Job Location Tanzania
Type Full-Time Paid
Business Unit New Initiatives
More information about this job:
Overview:
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
Deadline: 22-05-2013
How to Apply:
Interested
candidates are required to follow the link below to apply
https://careers-chai.icims.com/jobs/3331/job
