Country: Uganda
Closing date: 22 Apr 2018
Do you want your work to matter? Do you want to use your skills to make a difference, not just a living? Do you want to improve millions of lives, including your own?
Living Goods works to reinvent how we improve the lives of the under-served. We think big, but operate lean and nimble. We train community health workers to bring life-saving products and health services to families’ doorsteps. Services like prenatal assessments and well baby visits. Products like medicines, fortified foods, and modern contraceptives.
We also empower community health workers through mobile phones. We teach them how to detect and treat common illnesses like pneumonia, malaria, malnutrition, and diarrhea. We develop smart phone apps to guide home visits and create predictive algorithms to make the best use of community health workers' time. And we test new cool tools like paperless referrals to clinics and biosensors to monitor infant and child growth.
At Living Goods, you will have the chance to apply your ideas and creativity at work every day. If you work well in a dynamic collaborative culture, set high standards, and meet challenges with determination and a sense of humor, you’ll thrive here at Living Goods.
Products
Living Goods sells products that improve health and wealth. Product sales enable our Community Health Workers to earn a modest living. We stock, and Community Health Workers sell, more than 100 products including the following:
· Childhood diseases– Artemisin Combination Therapy (ACT) for malaria, rapid diagnostic test kits, oral rehydration solution (ORS) and zinc for diarrhea, amoxicillin for pneumonia, amoxicillin for pneumonia, de-worming pills (Albenzadole).
· Family planning and pregnancy– oral contraceptives, condoms, clean delivery kids, prenatal vitamins, baby caps.
· Nutrition– fortified complimentary feeding porridge for children 6-24 months, fortified cooking oil, fortified millet flour, vitamin A, iron folate; and
· Household energy and health– high energy cook stoves, solar lights and radios, water filters, solar powered cell phone chargers.
The opportunity
While community health clinics and pharmacies often face shortages, stock outs, and counterfeit drugs, Living Goods goes the extra mile to make sure our products are high quality and in stock. But maintaining a stellar supply chain requires a scrupulous staff. That’s where you come in.
We need you to lead our supplier bidding, evaluation, selection, and monitoring in Uganda.
Select suppliers. You will identify local companies to supply goods and services. You will also maintain and update a list of pre-qualified suppliers for all goods and services required by the organization.
Manage Uganda Procurement. Determine, in accordance with the procurement policy and processes, the correct sourcing strategy based on the value and the nature of the goods or services required. Lead the development of Request for Quotations (RfQ), Invitations to Bids (ITB) or Request for Proposals (RfP) in collaboration with the requester or relevant technical referent(s). Ensure Request for Quotations or other sourcing documents are circulated in a transparent way that guarantee competitive sourcing.
Plan & strategize. Engage user departments to develop monthly procurement plans for business operations needs. Prepare monthly cash forecasts for his or her department. Develop quarterly demand forecast for inventory items. Contribute to the development of sourcing strategies that reduces supply risk while leveraging volumes to obtain the lowest price
Ensure quality. Ensure that after-sale services and guarantees for goods and services are applied and respected by suppliers. Implement Living Goods’ Quality Management processes.
Measure performance. Develop and update supplier performance monitoring tools and processes. For all suppliers contracted by Living Goods collect information on responsiveness, lead-time, on-time-delivery, quality, and accuracy.
Your Background
Procurement credibility – Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years experience in procurement or supply chain management. Strong ability to understand and follow procedures. Solid knowledge of procurement processes.
Problem solving. You can recognize potential financial and ethical problems. You have the resourcefulness to know how to help solve them.
Accountable. We want someone who takes responsibility for their actions and follow through on commitments. You have flawless integrity and strong sense of ethics.
Project management skills. You are well-organized. You set deadlines and manage projects from start to finish.
Team player. You play well with others enjoy seeing the impact of our work as a team.
Multitasks. You’re able to juggle multiple tasks at once while ‘staying calm and carrying on.’ You think strategically, handle ambiguity and work well in a multicultural environment.
How to apply:
To apply for this position please visit our career page and apply for Procurement Manager through our applicant tracking system. Successful applicants will be contacted for an interview.
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