Fresher Warehouse Officer NGO Jobs – Uganda Health Marketing Group (UHMG)

Job Title:      Warehouse Officer
Organisation: Uganda Health
Marketing Group (UHMG)
Reports to: Warehouse &
Operations Manager
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
About US:
Uganda Health Marketing Group (UHMG) is a Company Limited by Guarantee
with an NGO status, whose Vision is “A good life for all Ugandans”. UHMG works
in partnership with public, private, and civil society institutions to improve
the quality of life of Ugandans through the provision of superior and
affordable health care solutions. Using the Good Life Platform as its launch
pad, UHMG has employed uniquely designed interventions and innovative behavior
change communication approaches to raise people’s awareness of and demand for
health care services for Reproductive Health, HIV, Malaria, and Maternal &
Child Health.
Job Summary: The Warehouse
Officer will assist the Warehouse and Operations Manager in the management of
inventory and movement of products in and out of the UHMG Warehouses/ Stores.
The job holder is a key member of the team, and contributes to the strategic
direction of this business unit. The person for this position should have the
capacity to work under minimum supervision, maintain systematic records, as
well as ensuring the timely performance and completion of assignments.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Assist the Head of Stores and Operations
    in maintaining accurate records of all receipts and dispatches of products
    at the warehouse.
  • Keenly monitor and maintain the warehouse
    storage conditions in accordance with NDA set guidelines and UHMG approved
    procedures.
  • Ensure the safety and security
    requirements of both the products and warehouse staff are strictly adhered
    to at all times.
  • Ensure logical placement of inventories
    with the warehouse in a fashion that optimizes warehouse space utilization
    while easing customer order processing.
  • Oversee the receipt of all inbound
    inventory in accordance with UHMG approved procedures.
  • Routinely update and maintain an accurate
    record of all inventory within the warehouse
  • Keep track of product consumption rates
    and share with the supervisor monthly consumption reports.
  • Supervise the picking and dispatching of
    customer orders in a timely fashion in accordance with FEFO principle of
    inventory management.
  • Offer timely support in the supervision of
    the secondary packaging of UHMG products at locations of the
    sub-contracted packaging companies and reconcile batch wise, the returned
    products against delivered raw-materials.
  • Organize and supervise weekly inventory
    cycle counts and resolve any emerging variances.
  • Participate in the monthly inventory stock
    counts.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the UHMG Warehouse
    Officer job opportunity should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in a Procurement
    and Logistics or a Bachelors Degree in Commerce with a bias in
    Logistics.  Possession of a Medical
    qualification would be an added advantage.
  • One year of experience in Stores and
    Warehouse management is a must.
  • Broad knowledge and understanding of
    pharmaceutical products and other allied health care products.
  • Be a Self-starter, focused, disciplined,
    have the drive and dynamism to work under pressure with competing
    deadlines, and possess the ability to make an immediate impact.
  • Excellent communication, advocacy,
    negotiation, interpersonal, analytical and result-oriented skills,
    experience in managing customers, and have the ability to discern and
    identify potential customers for the organizations’ products.
  • Good judgment, initiative, high sense of
    responsibility, tact, ability to plan, organized, honest, with a high
    level of energy and integrity, and able to work under minimum supervision.
  • Should be easily trainable, flexible,
    innovative, with good record keeping, communication, report-writing, and
    interpersonal skills, able to relate with staff effectively and work with
    a multi-cultural team within the organization.
  • This position requires a highly skilled
    person who has capacity in stores and warehouse management. The person
    should be result-oriented, and have strong conceptual and analytical
    skills.
  • The position requires a flexible and
    resilient person, with the capacity to perform without supervision, and
    work beyond the required time to fulfill the organization’s goals.
How to Apply:
All qualified candidates should send their applications with copies of
Curriculum Vitae, names of three professional referees, copies of certified
academic documents, and telephone and email contacts to: The Human Resources Manager,
Uganda Health Marketing Group Ltd.; Plot 20-21, 27-28, Martyrs Crescent,
Ntinda, or to P. O. Box 4553, Kampala, Uganda.
N.B:  Hand deliveries should be submitted at the
UHMG reception.
Deadline: 6th July 2017 by
4:30pm
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