At Chemonics, we believe our mission of helping people live healthier, more productive, and more independent lives is driven by our commitment to service-service to our mission, to our beneficiaries, to our clients, and to our staff. From our founding in 1975, we have worked in more than 150 countries to help our clients, partners, and beneficiaries face difficult challenges, from political instability to limited healthcare to a lack of market infrastructure. We have helped them overcome those challenges by working together to find and implement innovative projects that achieve development impact. We are entirely employee-owned, giving us both the freedom and the responsibility to pursue our mission with single-minded focus. Holding ourselves to the highest quality standards, we are also committed to living our values of caring, excellence, innovation, integrity, and opportunity to implement efficient and effective programs that build a better future for those we serve.
Job Description/Requirements
Chemonics seeks a Warehousing and Distribution Manager to support the Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project in Kenya. GHSC-PSM is the primary vehicle through which USAID: 1) procures and provides health commodities; 2) provides technical assistance to improve partner countries’ management of the supply chain; and 3) collaborates with key international stakeholders to support global health initiatives.
The Warehousing & Distribution Manager is responsible for monitoring and completing warehousing and distribution tasks related to project management, data collection, aggregation and analysis, technical capacity, and management and leadership to achieve Global Health Supply Chain Program – Procurement and Supply Management project (GHSC-PSM) objectives. This position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.
Responsibilities include:
- Determine and ensure availability of storage space and necessary requirements
- Facilitate processes that will ensure effective receipt and storage of commodities from suppliers while maintaining high quality standards
- Establish distribution plans based on orders received from health facilities and the established schedules
- Coordinate picking and packing of health commodities
- Organize the leading and distribution of the packed orders
- Institute routine physical inventory count
- Oversee updates to inventory records in the warehouse after every transaction
- Provide relevant day-to-day support through financial management and development of new or improved budget analysis tools
- Collaborate with team members to learn and implement work undertaken in warehousing and distribution optimization activities
- Provide client relationship management support, including responding to client requests and supporting client meeting logistics
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as required
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree in international development, public health, business, or another related field preferred
- Minimum of three years of relevant professional experience required
- Fluency in critical project management skills, including budget management, contractual compliance, client relations, and client management
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office (particularly Excel), as well as experience with other data management and analysis software
- Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
- Demonstrated ability to follow standard practices and procedures, receive general instruction and supervision on work progress, and make significant contributions to end results
- Demonstrated resourcefulness in problem solving and initiative to learn new skills
- Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
- Fluency in English required; secondary language proficiency preferred
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