Chemonics International is the world’s leading partners in international development, because where Chemonics works, development works. Chemonics International was founded in 1975. They have worked in more than 150 countries to help their clients, partners and beneficiaries take on the world’s toughest challenges. Today, they are re-imagining global supply chains to deliver essential medicines to the right place at the right time. They global network of more than 4,000 specialists share an unwavering resolve to work better, driven by a conviction that the world must be better.
They are actively recruiting for the position below.
Role Title: Integrated Supply Chain Planning Advisor
Location: Abuja
Role Responsibility:
- Providing technical support to the National and State Governments and partners in the development of health products inventory management strategy to guide efficient health product positioning for an optimized warehousing and distribution services.
- Expected to support the collaboration with Deliver and Return Team in development of efficient long-haul distribution plan to maximally utilize warehouse and distribution infrastructures, manage product shelf life and minimize expiry of health products.
- Supporting national long-term inventory planning and warehouse network optimization to facilitate timely and efficient distribution of required health products to the clinics.
- Expected to support the management of aggregated end-to-end commodity demand planning and inventory positioning to ensure uninterrupted access to essential health commodities at the clinics.
- Supporting the development of a synchronized inventory management activities in collaboration with forecasting and supply planning team, deliver and return team and state-based field program teams to increase visibility and prompt decision making based on available data.
- Expected to support the development of long-term forecast of clinic requirements to guide efficient and effective deployment of third-party logistics providers’ assets to support service delivery.
- Facilitate capacity development of Government at the National and State levels in the establishment of system for periodic stock status review, presentation and dissemination for decision making.
- Responsible for providing national support in supply chain system design, implementation and reviews in line with program changes that will improve access to health commodity needs to patients.
- Liaise with the M&E team to develop and update necessary tools needed for logistics data management and use on health commodities supply chain.
- Facilitate the development and sharing of months of stock information as required by GHSC-PSM Home Office to monitor national and facility level stock availability data.
- Liaise with the Management Information Systems, team review available logistics data and support development of national stock status report to inform forecasting, supply planning and procurement decisions.
- Providing technical support to health program procurement and supply management technical working group (PSM-TWG) meetings on national inventory management.
- Responsible for supporting the development of appropriate supply chain presentations and reports on current situations, innovations and supply chain solutions that will promote sustainable systems.
- Maintenance of a good knowledge and understanding of all office rules and procedures as set forth in the field office policy manual.
- Supporting integrated business planning processes on health commodity management, in-flow and outflow of the products from national and international sources to the clinics.
- Supporting the achievement of the overall project goals as required to ensure project performance.
Required Qualification:
- Hold a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Public Health, Medical Laboratory Science, Supply chain operations and equivalent is required.
- Possession of a master’s degree is a plus
- At least three to years of professional experience in health programs, preferably in an international healthcare supply chain management environment
- Proven relevant experience in HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, FP & MNCH programs desired
- Proven ability to supervise health supply chain programs
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Sound technical writing and oral presentation skills highly desired
- Proficiency in use of Microsoft tools projections and planning in is highly desired.
- Proven experience working on a USAID or donor-funded project is desirable
Application Deadline:
Ongoing
To apply, click on the link below.
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