Job description
Role Description
Your job will revolve around ensuring the Medical Centers are adequately stocked with the drugs that our patients need, building and maintaining supplier relationships, responding to emergency drug requests, maintaining great communication with the Operations Manager and Team Leaders and most importantly being a GREAT team mate to everyone.
You will learn how to treat your colleagues as customers, delivering excellent service so that the operations department can perform its core functions efficiently. We are looking for individuals with real drive and development qualities. This role will be based at our Support Office along Lusaka roads but with frequents travels across all our medical centers.
Building a successful startuop requires hard work ,ability to take up change and learn new things along the way. It also means the opportunity to design a solution that could help millions of people in East Africa.
The Position Offers You The Opportunity To
Bring your ideas and suggestions to work each day and see them create real change
Grow into more senior leadership roles
Work with an amazing, smart, fun and hard-working team to change the face of healthcare in Kenya!
Responsibilities
Order fulfilment: You will be tasked with preparing drug orders, coordinating logistics within an expected TAT of 2 days and ensuring a minimum order fulfilment of 95% within 3 days.
Stock management: You will do monthly stock counts/spot checks on time and record the counts accurately after which you will generate variance reports. Inter-branch stock transfers .The Finance department will depend on this information to prepare monthly financial reports.
Supplier relations: You will ensure we have mutually beneficial relationships with our suppliers by processing invoices on time, handling payment issues as soon as they arise and maintaining an open communication channel.
Strategic thinker: You will help the department think of sustainable solutions to help Penda scale such as getting more suppliers, doing market research, pricing, introduction of central warehousing, reviewing our current formulary etc.
Creativity and innovation: You will devise ways to ensure our Drugs supply chain works seamlessly.
We’re a startup – get ready for anything!
Requirements
College Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology or Clinical Medicine from a reputable institution
Experience in inventory management specifically drugs of a wide range of brands is a must
Good Knowledge of MS office.
Excellent in MS excel
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Excellent organization skills
Available full time
Package
Base salary depends on qualifications and experience
Strong benefits package including full medical cover for inpatient and outpatient for your whole family
