Senior Technical Officer - Procurement, Supply, and Logistics at Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)

Description

• Will work to provide technical leadership in the planning, implementing, and monitoring of procurement and supply chain management activities at the Head and State Office level in the project.
• S/he will contribute to providing technical assistance and coordination to implementing Health Facilities within the project to promote commodity security.
• S/he will also provide technical support and leadership to Nigeria’s efforts to strengthen the supply chain process of health commodities, using the LMIS supply chain management information system, to reduce stock-outs, lower costs and eliminate wastage.
• S/he will coordinate the Logistics Management Information System at the ACE-supported Health Facilities by ensuring collation, validation, prompt, and timely submission of CRRFs by the Health Facilities to the stakeholders. Coordinate the generation and validation of the last mile distribution (LMD) orders in collaboration with the state’s LMCU and ensure the same is submitted to the service providers for resupplies to the health facilities.
• S/he will also ensure expired commodities are properly managed in readiness for disposal.

Minimum Recruitment Standards

• MPH or MS / MA in Logistics or Pharmacy with 5 to 7 years post-national youth service experience with at least 5 years progressive experience in managing a PSM cycle, including rational health commodities selection, forecasting/quantification, quality assurance spanning the PSM cycle, warehousing/storage, distribution, and LMIS
• Or BS / BA in Logistics, Pharmacy or relevant field with 7 to 9 years of relevant experience managing a PSM cycle, including rational health commodities selection, forecasting/quantification, quality assurance spanning the PSM cycle, warehousing/storage, distribution, and LMIS
• Familiarity with the Nigerian public sector health system and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.