Senior Technical Advisor, Supply Chain

About this role

Job   Summary:  

Advanced subject matter expert accountable for the technical design, direction and quality of supply chain and commodity security work across   project(s) within the   FHI 360 Health Programs   portfolio. Sets the technical agenda for procurement and supply chain management, quantification and forecasting,   logistics   management information systems, cold chain, storage and distribution, and commodity security, and guides how technical resources are invested against it. Serves as   a   department   principal technical interlocutor for supply chain with the U.S. Department of State, ministries of health and central medical stores, and global procurement and financing partners on supply chain matters.  

Accountabilities:  

Technical   Requirements:  

• Sets FHI 360’s technical direction for procurement and supply chain management   for project(s) within the   portfolio, covering product selection, quantification and forecasting, procurement, warehousing, distribution, inventory management, and end-use verification.  

• Leads national supply chain strengthening with ministries of health, national supply chain   agencies   and central medical stores — forecasting accuracy, stockout and expiry reduction, and the shift toward government-financed and government-managed procurement.  

• Directs technical support for commodity security across different technical s ectors as needed , including the coordination required where a single facility handles all of them.  

• Sets the approach to   logistics   management information systems, including electronic LMIS deployment, interoperability with DHIS2 and national health information systems,   logistics   data quality, and the use of consumption data for supply decisions rather than for reporting alone.  

• Provides technical direction on cold chain and vaccine   logistics , including effective vaccine management assessment and improvement planning, cold chain equipment optimization, temperature monitoring, and the specific requirements of the expanding polio portfolio.  

• Advises on quality assurance for health commodities: quality-assured sourcing, product registration and regulatory pathways, importation and customs clearance, storage conditions, the interface with pharmacovigilance, and disposal of expired and damaged stock.  

• Establishes FHI 360’s technical position on private sector engagement and total market approaches, including where private distribution, retail pharmacy and social marketing channels are the   appropriate route   to product availability.  

• Leads the supply chain   component   of transition and sustainability planning, and defines what   has to   be demonstrably in place before FHI 360 withdraws from a supply chain function.  

• Coordinates technically with global procurement and financing partners — including the Global Fund, Gavi, UNICEF Supply Division, PFSCM, WHO prequalification, and USG procurement mechanisms — so that FHI 360 support complements rather than duplicates existing provision.  

• Sets   minimum   technical standards,   tools   and job aids for supply chain work across the portfolio and holds quality assurance sign-off on supply chain technical deliverables.  

• Builds supply chain technical capacity within FHI 360 and in country teams, including supply   chain workforce development components of country programs.  

Project Design   Implementation:  

• Oversees   the   creation   of   the   technical   portion   of   the   project   plan   of   a   complex   project   or multiple projects, within the given resource and financial constraints.

• Communicates the planned budget to project financial   roles.  

• Provide   technical   leadership   in   design,   development,   planning,   implementation;   and capacity- building of specific technical components of projects.

• Provides   broad   global   technical   leadership   to   multiple   components   for   complex   projects   with broad scope.  

• Influences design and scope of initiatives and   projects.  

• Ensures technical implementation is consistent with best practices in the industry/   subject    a nd   meets   client   /   funder   contractual   obligations   for   one   or   more   large,   highly   complex   technical units of a functional domain.  

• Develops   strategies   and   tools   for   the   design   and   implementation   of   specific   technical   components.  

• Continually   maintains   a   dialogue   and   technical   exchange   with   field   counterparts   and technical staff members of implementing partners.  

• Overall   responsibility   for   ensuring   that   all   global   activities   are   conducted   and   reported   in accordance with   requirements.

• Designs the supply chain technical   component   of country workplans and country buy-ins, within the resource envelope agreed with the country lead and the Senior Technical Director.  

• Ensures supply chain design in   c ountries is built on the national supply chain strategy and aligned with other donors   operating   in the same system, rather than running parallel to it.  

Business Development and Client/Funder   Support:  

• Supports   proposal research and   design.  

• Develops   and   maintains   relationships   with   potential   clients   /   funders,   partners,   peers,   etc.   to develop new business.  

• Contributes to   strategy for driving new technical   business.  

• Prepare sponsor reports and   presentations.  

• Point of contact with client / funder for   activities.  

• Maintains   collaborative   relationships   with   donor   /   client   organizations,   relevant   government agencies, bilateral and other NGOs (non-governmental organizations) and consistently   maintained   and   viewed   as a knowledgeable resource in their technical area.  

• Participate in client / funder meetings and draft reports /   presentations.  

• Leads supply chain technical design for   c ountry buy-i

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