Regional Supply Chain Coordinator, East Africa & Asia Full Time

Description:

• The Regional Supply Chain Coordinator is a key role that will help drive excellence in the assigned region.
• The role will focus on building country supply chain capacity through focused capacity building initiatives identified by using various supply chain analytics and developing strategic approaches in country programs.
• This role is intended to develop emerging supply chain talent for future leadership positions in IRC Global Supply Chain & thus will be exposed to several significant, stretch assignments with management & leadership dimensions.
• This meaningful role will support 2 IRC regions and thus provides a breadth of experience across 2 regional contexts.
• Supply Chain tasks ex. analytics, oversight, reviews of various country program supply chain outputs, monitoring and analysis of risks and performance, monitoring and support to internal audit corrective action plan.
• Capacity Building of teams across all supply chain functions, aligned with the Supply Chain Learning & Development model.
• Provide Tactical & Operational Country Program support focussed on improving & enabling better program delivery through impactful supply chains ex. strengthening strategic sourcing, improving procurement, demand & supply planning practices, embedding performance & risk management routines, supporting scale up of country programs, introducing improvements to ensure on time supply & services delivery, improving and optimising warehousing practices, fleet management and asset management.
• This role reports in to 2 RSC Directors in a matrixed reporting model & will require an ability to coordinate and work within the established parameters of the IRC management in partnership model that governs such reporting arrangements.

Requirements:

• At least 5 years of supply chain management experience in a country leadership or regional role in a nonprofit organization.
• Supply chain functional knowledge & expertise including fragile contexts.
• In depth knowledge of aid sector supply chain policies & processes; donor regulations, compliance & regulatory frameworks.
• Project management experience.
• People management & team management experience at skilled practitioner level.
• Training & coaching skills.
• Knowledge of ERP systems and digital technology savvy.
• Data analysis experience.
• Knowledge of Health SCM.
• Degree level or equivalent supply chain & management certifications.
• Fluency required in English and another IRC major working language (French, Spanish, Arabic).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as, an overall ability to be clear and concise in all communications.
• Strong interpersonal and time-management skills; consistent record of prioritizing and delivering on time.
• Can work independently and in a multifaceted, cross-functional distributed team structure.
• Shown ability to work effectively with team members at all levels.
• Strong organizational change skills.
• Applications from a diverse group of candidates are encouraged.

Benefits:

• Working Environment: This role requires working remotely full or part-time (i.e. telecommuting) when not deployed to an IRC country program.
• Significant international travel as needed up to 50-70%.