NIP appoints Martins Kambulu as Senior Manager: Supply Chain and Logistics

The Namibia Institute of Pathology Limited (NIP) has announced the appointment of Martins Kambulu as Senior Manager: Supply Chain and Logistics, effective 01 January 2024.

With over 20 years of experience in supply chain management, he brings a wealth of related knowledge and expertise to his role. In his new position, Kambulu will oversee all aspects of supply chain and logistics management, which primarily entails stock purchasing of reagents and consumables for technical operations, logistics, and warehouse management.

Therefore, NIP as a dynamic organization will continue to ensure consistent delivery on its mandate of providing medical laboratory services to both the public and private healthcare sector on a commercial basis.

His extensive experience across various sectors makes him well-suited to lead and streamline NIP’s supply chain and logistical operations, whilst upholding procurement policies that meet the company’s requirements for cost, quality, and value to the patient.

“Indeed, Kambulu’s appointment is testament to NIP’s commitment to strengthening its workforce to ensure a smooth business landscape that guarantees continuous access to medical laboratory services. This strategic move is one such initiative geared towards addressing the challenges of stockouts and service interruptions that have plagued NIP in the past,” NIP said.

Kambulu expressed his honour and privilege to join the NIP, citing that “the department has a daunting task ahead in ensuring that we maintain the right balance of inputs to support our laboratories and I am sure with a collective team effort, most of our challenges will be addressed.”

Prior to joining NIP, Kambulu served as the Head of Procurement and, as Acting Logistics Manager at Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco).

“NIP remains committed to its dual responsibility of serving both public policy and commercial objectives in line with its mandate. With this appointment, NIP is poised to enhance its service delivery and achieve long-term sustainability in the supply of critical medical laboratory supplies to save Namibian lives.”