Deputy Director, Logistics job at Kenya Medical Supplies Authority

Vacancy title:
Deputy Director, Logistics

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Public Administration, and Government , Category: Transportation & Logistics ]

Jobs at:

Kenya Medical Supplies Authority

Deadline of this Job:
16 August 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, July 29, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Deputy Director, Logistics
Job Ref. No KEMSA/HPT/2022/002

Scope of Work /Duties /Responsibilities
• 1Promoting a culture of high performance and continuous improvement in the department
• Creating a team environment that supports transparent communication and ownership of responsibility.
• Providing guidance and support while empowering the team to be innovative using their expertise and knowledge to make decisions.
• Setting performance targets and monitor performance for all staff in the department
• Providing career development, coaching, training and skill building for all staff in the HPT Planning & Market Research to meet both organizational and personal development goals
• Ensuring the HPT supply chain processes are supporting sound financial practices and operational efficiencies.
• Developing the logistics budget with regular monitoring of actual expenditure against forecast and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Planning, directing and coordinating all activities of the warehouse;
• Coordinate warehousing at central stores and comply with Good Distribution Practices (GDP);
• Optimizing warehouse processes including receipt, storage, order picking, packing, and dispatch schedules to meet customer requirements;
• Instituting mechanisms to guard against stock losses through expiries and damages;
• Undertaking continuous monitoring and evaluation of warehousing key performance indicators.
• Setting performance targets for staff in the warehouse division
• Providing career development, coaching, training and skill building for all staff in the warehouse division to meet both organizational and personal development goals; and
• Monitoring and evaluating key performance indicators in receiving, storage and order fulfilment to ensure that customer/stakeholder requirements and supply chain metrics are met.

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in the following fields: Business, Commerce, Health Care Management, Health Economics, Health Systems Management, Nursing, Pharmacy, Supply Chain Management.;
• Master’s Degree in the following fields; Business, Health Economics, Supply Chain Management;
• Membership to a professional body where applicable;
• Mangement course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Proficiency in computer applications;
• Demonstrated merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results; and
• Fulfil the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution.

Experience
• A minimum period of ten (10) years in relevant work experience and at least three (3) years in a Supervisory position in the Public Service or Private Sector;

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 120

Job application procedure
• Interested candidates are required to submit their duly filled application forms (available on https://www.kemsa.co.ke/download/application-form/ ) in either hard or soft copy formats marked / referenced ‘Job Ref
• Application for the specific Position should be stated .
• Hard copy applications to be enclosed in plain sealed envelopes marked / referenced clearly as above.
• Interested candidates should not indicate their names on the envelope.
• Please note that successful candidates will be required to submit certified true copies of certificates, testimonials, a detailed CV, and MUST fulfill the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 and will be required to attach copies of the requisite documents during interviews.
• Hard Copy Applications can be submitted physically or sent via postal mail and addressed to:
Chief Executive Officer
Kenya Medical Supplies Authority
Commercial Street Industrial Area
P. O. Box 47715 – 00100
NAIROBI, KENYA
• Soft copy applications can be sent via email to recruitment@kemsa.co.ke 
• Online applications can be submitted via www.careers.kemsa.co.ke  All applications should be submitted and received on or before: 17:00hrs on August 16, 2022.


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Job Info
Job Category: Logistics/ Transportation/ Procurement jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 16 August 2022
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 29-07-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 29-07-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 29-07-2065
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