Overview
This role focuses on leading and managing supply chain operations within a country, ensuring compliance with organizational procedures and guidelines, and providing technical guidance to operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the supply chain operations team.
- Provide performance and compliance oversight of supply chain operations.
- Advise on all matters related to operational supply chain.
- Collaborate with Senior Management Team to align operational strategies with supply chain capacities.
- Assist in assessing the implementation of sustainability policy across supply chain operations.
- Contribute to supply chain decision-making.
- Responsible for high-value procurement preparation and key operational decision points.
- Own the procurement planning for the entire operation.
- Improve and develop Vendors and supplier databases.
- Implement a robust supplier management system.
- Promote and ensure compliance with the Code of Conduct.
- Identify skill and capacity gaps in country supply chain teams and deliver targeted support.
- Roll-out tools, training materials, SOPs, and technical guidance.
- Facilitate peer-to-peer learning, best practice exchange, and cross-country collaboration.
- Steer and monitor SMT dashboard for Supply chain and Supply Chain KPI implementation.
- Oversight through spot checks, BI reports for compliance.
- Follow up and support supply chain related audit findings.
- Support document reviews, and follow-up on corrective actions.
- Ensure full compliance with DRCs policies in supply chain.
- Provide technical direction, guidance, and instructions.
- Support Supply chain teams and stakeholders.
- Support Area Managers with assessing the technical skills and performance of Supply Chain staff.
- Escalate and address issues of non-compliance or poor performance.
- Participate in the recruitment of most senior technical staff in Area offices.
Required Experience
- Minimum of 2 years of Managerial experience is mandatory.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in humanitarian logistics and procurement, with substantial experience in all technical areas of supply chain (procurement, transport/distribution, warehousing and stock management, fleet management, asset management, and compliance.)
- Experience in emergency response.
- Experience of advising and supporting others at all levels with supply chain aspects of a programme, including strategic thinking and planning.
- Strong experience in team management and capacity building and training of staff and target groups.
Qualifications
University degree with advanced training or relevant technical qualification
