Senior Supply Chain Advisor

Position description

Credence Management Solutions employs hard-working, passionate individuals who bring innovation, accountability, and a growth mindset to the many missions we support across the US Federal Government. Employee empowerment is part of the fabric of our corporate culture through which we emphasize opportunity, recognition, reward, and retention. At Credence, we follow the principles of servant leadership and believe that serving and supporting others is critical to both our individual and collective achievements. We have only one measure of success. Yours. We are hiring for positions under the Global Health Training, Advisory, Support Contract (GHTASC) in support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Global Health (GH). These roles deliver institutional support services in a wide range of technical areas at the junior, mid-, senior, and expert levels.

Serve as subject matter expert (SME) for global health supply chain technical issues, in areas such as quantification, forecasting, procurement, storage and distribution and inventory management, logistics management information systems (LMIS), health systems strengthening, budgeting and financial management, driving and analyzing supply chain performance, and program effectiveness. 

Take a leading role in the governance issues involving senior management, participating GH offices, the Office of Acquisition and Assistance, other USAID operating units, Missions and Implementing Partners in the implementation of the Global Bureau Bureau’s NextGen supply chain and pharmaceutical management work. 

Identify, advocate and support implementation of cohesive cross-office approaches to the leadership, management, and oversight of the Global Bureau Bureau’s NextGen supply chain and pharmaceutical management work. 

Provide technical leadership to Missions and USAID Headquarters on implementation of state-of-the-art approaches, analytics, and tools for global health supply chain issues. 

Participate in internal technical and advisory groups on global health supply chain tissues. 

Initiate, provide, and anticipate needs for, high-level technical assistance to the field on global health supply chain issues. 

Be proactive and strategic in establishing and maintaining close working relationships with senior staff at USAID Missions and operating units, implementing partners, the Department of State’s Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services, and other agencies involved with Global Health supply chain 

Liaise with Global Fund, UNFPA and other donors to collaborate and advise on global supply planning. Take the lead in highlighting, advancing and advocating on technical global supply planning issues. 

Assist Agreement/ Contracting Officer’s Representatives.

 

Qualifications

Master’s and 10 years, Bachelor’s and 12 years, Associate’s and 14 years, or High School and 16 years of professional experience. 

US citizen or US permanent resident with the ability to obtain and maintain Facility Access is required. For Permanent Residents, this means having resided in the US for at least 3 of the past 5 years. 

Demonstrated experience in providing technical assistance in global health programs. 

Demonstrated experience in global health commodity supply chain management 

Knowledge of the technical issues that arise in global health commodity procurement. 

Demonstrated ability in strategic planning, program management and implementation within a developing country or resource-poor context. 

Ability to work independently with limited supervision. 

Ability to recognize areas of weakness with a willingness to learn. 

Excellent oral presentation and writing skills. 

Ability to travel to developing countries; international travel approximately 20%.

Application instructions

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