Regional Emergency Supply Chain Manager – Roving at CRS Tanzania

Regional Emergency Supply Chain Manager – Roving
Regional Emergency Supply Chain Manager – Roving at Catholic Relief Services May 2024
Job Summary:
You
will provide technical advice, guidance, and support for all Supply
Chain Management (SCM) activities and initiatives in compliance with CRS
principles and standards, donor regulations, industry standards, and
local requirements to regional and Country Program (CP) teams to advance
the delivery of high-quality programming to the poor and vulnerable.
You will deploy regularly to CRS country programs both for advisory
support as well as in the roles of Acting Supply Chain Manager, Acting
Procurement Manager, or other senior logistics roles. Your
technical knowledge, advice and guidance will ensure effectiveness and
efficiency in SCM systems and application of the principles of
stewardship, integrity, transparency, and accountability.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate
  with operations and programming leads in CPs on implementing and
  strengthening Supply Chain systems, processes, and policies to meet all
  programming needs through anticipation and identification of issues and
  challenges and the most appropriate solutions to address them.
  Proactively mitigate security risks.
• Provide guidance on the
  development, strengthening and/or standardization of processes and tools
  for the end-to-end planning and implementation of agile supply chain
  systems covering logistics, procurement, warehousing, and
  transportation.
• Advise on the development and implementation of
  CP-level annual procurement plans and their roll-up into a regional
  procurement plan. Identify opportunities for procurement rationalization
  and/or coordination across the region for leveraging resources and
  negotiation power.
• Guide CPs on maintaining sound market
  intelligence systems, conducting regular market assessments, and network
  strategically with key commercial organizations to identify new
  potential suppliers.
• Contribute to maintaining proper conditions
  for learning where there is the sharing of ideas, solutions, and
  difficulties and the capacity to detect, analyze and respond quickly to
  small deficiencies. Strengthen documentation systems. Analyze data,
  evaluate systems, capture and share lessons learned and best practices,
  and complete internal reports.
• Contribute to capacity
  strengthening initiatives for staff and partners through helping develop
  learning and training strategies and agendas/curriculums, conducting
  trainings and workshops, and mentoring and coaching, which includes
  cross-departmental learning.

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Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or other relevant field
  required. Master’s Degree preferred. Professional certification(s) in
  supply chain a plus.
• Minimum of 7 years work experience, ideally
  with an international organization, with progressive responsibility in
  supply chain/logistics/procurement management within the context of
  international and local supply chain. Experience in relief commodity
  management is a plus.
• Experience with USAID Title II commodity programming, USDA monetization programming, and/or WFP programming is highly preferred.
• Additional education may substitute for some experience.
• Strong
  knowledge of general procurement and trading policies and regulations,
  international import/export legislation, and customs regulations.
  Understanding of Generally Accepted Commodity Accountability Principles
  (GACAP).
• Experience in mentoring, coaching, facilitation and training applying adult learning principles and practices.

Required Languages – English required; Arabic preferred.

Travel – 50% travel, particularly to Sudan, South Sudan, and Somalia.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent relationship management skills with ability to influence and get buy-in from people not under direct supervision
• Strong
  strategic, analytical, organizational, and systems thinking skills with
  capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment
• Ethical conduct in accordance with recognized professional and organizational codes of ethics
• Strong presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills
• Proactive, resourceful and results-oriented

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient
  in MS Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio) and information
  management systems. Experience with ERP systems highly preferred.

Agency REDI Competencies (for all CRS Staff):
Agency
competencies clarify expected behaviors and attitudes for all staff.
When demonstrated, they create an engaging workplace, help staff achieve
their best, and help CRS achieve agency goals. These are rooted in the
mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff
member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired
results.

• Personal Accountability – Consistently takes responsibility for one’s own actions.
• Acts with Integrity – Consistently models values aligned with CRS Guiding Principles and mission. Is considered honest.
• Builds and Maintains Trust – Shows consistency between words and actions.
• Collaborates with Others – Works effectively in intercultural and diverse teams.
• Open to Learn – Seeks out experiences that may change perspective or provide an opportunity to learn new things.

Agency Leadership Competencies:

• Lead Change – Continually looks for ways to improve the agency through a culture of agility, openness, and innovation.
• Develops
  and Recognizes Others – Builds the capacity of staff to reach their
  full potential and enhance team and agency performance.
• Strategic Mindset – Understands role in translating, communicating, and implementing agency strategy and team priorities.

Supervisory Responsibilities: none

Key Working Relationships:
Internal:
Regional operations team, particularly supply chain and Insight team
members. Country program supply chain and operations staff. Program
staff.

External: Vendors, consultants, and partners.

***Our
Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations.
Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of
the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. We welcome
as a part of our staff people of all faiths and secular traditions who
share our values and our commitment to serving those in need. CRS’
processes and policies reflect our commitment to protecting children and
vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.