Overview
The Supply and Logistics Specialist will manage collaboration with programmes at country level and with Centers of Excellence in defining supply interventions, primarily for emergency response, and provide technical and advisory support to MENA country offices, governments, national systems, and partners on supply chain management.
Tasks Summary
- Contribute to the annual work plan for the MENARO Supply team, determining priorities, targets, and performance measurements.
- Ensure establishment and maintenance of operational capacity to handle CO supply chains and contracting of third-party services.
- Advise on supply requirements for country office plan of operations and annual work plans, particularly for emergency preparedness.
- Support effective procurement of goods, contracting of services, construction works, and establishment of LTAs.
- Support timely customs clearance of supplies and identify bottlenecks and solutions.
- Ensure appropriate vendor management practices and due diligence.
- Establish strong working relations with MENA Supply Managers, CoE, Regional Humanitarian Section, CO Programme teams, and Supply Division.
- Manage procurement of services, including proposal of supply strategy and method of purchase.
- Make recommendations for finalization of contracting processes and award of contracts.
- Support contracts management to ensure supplier compliance.
- Provide technical advice and best practice on procurement and contracting for services.
- Develop close collaboration and coordination with SD on emergency preparedness and response activities.
- Support assessment of and collaboration with implementing partners.
- Develop and maintain partnership and collaborative relations with Government, UN organizations and counterpar in supply and logistics activities.
- Promote/drive supply chain strengthening and change management initiatives.
- Provide input to capacity development initiatives in the area of supply chains for children.
- Support supply components of health systems strengthening.
- Advisory support to Governments/national systems in defining and determining supply solutions for children.
- Contribute to pilots and support the roll-out of new products and services.
- Promote critical thinking, innovative approaches, and good practices on supply chain management.
- Run initiatives to ensure local market development for critical supplies.
Experience Requirements
- A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience, at the national and international levels, in supply, logistics, procurement, contracting, administration and/or other directly-related technical fields is required.
- Experience in Service contracting for construction, rehabilitation and infrastructure projects is required.
- Understanding of development and humanitarian work.
- Emergency experience is an advantage.
- Health supply chain management experience is an advantage.
Qualification Requirements
- An advanced university degree is required in Business Administration, Management, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Procurement, Contract/Commercial Law, International Development, Health or related social science field, or relevant first-level university degree (Bachelor’s) in conjunction with a valid relevant professional certification is required.
- A first level university degree (Bachelor's) in a relevant technical field (as identified above), in conjunction with seven (7) years of relevant work experience in supply, logistics, procurement, contracting, administration and/or other directly related technical field, may be taken in lieu of an advanced university degree, (this flexibility only applies to internal UNICEF staff on FT, Continuing or Permanent appointment holders on abolished post).
