Deputy Director, Health Product Technology Planning and Market Research Services at Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA)

Job Ref. No KEMSA/HPT/2022/004

Scope of Work /Duties /Responsibilities

• Promoting 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 supply chain budget with regular monitoring of actual expenditure against forecast and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Managing of inventory assets and controls; annual count/cycle counting
• Coordinate supply planning through forecasting and preparation of procurement plans;
• Providing oversight on inventory planning, forecasting, minimum order quantity, obsolete inventory strategy
• Developing and review the HPT inventory management policy on a periodic basis
• Ensuring accurate inventory management of HPT supply plan, schedule receipts;
• Overseeing market research to inform procurement strategies
• Ensuring levelling of warehouse and distribution resources to meet customer requirements
• Leading cross functional projects across the business to effectively drive improvements in logistics costs and service delivery
• Monitoring and evaluating key performance indicators in HPT planning and market research to ensure that customer/stakeholder requirements and supply chain metrics are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in the following disciplines: Business, Commerce, Health Care Management, Health Economics, Health Systems Management, Nursing, Pharmacy, Supply Chain Management, or any other related field from a recognized institution;
• Master’s Degree in the following disciplines: Business, Health Economics, Supply Chain Management or another relevant field;
• Membership to a professional body where applicable. Management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution.
• Proficiency in computer applications.
• 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;