Head of Supply Chain - Nigeria Country Office at Save the Children Nigeria

Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children is working in Nigeria because one in five children in Nigeria dies before their fifth birthday. About 40% of children miss out on school and have to work to survive while nearly 2 million children have lost one or both parents to an AIDS-related disease.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Supply Chain - Nigeria Country Office

Job Identification: 4759
Location: Abuja
Job ype: Full-time
Reports to: Deputy Country Director for Programme Operations.
Technical Line: Regional Head of Supply Chain: 
Job Category: Supply Chain

Key Areas of Accountability

• Ensure effective Supply Chain operations from receiving requests to delivery to end users; develop and/or update country-specific SOPs and implement Global Supply Chain policies and procedures in effort to ensure Save the Children and Donors' minimum standards are met.
• Ensure that the level of Supply Chain performance indicators is satisfactory, timely, appropriate, cost-effective, achieving Value for Money (VfM), on budget; contextual to local and international markets, infrastructure, nature of the Save the Children programs.
• Building capacity among the Supply Chain team through on-the-job training and effective leadership.
• Manage and/or support Supply Chain staff including ensuring appropriate team structures, clear division of responsibilities, clear objectives and management of tasks.
• Lead the Supply Chain change management aspect in support of the Supply Chain Transformation.
• Accountable in ensuring all standard reporting are timely and accurate including KPI management.
• Proactively provide advice and support to Senior Management Team, Budget Holders and Programme Managers on Supply Chain issues, and collaborate with relevant staff/team on budget proposal development, technical aspects of the program, and implementation mechanisms as required.
• Provide training, capacity building and mentoring on Supply Chain as required across the program and operations including building partner organizations at country level, including the Procurement Policy and Manual.
• Collaborate and represent the organisation with external agencies including INGO, UN and partner organizations.
• The post-holder will comply and advocate relevant compliance with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures such as Child Safeguarding, Safety and Security, Code of Conduct, Anti-Fraud and Anti-Bribery.
• The post holder will ensure that all contractors and vendors comply with Save the Children Safeguarding Policy in all services provided to and on behalf of Save the Children 

Behaviors (Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling Save the Children values.
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

Qualifications

• A Master's Degree in either Business/Public Administration, Economics, Supply Chain Management or any other relevant discipline is essential. In addition, professional License/Certification in Supply Chain/Logistics would be an advantage.
• 8 years of relevant work experience at a managerial level. 
• Experience in working in a high-security alert context will be an advantage.
• Significant prior INGO experience in Supply Chain & operational management, within a complex/large scale country program and in emergency response/humanitarian environments. 
• Substantial experience in all technical areas of Supply Chain operations including procurement, transport, distribution, warehousing and stock management, fleet management and asset management.
• Experience in developing and implementing a complex international Supply Chain operations strategy to support different types of programs and coordinating resources to meet the program objectives.
• Experience of working in remote field bases with limited infrastructure
• Proven track record in managing and supervising others in Supply Chain, including training, capacity building & mentoring.
• Ability to synthesize and analyze complex information, and make clear, informed decisions.
• Experience of advising and supporting others at all levels with supply chain aspects of a program, including strategic thinking, planning & donor relations.
• Ability to build positive & productive relationships quickly with a wide range of stakeholders, both internally and externally.
• Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities.
• Strong communication (written and spoken), and interpersonal skills in English with experience in managing multicultural teams.
• Must have experience in managing international procurement and medical supply chain.

Desirable:

• Extensive experience in Procurement
• Extensive experience in training of Supply Chain topics

Application Closing Date
12th November, 2023; 04:44 PM