Project Supply Chain Manager (International Mobile Staff Pool)

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF Lebanon BO) is currently recruiting Project Supply Chain Manager - French Speaker as International Mobile Staff (not for Lebanon).
 

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) / أطباء بلا حدود is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people in more than 70 countries who are affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation and our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of neutrality and impartiality.

What are MSF Activities:

• We offer basic healthcare, perform surgery, fight epidemics, rehabilitate and run hospitals and clinics, carry out vaccination campaigns, operate nutrition centres, and provide mental healthcare. Our activities include the treatment of injuries and disease, maternal care and the provision of humanitarian aid. Where necessary, we set up sanitation systems, supply safe drinking water, and distribute relief to assist survival.

What International Mobile Staff Means:

Being part of MSF International Mobile Staff Pool means that you will go to work on projects in any of the countries where MSF works. Each project you go to will require a certain period of commitment (6 to 12 months). It also means that you are flexible, committed, and made your personal choice to be part of projects that may be located in the most remote places in the world, often in a tough environment or circumstances with limited resources and amenities.

Project Supply Chain Manager Job Description:

Main Purpose

Defining supply strategies and coordinating the implementation of an efficient mission supply chain , according to MSF protocols and standards in order to ensure the optimal functioning of the mission

Accountabilities

• Proposing a supply strategy for the mission or the revision thereof, to the coordination team for validation, according to the mission’s context and the operational needs
• In line with MSF’s protocols, policies, standards and guidelines, ensuring the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the validated mission supply strategy under the Supply Chain or Logistics Coordinator’s responsibility
• Defining and ensuring the implementation of the overall supply procedures, of an efficient supply administration and providing adapted tools to support the different supply activities. Guaranteeing the standardisation of warehouse management focussing on medical stocks and the interactions with the distribution points
• Acting as a permanent auditor of the supply chain: as such, monitoring the different supply processes as well as the use of the tools and the accurate execution of the supply procedures, proposing adjustments where needed. Ensuring the stability of supply activities within regular and emergency intervention of the concerned projects
• Evaluating the HR set-up related to supply (team sizes, JD, organigrams, division of tasks and responsibilities) and managing the different supply teams in the mission (Coordination + Project) and participating in the selection, the follow-up (training-coaching) and evaluation of the staff under his supervision
• Offering a permanent technical support to the supply teams as well as to all other departments in the mission (Fin, Med,)
• Managing field visits on regular basis to offer a permanent support to the direct and indirect supply stakeholders
• Validating the use of the supply related third parties (suppliers, transport companies, freight forwarders, etc.) proposed by the procurement officers, transport manager together with the technical referents when needed

Experience

• Essential: Supply chain management (minimum 2 years) and in organization of supply administration and procedures..
• Desirable: Proven understanding of MSF Field Logistics (general knowledge of MSF equipment and kits in accordance to the nature of the project).

Languages

Mandatory languages: Arabic, English B2 and French B2.

Knowledge

Computer literacy (e.g. word, excel, internet)

Competencies

• People Management and Development
• Commitment to MSF Principles
• Behavioural Flexibility
• Result and Quality Orientation
• Teamwork and Cooperation