Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency
Vacancy title:
2 Re-advertised Supply Planning Officers
[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Public Administration, and Government , Category: Management ]
Jobs at:
Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency
Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, March 05 2024
Duty Station:
Within Zambia , Lusaka, South – Central Africa
JOB DETAILS:
Main Job Purpose
To undertake the forecasting and quantification for medicines and medical supplies to respond
to national commodity needs and facilitate procurement planning.
Main Responsibilities:
- Undertakes periodically the development, implementation, and review of policies to ensure adherence to standards.
- Effectively undertakes the forecasts and quantification need of medicines and medical supplies to facilitate informed procurement planning and procurements.
- Effectively undertakes the planning of medicines and medical supplies to respond to national needs.
- Undertakes timely preparation of the departmental budget to facilitate timely acquisition of resources and implementation of programmes.
- Undertakes effectively, the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the programs to assess the impact on service delivery and provide appropriate.
- Undertakes timely preparation of departmental, quarterly, and annual reports to facilitate informed decision-making.
- Undertakes effectively, the development of work plans and implementation of the Performance Management System (PMS) to monitor and evaluate performance.
Communications skills.
Written Skills
- Able to write strategic, operational, and analytical papers.
Oral Skills
- Able to communicate fluently in English.
Other Skills / Attributes required.
- Leadership and team building skills.
- Integrity
- Tact and Diplomacy
- Results-oriented
- Metrics-driven leader Computer skills
- Analytical skills
- Interpersonal skills
Staff Management
- Supervises, coaches, motivates, trains/develops, disciplines, and appraises performance of staff to ensure staff engagement and optimum performance.
- Ensures delegation is conducted properly that each service allocation is adequately managed, staffed, and resourced.
Academic qualification and work experience required.
- Full Grade 12 School Certificate.
- Vision: A world-class supply chain of essential medicines and medical supplies for a healthy and productive Nation.
- Mission: To Procure, Store and distribute quality and cost effective medicines and medical supplies to all Zambians
- Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, Biomedical Science, Public Health, Logistics or Equivalent qualification in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain is an added advantage.
- Must be a member of a relevant professional body.
- Minimum of 2 years’ relevant work experience in a similar role.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Job application procedure
Interested candidates should send their CV