence match the above specifications, please send us your
application (cover letter & CV/Resume) quoting the job reference number,
your current remuneration, testimonials, and full contact details of 3
referees, to reach the undersigned not later than 24th August 2021.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We shall ONLY accept ONLINE applications
and contact SHORTLISTED candidates.
The Nairobi Hospital
does NOT charge recruitment fees.
Director Human Resources
& Operations The Nairobi Hospital
P.O. Box 30026 – 00100
NAIROBI
Email: recruitment@nbihosp.org
