Deputy Director, Logistics at Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA)

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;