Founded in 2002, by
President William J. Clinton, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is a
global health organization committed to strengthening integrated health systems
around the world and expanding access to care and treatment for HIV/AIDS,
Malaria and other illnesses. Based on the premise that business oriented
strategy can facilitate solutions to global health challenges, CHAI acts as a
catalyst to make life saving commodities more affordable and available in
developing countries by mobilizing new resources and optimizing the impact of
these resources to save lives, via improved organization of commodity markets
and more effective local management.
Background
on Supply Chain Management Initiative
CHAI is building on
its successful work in HIV and malaria treatment to support the development and
execution of ambitious new efforts to strengthen and streamline the supply
chain both to and in developing countries for high quality and essential health
products in a sustainable manner in order to increase levels of accessibility.
These efforts will focus on a number of countries in creating market structures
that can assure that products are high quality, widely available and
affordable. In parallel, CHAI is leading efforts to develop mechanisms to
deploy new information and communication technologies effectively in order to
streamline supply chains and/or increase demand for products.
CHAI is recruiting a
number of Supply Chain Managers, each of whom will be responsible for
establishing, implementing and coordinating CHAI’s Supply Chain strategy in a
specific African country. Reporting to The Director of Supply Chain Management,
the Supply Chain Managers will work across all levels of the private and public
sector supply chains related to selected essential health products, providing
technical and operational assistance to put into effect the concrete
implementation plans which they would have been heavily involved in creating.
The Supply Chain Manager will be able to display a very high degree of
credibility, borne out by proven supply chain experience at an operational and
technical level. The Supply Chain Manager will have a practical understanding
of relevant drivers and motivations across different supply chains and be able
to devise and implement strategies and tactics that are innovative and go far
beyond the established status quo. The Supply Chain Manager will spend ~20% of
his/her time travelling domestically, primarily to regions with limited
facilities. Limited levels of international travel are also anticipated.
Responsibilities:
- Establish,
implement and coordinate CHAI’s Supply Chain strategy at a country level
to strengthen local market structures - Analyze
and map supply chains to identify key decision makers and potential areas
of inefficiency - Conduct
market analyses and develop business cases to demonstrate to suppliers the
market potential - Develop
strong relationships with suppliers and, where relevant, local
manufacturers to facilitate the roll out of rationalized supply chains - Interact
with country and global CHAI teams to achieve objectives of supply chain
strategy, providing technical and managerial assistance. - Other
responsibilities, as needed
Qualifications:
- Minimum
5 years supply chain related work experience, with a main focus of working
in Africa - Experience
in private sector supply and distribution, ideally in the pharmaceutical
or Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) fields - Outstanding
analytical, management, and communication skills - Demonstrated
success in coordinating partners and developing relationships in order to
drive a multi-stakeholder process - Entrepreneurial
mindset and strong self-motivation - Ability
to develop and execute a coherent programmatic strategy, amidst
substantial ambiguity and changing circumstances - Exceptional
time-management skills and the ability to manage multiple work streams in
parallel under tight deadlines - Ability
to function independently and flexibly - Strong
desire to work in a fast-paced, limited-structure, high-pressure,
multicultural environment
