Logistics Coordinator
John Snow Inc./Ministry of Health
Total years of experience :23 years, 1 Months
Responsible for the support of planning and coordination of all supply chain related technical activities and personnel in country of a USAID-funded $ 60 million/year and 10+ staff technical assistance and procurement project.
Developing and strengthening MOH and Central Medical stores staff and systems in health commodities forecasting, supply planning, procurement, warehousing, distribution and Logistics management Information Systems.
Provide advisory and technical backstopping to support the implementation of streamlined business process.
Identify staff capacity strengths, constraints and weakness and ensure plans are developed to address them. Train, coach and mentor relevant staff in procurement planning and implementation, including developing procurement plans, contract and inventory management, financial reporting. • Assist in setting up and implementing a procurement electronic database. Design and support the arrangement of systems for training, coaching and on-the-job learning for procurement staff.
Responsible for supporting the government-led capacity development programme within the Ministry of Health, Directorate of Pharmacy services under the direction of the Director of policy implementation, and supply chain. I’m responsible for providing technical advice, management support and technical inputs required to allow the Ministry of health to achieve the target of solid and effective procurement planning and execution, transparent contract management, and timely service delivery
Responsible for identifying, analyzing, formulating, implementing and monitoring supply chain strengthening programs and activities.
Lead the procurement team comprising five buyers and six stores officers aiming at improving efficiency and transparency of management of resources to enable the Health research sites maintain optimum stock levels to derive maximum benefit from available inputs/resources
Follow up of Procurement Procedures, conforming to procurement guidelines Undertake quotations or launch Calls for Tender; Purchase goods, draft contracts; Receive merchandise and oversee the customs procedures for imported goods; Check the condition and nature of goods received as required by the contracts; Manage the presentation, circulation, filing and archiving of procurement documents.
Management of Stocks and Supplies: Identify warehouses for storages, ensure premises are furnished and made secure for use; Establish tools for stock management; Undertake periodic inventories; Manage stock movements and distributions of goods in the framework of project implementation
Team leadership: Update the organogram and ToRs of the logistics department according to the mission development; Oversee the team and undertake appraisals of directly supervised colleagues; Ensure training and capacity building for logistics team members in order to increase the level of technical ability and skills within the department;
Internal Procedures and Information Flows; Develop relevant management procedures within the team; Improve information flows within the department and with other departments and projects
In charge of the procurement and stores department leading a team of twenty employees responsible for (up to $ 3 million/year budgets), design and implementation of a new system of analytical stores accounting
Supervise all the administrative matters (renting, insurance, taxes, …) and logistic mgt (supply, stocks and transportation)
Liaison and negotiation with suppliers, identify the most appropriate procurement process, and manage the service level agreements.
Maintain files and databases to support effective operation of the Procurement team i.e. contracts and purchase order registers, suppliers’ lists, central files etc. and generate management or activity reports as requested.
Prepare bills of materials and effect procurement for the same to ensure continuous flow of materials in to the production line.
Serve as security focal point Ensure all new staff are accurately briefed on security procedures; and share regular security briefings and updates and ensure that all staff follow the health and safety procedures
CARE International April 2001 to Jan 2003
Position: Logistics Officer
• Supervise warehouse contractors.
• Procurement of project consumables and facilitate the application of rebates.
• Maintain an updated supplier and Price list database.
• Overall management of the warehouse and ensure deployment of security guards
• inventory management
• manage the loading and unloading plans
Key Competences
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Project Cycle Management
• Vendor-Service Level Agreement Management
• Supplier Sourcing and contract management
Wrote a dissertation on the impact of supply chain on business perfomance and am currently studying a Master of science degree in supply chain management
Had distinctions in the final examination
Passed with disinction
