Consultant - Health Supply Chain Management at Axios Foundation

Location: Global
Report to: Director of Program

Job Summary

• Axios Foundation in collaboration with Medical Access are seeking Potential Consultants in areas of Medical Waste Management
• The consultants shall provide strategic and technical support seeking to strengthen laboratory services in several developing countries globally.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop health commodity national supply chain strategies, plans and policies
• Strengthen national health commodity forecasting systems and develop national quantification & procurement
• Provide technical support to national procurement systems
• Assess warehouse management systems and provide technical support on infrastructural enhancement and optimization of use
• Strengthen health commodity distribution systems through distribution network analysis, and optimization
• Develop an effective logistics and information management system to support the coordinated response to public laboratory events of national concern.
• Provide technical support to strengthen quality assurance systems.
• Develop logistics information management policies and protocols including clearance /information sharing requirements in accordance with existing country policies

Qualifications and Key Competencies

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Health Sciences or any other Health related field.
• Master's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Inventory Management, Operations and Public Health or any other related field.
• Language fluency in English, French is required.
• Ability to work in Spanish, and Portuguese is an asset.
• At least 10 years' experience in the provision of support in the 3 areas
• Demonstrated experience in low resource settings, in Africa in particular