WAREHOUSE ASSISTANT

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT@ CENTRAL MEDICAL STORES TRUST (CMST)

POSITION: WAREHOUSE ASSISTANT

Location: Mzuzu, Lilongwe and Blantyre

Reports To: Senior Warehouse Assistant (MS7)

Number of Positions: Three (3)

About Central Medical Stores Trust

Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) is responsible for the procurement, warehousing, sales and distribution of adequate, affordable, approved and quality medicines and medical supplies to public health facilities throughout Malawi.

CMST is inviting applications from suitably qualified, transformative and visionary individuals to support the effective delivery of its mandate.

Purpose of the Job

The Warehouse Assistant will support warehouse operations by ensuring cleanliness of warehouse facilities and carrying out accurate picking, assembling, packaging and labelling of medicines and medical supplies in accordance with approved pick lists and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Picking, assembling, packaging and labelling scheduled orders in accordance with approved pick lists.
• Loading, offloading, stacking and racking medicines and medical supplies in designated warehouse locations.
• Reporting damaged, expired, short-dated or incorrectly stored stock to supervisors.
• Maintaining a high level of stock security within the warehouse.
• Batching received stock in accordance with established warehouse procedures.
• Ensuring pallet labels are correctly maintained on all products and storage locations.
• Maintaining cleanliness of warehouse facilities, offices, equipment and fittings.
• Operating warehouse equipment and tools safely as required.
• Ensuring products are stacked and stored in accordance with approved warehouse procedures and SOPs.