Catholic Relief Services Recruits Supply Chain Manager, Global Fund

Catholic Relief Services is the official agency of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops for relief and development assistance overseas.

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) will like to request application from suitably qualified candidates to fill positions

Job Title: Supply Chain Manager, Global Fund

Baud: Band B-1
Reports to: Senior Program Manager (SPM)
Location: Enugu, Nigeria

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support to assigned partner facilities to ensure best practices in patient care, antiretroviral (ARV) drugs and laboratory commodity management.
• Serves as a link between the centralized Supply Chain Management Systems (SCMS) and the CRS’ GF partner facilities in the supply of ARVs, opportunistic infection (01) drugs and laboratory commodities supplied.
• Ensure timely receipt and review of ARVs/0l drugs, laboratory reagents and rapid test kits, logistics management and information system (LMIS) reports/ adverse drug reaction (ADR) reports from partner facilities.
• In collaboration with the program and technical staff, develop, implement and periodically update a decentralized work plan.
• Prepare accurate commodity requirements/delivery order for commodities not covered in the supply chain unification project and ensure timely resupply of commodities to partner facilities assigned.
• Prepare the quantification of commodity needs for the CRS’ GF program.
• Liaise with the supply chain management systems to ensure timely delivery of commodities to partner facilities assigned for commodities covered in the supply chain unification project.
• Conduct monitoring and mentoring visits to assigned partner facilities to ensure smooth implementation of supply chain and pharmacy activities.
• Support capacity strengthening, provide technical assistance, and develop standard operating procedures for inventory management and other aspects of supply chain management that will assure the quality and availability of commodities at partner facilities.
• Ensure supply chain activities in partner facilities are aligned with the Government of Nigeria standard operating procedure. Copied: www.hotnigerianjobs.com

Qualifications said Skills:

• Minimum of three years' work experience with progressive responsibility in pharmaceutical, and/or supply chain management.
• Previous experience working with GF and/ or USG funded programs will be an advantage.
• Master's degree in public health or related field will be an added advantage.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Excellent training and facilitation skills.
• Strong computer skills- Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint required.
• Experience in partner capacity strengthening preferred.
• Knowledge of CRS’ program quality standards will be an advantage.
• Proven ability to work remotely as part of a team and to work independently.
• Cultural sensitivity, patience and flexibility.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% of the time. Copied: www.hotnigerianjobs.com

Application Closing Date
Wednesday, 7th August, 2013

How to Apply:
Interested applicants should Click here to download the CRS Application Form, after filling the form, send it with a detailed CV as attached MS Word documents to: [email protected]

Applicants must explicitly state the position applied for in the CRS application form and in the subject of their email e.g. Driver - Enugu

Only applications sent hi the required format will be considered and only short listed candidates will be contacted.