This Proposal Opportunity:
Palladium is seeking a Senior Technical Advisor, Supply Chain for a potential 5-year USAID Kenya Integrated Pharmaceutical and Supply Chain Technical Assistance (KIPS) project. The Senior Technical Advisor, Supply Chain will be a member of the KIPS leadership team and manage project objectives related to supply chain strengthening. The Senior Technical Advisor, Supply Chain will report to the Deputy Chief of Party and lead a team to implement activities and ensure that the project remains on schedule with the approved workplan and meets project milestones and deliverables. They will liaise with key stakeholders, other donor-funded projects, and implementing partners. The Senior Technical Advisor, Supply Chain will develop and compile quarterly and annual reports on relevant activities. This role requires previous experience in health supply chains, focused on improving supply chain maturity and governance.
You and Your Career:
If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in project management, operations, budgeting and financial management, and grants management we are interested in hearing from you. We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Primary Roles and Responsibilities:
Lead technical activities related to improving the maturity of Kenya’s health supply chain functions and operations such as quantification, procurement, warehouse management, route optimization, inventory management and others.
Support the development of a locally informed project strategic plan that reflects global priorities.
Design and lead the implementation of quality workplans while ensuring effective use of data, project performance, and risk management.
Support the creation of a cascaded technical oversight system of the public health pharmaceutical and supply chain sector to all levels.
Provide technical assistance to improve leadership and governance for health supply chains at all levels.
Support stakeholders to design standardized supply chain coordination platforms.
Interface with clients and project stakeholders, to plan, implement, review, and report on projects and deliverables or products as needed.
Ensure staff compliance with project guidelines and SOPs.
Key Competencies Required:
7-10 years of experience working in supply chain management for global health projects desirable
Experience in international development working with donors (including USAID) is required.
Experience in a project senior leadership position that required the assembling, managing, and supervising complex teams.
Experience with global health or health supply chain programs with significant experience in one of the following areas: supply chain management, procurement, warehousing, or logistics
Demonstrated knowledge of supply chain, 4PL, and 3PL logistics, including experience with LMIS, WMIS, TMIS, and control tower software.
Demonstrated experience coordinating and collaborating with stakeholders including government agencies, government and counterparts, and international donor agencies.
Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
Experience in project monitoring and evaluation, data analysis, generation of project reports, logical models and outcomes.
Ability to exercise leadership, build teams, maintain effective communication, motivate, and generate commitment within a team.
Excellent written and spoken English and ability to communicate across technical disciplines and non-technical audience required.
Proficiency in Swahili and other local languages is beneficial.
Master’s degree in global public health, business, supply chain management, public administration, healthcare administration, or a related field.
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