Job Title: Pick Packers (4 Careers)

Organization: National Medical Stores (NMS)

Duty Station: Entebbe, Uganda

Ref: NMS/2014/30

Report to: Stores Assistant

About NMS:

National Medical Stores is an autonomous Corporation that was established by an Act of Parliament 1993. Our mandate is to procure, store and distribute medicines and other medical supplies to public health facilities in Uganda.

Job Summary: The Pick Packers will carry out manual store- keeping activities, including stock verifications and record – keeping.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Receive and verify supplies from suppliers or other warehouse zones under the supervision of the stores assistant in line with the stores manual
• Pick and pack consignment in line with the operation manual
• Move goods within the NMS warehouse only as directed by the supervisor
• Update and maintain correctness of stock balances on both physical locations and system record
• Enter appropriate records of stock receipts, movements and issues affected unto bin cards / or the warehouse management system in line with the operations manual
• Carry out surveys of locations and assigned area to ensure correctness of physical stock against system or bin cards records
• Responsible for maintaining good housekeeping practices in assigned work area
• Safely operate assigned warehouse equipment and keep them in a good working in line with the operational manual

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  

• The applicant should hold a diploma qualification.
• Hold a credit in mathematics at Uganda Certificate of education Level.
• Prior work experience in a large pharmaceuticals store is an advantage.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their updated CVs that should include names and addresses of the last two employers with hand written applications indicating the reference number of the position you are applying for and giving three referees with their full time telephone contacts, email and postal addresses indicated on the application letter.

Photocopies of the original academic documents should be attached.

Please note that National Medical Stores reserves the right to verify Photocopies of the academic documents attached with the relevant awarding institutions to authenticate their validity.

All applications should be addressed and delivered to the Head of Human Resource and Support Services, National Medical Stores (NMS), Plot 4-12, Nsamizi Road, P.O Box 16, Entebbe, Uganda.

NB: Any form of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification. Only candidates who meet the specifications indicated for the jobs will be contacted. Please note that NMS will be closed for Christmas Break between 24th December 2014 to 5th January 2015. NPlease note that if you do not hear from us within four weeks regarding your application, consider your application unsuccessful.

Deadline: 9^th January 2015 by 5pm

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