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Manager, Warehouse and Distribution

Entity

Aga Khan University

Location

Karachi, Pakistan

Responsibilities

You will be repsonsible for planning, organizing and managing the over-all operations of the department which would include stock control, storage, retrieval, timely delivery of goods and document recording into the system. In addition to this, you will be responsible for ensuring that stock levels, delivery times and transport costs are maintained at all times and liaise with various parties including buyers, users, clinical users, inventory section to prepare and report departmental KPIs, receiving and consumption trends, dead and slow moving stocks, stock aging reports etc. Furthermore, to review process for continuous improvement and develop strategy for long term sustainable operations.

Specifically, you will be responsible to:
 
  • Maintain divisional goal of inventory turnover and review stock levels.
  • Coordinate with users and buyers.
  • Monitor Expiry and shelf-life of products.
  • Ensure efficient storage of available stocks as per institutional guidelines and safety standards.  
  • Coordinate with the distribution staff to resolve any issues.
  • Review workload and staff productivity data, delivery routes and transportation cost.
  • Review the storage plans and layouts.
  • Develop team culture to achieve divisional goals aligned with the overall institutional vision.
  • Engage with staff at all levels, motivate and mentor the team. 
  • Enhance customer experience by offering discounts schemes and adding convenience to shopping experience.  
  • Collect timely customer feedback.
  • Coordinate with buyers for the availability of stocks.

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Business Administration from a recognized reputable university preferably in Supply Chain or relevant discipline.
  • 7-10 years of experience of managing Warehouse, Distribution or Inventory operations preferably in healthcare environment.
  • Excellent supervisory and team management skills.
  • Analytical thinking and working through options by understanding the implications and impact.
  • Independent decision making for operational activities, subject to policies and procedures.
  • Thinking several steps ahead in deciding on best course of action, anticipating likely outcomes.
  • Good communication and articulation skills with the ability to describe complex ideas in clear and meaningful forms and to present data and information to various audiences.
  • Anticipating and taking proactive actions to avoid / reduce potential conflict (e.g; by encouraging and supporting various parties to get together and attempt to address the issues themselves).
  • Building networks with parties that can enable the achievement of the organization’s goals.
  • Conduct on-going risk assessment of facilities, processes for the safety and security of assets of the institution.

To Apply

​Interested candidates should forward their resumes to human.resources@aku.edu and mark the subject with "10001026".

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.


Applications should be submitted latest by December 26, 2019