Supply Chain Management Advisor Careers at IntraHealth International in Uganda

Job Title: Supply Chain Management Advisor

Requisition Number: 14-0074

Employer: IntraHealth International

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Application Deadline: 30 Jan 2015

Job Description:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Offer technical leadership and expertise to the project to address bottlenecks and related supply chain difficulties.
• In charge of building the local capacity to track inventories of essential items and complete re-supply requests in a timely and accurate manner.
• Actively collaborate with private and public sector commodity suppliers as well as USAID-funded mechanism on supply chain issues.
• Build local capacity for quantifications and forecasting of medicines, supplies, and other health commodities.
• Strengthen timely ordering, distribution, stock management and rational use of commodities at service delivery points per MOH guidelines.
• Offer technical guidance to improve record keeping, timely reporting and accountability for medicines, supplies and other health commodities for HIV and MNCH.
• Strengthen district capacity to routinely monitor and supervise medicine and commodity management at district and facility level.
• Actively coordinate with other project team members to carry out the above functions.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate should hold a Master’s degree in public health or a related field.
• At least five years of mid-level or senior experience in technical expertise and theoretical and practical knowledge in the following areas: health commodities logistics and management, supply chain systems, health systems.
• A minimum of  three years’ experience successfully working with the Ministry of Health and other key stakeholders in Uganda, and preferably in Karamoja.
• Past exposure and experience working on projects supported by United States Government is preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the challenges impacting health service delivery in Karamoja.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English. Fluency in a local language is an advantage.
• The applicant must be a Citizen or permanent resident of Uganda.

Personal Competencies:
1. Innovation: Develops new, better or significantly different ideas, methods, solutions or initiatives within your role that result in improvement of IntraHealth's performance and meeting objectives, results and global commitments.
2. Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for all work activities, research and personal actions and decisions; follows through on commitments and focuses on those activities that have the greatest impact on meeting measurable high quality results for IntraHealth's success. Exercises ethical practices, respectful words and behaviors, and equitable treatment of others in all activities.
3. Service Excellence: Knowledge of and ability to put into action customer service concepts, processes and techniques to access internal and/or external client needs and expectations and meet or exceed those needs and expectations through providing excellent service directly or indirectly.
4. Strategic Thinking: Applies organizational knowledge to identify and maintain focus on key success factors for IntraHealth while recognizing, anticipating and resolving organizational challenges. Ability to develop organization and industry-specific expertise and apply sound decision making processes to reach productive resolutions that translates strategy into actionable business plans.
5. Client Relationship Management: Knowledge and ability to determine and satisfy client needs (internally and externally) and maintain partnering and productive relationships during engagements, including influencing, communicating, presenting, facilitating, and managing new relationships.
6. Effective Communication (Oral and Written): Understands effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, explain complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience; and receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.

How to Apply:

All candidates who wish to join IntraHealth International’s USAID Project should Apply Online at the web link below.

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