Country Supply Chain Manager at Action Against Hunger | ACF Nigeria LTD/GTE

You’ll contribute to ending world hunger by

• Ensuring an operationally enhanced logistical, supply chain and procurement function at mission level in order to provide programs with optimum support.
• This position is based in Abuja, Nigeria.

Responsibilities
Key activities in your role will include:

• Participates in the design and implementation of the supply strategy for the mission:
• Prepare country supply chain strategy.
• Make relevant recommendations on supply chain strategy.
• Pilot implementation of mission supply chain strategy.
• Ensure that procurements teams are fully aware of mission supply chain strategy across the mission.
• Continuous update of training materials in SCM.
• Perform training across the mission in supply chain.
• Animate a training section on NHF for SCM.

Coordinates procurement at national level and mitigate fraud:

• In light with PPPs and Procurement plans, make recommendation for a good coordination.
• Ensure that procurements are carried out on a standard across the mission.
• Identify risks on procurement performance and alert Head of Logistics Department and requesters.
• Recommend adequate resources for a performing supply chain management in the mission.
• Represent Action Against Hunger in Supply chain forums and make recommendations to Head of Logistics Department.
• Develop measures to keep a standard level in quality management in supply chain.
• Actively participate in implementation of quality improvement measures.
• Ensures procurements are made in line with the organization standards. Ensure the organization procurement procedures are known and applied.

Supervise supply chain in Abuja and manage HQ procurements:

• Ensure the best performance in procurements in Abuja: Transparency, shortest delivery time, value for money.
• Directly manage tender's in Abuja.
• Ensure supply chain strategy and all guidelines are implemented in Abuja.
• Ensure all data bases are consistently updated in Abuja.
• Deal with all quality issues linked with procurements in Abuja.
• Update and share HQ procurement plan.
• Prepare HQPRs whenever needed.
• Follow-up on HQ procurement follow up and update requesters.
• Manage procurement team in Abuja.
• Make sure all procurement team in Abuja have action plans and they are implemented.
• Manage the performance of the procurement team in Abuja.
• Perform trainings.

Monitoring of Supply Chain at country level:

• Continuously analyze SP&PPP and compare with procurements.
• Gather and analyze procurement information and raise alerts when needed.
• Support base team on planning of their supply chain.
• Monthly update supply chain KPIs and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Yearly call for interest.
• Monthly spot checks.
• Following of market evolution via survey, forum, st.andard means.
• Follow-up of economic indicators that can impact the market prices (inflation rate, tax law..).
• Carry out call for interest at least once every year.

Participate in proposal writing and donor reporting:

• Provide updated data to technical department for proposal writing.
• Advise technical departments on the SC related needs in proposal writing (local market, delivery time.
• Compile users feedback for a continuous improvement of the tool.
• Prepare PPP for each new proposal.
• Adhoc assessments, survey in the framework of any new proposal.
• Prepare tools to better track data on donors reporting for each grant.
• Prepare guidelines in relation with grants closure.
• Play active role in implementation of grant closure prepardness.
• Provide data for intermediary and final reports whenever required.

Does this description fit you?

• You’ve broad experience in humanitarian Supply Chain management
• You have a Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering or a related field.
• You have significant experience working in similar position.
• You have a minimum of 5 years of extensive experience in procurement and coordination, preferably in Humanitarian or development work.
• You have demonstrated professional experience working in a fast paced, complex humanitarian emergency context.
• You have a good general knowledge of IT, mechanics, communications, supply chain management & procurement.
• Computer literacy including all Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, Power point).
• Capacity to conduct trainings and team management.
• Fluency in English.
• Excellent attention to detail, highly organized, rigorous, self-motivated, strong sense of responsibility, ability to work independently.
• Capacity for analysis, synthesis and reporting of large amounts of information.
• High level of Integrity and Transparency.
• Excellent people management skills combined with the ability and desire to further develop staff capacity.
• Possess strong analytical, communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Effective multi-tasking skills with ability to coordinate and handle pressure/ stress well.
• Flexible, able to live and work in a stressful and insecure environment.
• Previous experience working for NGOs an asset, particularly international NGOs.
• Fluent in basic IT and networking technology.

Our Core Values:

• In this position, you are expected to demonstrate Action Against Hunger-USA-USA’s five core competencies
• Respect- we work with compassion and dedication, treating everyone the same way we expect them to treat us.
• Integrity - we believe that being honest and fair is integral to every aspect of our work; conducting our work with a spirit of sincerity, truthfulness and transparency is imperative.
• Creativity - we encourage new ideas, embrace innovative solutions, and create opportunities for meaningful and exciting ways to do our jobs and provide solutions to address the needs of the populations we serve.
• Excellence - we strive to provide services that meet, and even exceed, the expectations of our stakeholders (populations in need, staff, communities and donors).
• Empowerment - we are committed to fostering an environment in which our staff, partners and communities where we work have the space to grow, develop and feel confident about participating.