Organization Name: IMPERIAL Health Sciences
Placement location: Lilongwe, Malawi
Eligible Citizenship: Malawian
Placement location: Lilongwe, Malawi
Eligible Citizenship: Malawian
About: IMPERIAL Health Sciences is Africa’s leading partner in healthcare supply chain. Our common purpose it to ensure the secure and sustainable supply of quality medicines to the people of Africa. IMPERIAL Health Sciences is a private sector company and is ISO9001:2008 certified for the receipt, storage, and distribution of pharmaceuticals and other healthcare products. IMPERIAL Health Sciences has operations in South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and Malawi with downstream distribution partners providing reach into 26 countries.
The objective of the IMPERIAL Health Sciences project in Malawi is to assist the Government of Malawi and donors such as the UK Department of International Development with inventory management and distribution of essential medicines and other pharmaceuticals as the central medical stores of Malawi constructs a larger warehouse.
Position Overview: The Operations and Supply Chain Fellow will work as an assistant to support the Operations Manager in the operations of the warehouse and pharmaceutical supply chain. Job functions include stock receiving, dispatch, and inventory management.
Responsibilities:
- Identify items of incoming and outgoing shipments and verify them against consignment records
- Ensure outgoing shipments are in good condition and meet specifications
- Organize the dispatch of goods with completed documentation and maintains records of good quality
- Attend to clients’ queries
- Arrange internal distribution of goods received
- Organize the dispatch of goods with completed documentation; maintain prescribed records of goods received and dispatched
- Calculate storage and clearance charges and bill customers
- Examine shipping documents and verify cargo to be released
- Receive details of outgoing cargo, and arrange bookings of freight space and collection of goods from customers
- Record customs clearance requirements and authorize collection of cargo
- Provide information to customers on custom tariffs, tariff classifications and concessions, and methods of clearing goods
Required Skills and Experience:
- 2-3 years of experience in operations, supply chain, logistics or warehouse management
- Previous experience managing or supervising staff
- Good mathematical skills
- Great interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to design, implement and improve systems
- Ability to work to deadlines and manage competing priorities
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Exposure to operating metrics, i.e. KPIs, and the use of such metrics to drive organizational performance
- Academic or professional background in supply chain and transport operations management
- Knowledge of automated inventory management system
- Experience in database management
- Familiarity with SAP software
- Chichewa speaking ability
Living Conditions: Fellows will be provided with housing, health insurance and a living stipend of $650/month. Fellows will receive an award of $1500 upon successful completion of the fellowship year. Flights to and from the placement site and all other costs associated with GHC programming are included, including $600 in professional development funds.
*Note: the living stipend and completion award may be paid out in USD or local currency, as determined by the placement organization.
To apply to this position click here: http://ghcorps.org/fellows/apply/application/
