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Post:Analyst, Supply Chain Management
Organization:Clinton
Health Access Initiative
Closing date: 05 May 2013
CHAI is building on its successful work in HIV and malaria
treatment to support the development and execution of ambitious new efforts to
strengthen and streamline the supply chain both to and within developing
countries for high quality and essential health products in a sustainable
manner in order to increase levels of accessibility. These efforts will focus
on a number of countries in creating market structures that can assure that
products are high quality, widely available and affordable. In parallel, CHAI
is leading efforts to develop mechanisms to deploy new information and
communication technologies effectively in order to streamline supply chains
and/or increase demand for products.
CHAI is recruiting Analysts for the Supply Chain Management
Global team to focus upon supporting the design and implementation of CHAI’s
Supply Chain strategy, reporting to The Director of Supply Chain Management.
The Analysts will engage directly with governments and relevant local
stakeholders across multiple countries and provide support to other CHAI team
members.
They will be based in
a location, to be determined, facilitating close access to sub-Saharan Africa.
Very frequent international travel will be required, potentially for extended
periods of time.
The Analysts will play a crucial role devising CHAI’s Supply
Chain strategy, leading to the creation of an actionable and specific
implementation plan.
The Analysts will perform the initial analysis of the
existing landscape in countries, of the distribution channels, both public and
private; as well as market assessments to identify key products and
requirements.
The Analysts will facilitate implementation, though the
provision of technical and operational assistance, creating or refining
procurement and supply chain structures nationally, in order to ensure that
targeted products reach the end users in a timely and efficient manner and
affordably.
The role could also
include heavy involvement in the identification, evaluation and piloting of new
technological solutions aiming to facilitate effective and sustainable supply
chain rationalization.
Responsibilities:
•Work to strengthen local market structures to increase
access to life-saving commodities by scoping and identifying local market
opportunities in-country for prioritized commodities
•Analyze supplier
landscape and production economics for prioritized commodities •Engage with
local partners, including local manufacturers, to identify the opportunities
for increasing supply of and access to prioritized commodities
•Provide technical
and operational assistance to countries to design and implement concrete
implementation plans
•Interact with
country and global CHAI teams to achieve objectives of supply chain strategy,
providing technical and managerial assistance.
•Other responsibilities, as needed
Qualifications:
•Minimum 3 years private sector work experience, ideally in
strategy consulting, business and corporate development, or other fields that
require deep understanding of marketplace dynamics, deal structuring, and
negotiation
•Outstanding academic credentials; MBA or other relevant
graduate degree preferred
•Experience working
with international and national global health donors and partners strongly
preferred
•Exceptional analytical (qualitative and quantitative) and
communication (written and verbal) skills
•Ability to understand incentive structures, and engage and
persuade senior-level executives and other stakeholders
•Entrepreneurial
mindset, including ability to work independently, self-motivate, and propose
and implement new initiatives
•Strong desire to
work in a fast-paced, limited-structure, high-pressure, multicultural
environment
•Ability to absorb
and synthesize a broad range of information, including financial, regulatory,
clinical and scientific information
•High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly
Excel, PowerPoint and Word
How to apply:
Please apply here:
https://careers-chai.icims.com/jobs/3330/job
