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 Warehousing and Operations Manager will be responsible for managing the inventory and movement of products in and out of the UHMG Warehouses and Stores. The job holder shall have the have the capacity to work under minimum supervision, maintain systematic records, provide oversight stores management in the regional pharmacies, ensuring the timely smooth operations of the stock movements at all stores locations.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: The Warehousing and Operations Manager will be specifically responsible for the following tasks:-
1. Warehouse Management:
Provides overall managerial responsibility over inventory; both commercial, consumables and third party commodities and movement of products in and out of the UHMG Warehouses/Stores both physically and electronically.
Ensures that regulatory requirements for drugs storage, warehouse maintenance, and human resources are provided for, and maintained in accordance with National Drug Authority (NDA); sets standards, ISO Quality Management Systems as per internal and other external policies.
Installs, and maintains security checks, controls and measures, oversights over stocks, records, documents and personnel within the warehouse custody.
In charge of designing and managing continuous review for the improvement the business operations model for the warehouse part of the value chain, and creatively achieves on high efficiency and customer satisfaction.
Plans, organizes and supervises all resources to ensure that work flow processes are well managed, coordinated and synergies built for high performance levels in all aspects of the warehouse and distribution operations.
Takes lead and accountability of all goods and assets and the deliverables of the warehouse, and ensures that correct measures are taken for the correct work standards, situation and procedures for effective security and safety of both goods and humans as well as the achievement of expected results.

2. Operations Management:
Provides stewardship and management of overall operations that manages the value chain and ensures achievement of minimum standard of services.
In charge of organizing and overseeing operation fleet, offering on-site and offsite supervision to the delivery team while liaising with the administration, sales and finance team.
Continuously evaluates operations model with reference to market demands, benchmarks with market leaders and suggests new operations strategies to ensure building competitive edge in the industry.
Evaluates UHMG market presence, distribution location and reach and suggest effective ways of meeting the demands of customers in various territory and sector.
Prepares and sends weekly warehouse and operations activity reports of all physical stocks including closing stock for each product, stock-in-hand that is invoiced but not delivered, expired stocks, damaged stocks (if any), and opening balance for each product for the following month.

3. Quality Management: Provides quality assurance to the stores and warehouse-related activities in line with the ISO standards.

4. Strategic Leadership and Human Resource Management:
Supervises, mentors and motivates staff in the department and builds their capacities in line with the organizational strategy and policies.
Actively promotes a results-based performance management evaluation system, ensuring that key targets are achieved in line with the organization objectives.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The candidate should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy, degree in Logistics and Supply-Chain Management, business management, Post Graduate Diploma or Masters in Business Administration or Management Sciences, Procurement and Stores;
Highly computer literate with hands-on experience in warehousing, stores, distribution and software packages to manage inventory and stock movement electronically is a must;
Be a Member of a professional body; CIPS, CIM, ICASA, PSU.
A minimum of five years’ experience in warehouse and supply-chain management, in a private sector or development organization;
Strong knowledge and understanding of stores, warehouse and distribution management;
Past exposure and experience in designing and running operations models;
Clean track records with references of previously managed operations and stores.
Be highly motivated, focused, disciplined personality, have the drive and dynamism to work under pressure with competing deadlines.
Possess excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical and result-oriented skills.
Significant experience in managing objectives with the customer in mind; tactful, ability to plan, organize and measure outcomes of interventions;
Exemplary honesty, with a high level of energy and integrity, and able to work under minimum supervision.

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: Friday 20th February 2015 by 4:30 pm (East African Time)