Supply Chain Manager at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Supply Chain Manager

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• You will plan, manage, and provide technical and operational oversight of all supply chain activities - including procurement, logistics, transportation, fleet management, invoice payment process and warehousing, to ensure effective and efficient delivery of goods to the poor and vulnerable.
• Your knowledge and experience will allow you to anticipate and manage supply chain needs and challenges, and introduce improvement solutions, as you apply the principles of stewardship, integrity, transparency, and accountability.

Roles and Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with direct reports and programming leads to strengthen the pipeline and supply chain management plan. Manage the determination of procurement and logistics service requirements, desired specifications and delivery schedules, and how sourcing strategies are defined, ensuring proper coordination and communication.
• Ensure accountability and transparency of all supply chain operations in compliance with CRS and donor regulations, and international and local standards and requirements.
• Effectively manage talent and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, and complete performance management for direct reports. Assess skills and competencies of team members to identify areas where additional training or development is needed. Monitor and assess performance to ensure adequate capacity for successful support of high-quality programming.
• Lead design and implementation of a strategic sourcing and procurement process to identify, assess, select and contract suppliers that will deliver the maximum value for money to the organization. In close coordination with the procurement team oversee relationships with key suppliers and assess supplier performance.
• Manage logistical infrastructure, storage facilities and transportation resources. Oversee application of systems and procedures for inventory and commodity transportation, warehousing, and distribution, as well as for vehicle management to ensure proper handling and safeguarding of assets. Ensure related safety and security protocols are implemented.
• Oversee inventory control and the management of comprehensive goods tracking and record keeping systems throughout the whole supply chain cycle, from time of request until time of delivery. Ensure timely preparation and submission of various reports.
• create and maintain the proper conditions for learning. Establish a safe environment for the sharing of ideas, solutions, and difficulties and the capacity to detect, analyze and respond quickly to small deficiencies. Provide capacity strengthening guidance for CRS and partners staff, which includes cross-departmental learning.
• Oversee the application of Insight and data cleanliness for procurement, inventory management, & cost management.
• Lead CP supply chain team to promptly prepare and respond to audits, while collaborating with other functional departments (Risk & Compliance, Finance, Admin etc.)
• Keep a breast of any changes in governmental taxes (sales, VAT), duty fees, levies, and importation procedures.
• Oversee the process of followup with the various government agencies to process relevant documentations (e.g. IDEC, NAFDAC certification, Form M, Standard Organization of Nigeria etc).
• Other related duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in supply chain or other relevant degree required.
• Minimum of 5 years work experience in supply chain / logistics / procurement management with progressive responsibilities, preferably with relief supply chain management.
• Knowledge of and experience with various public donors regulations. Understanding of the Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR), WHO regulations and Generally Accepted Commodity Accountability Principles (GACAP)
• Knowledge of national and international import / export legislation and common customs regulations.
• Staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment.
• Proficient in MS Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio) and information management systems. Experience with ERP systems is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Supply Chain, other relevant Master’s strongly, or equivalent experience strongly preferred. Professional certification(s) in supply chain is a plus.

Requirements

• Required language: English
• Travel: Must be willing and able to travel up to 25 %.

Agency REDI Competencies (for all CRS Staff):

Agency competencies clarify expected behaviors and attitudes for all staff. When demonstrated, they create an engaging workplace, help staff achieve their best, and help CRS achieve agency goals. These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.

• Personal Accountability: Consistently takes responsibility for one’s own actions.
• Acts with Integrity: Consistently models values aligned with CRS Guiding Principles and mission. Is considered honest.
• Builds and Maintains Trust: Shows consistency between words and actions.
• Collaborates with Others: Works effectively in intercultural and diverse teams.
• Open to Learn: Seeks out experiences that may change perspective or provide an opportunity to learn new things.

Agency Leadership Competencies:

• Lead Change: Continually looks for ways to improve the agency through a culture of agility, openness, and innovation.
• Develops and Recognizes Others: Builds the capacity of staff to reach their full potential and enhance team and agency performance.
• Strategic Mindset: Understands role in translating, communicating, and implementing agency strategy and team priorities.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent planning, coordination, prioritization, and time management skills
• Excellent analytical skills with ability to make independent judgment and decisions
• Ethical conduct in accordance with recognized professional and organizational codes of ethics
• Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented, and results-oriented
• Ability to work collaboratively
• Abilitytoworkinacomplexenvironmentandtoleadandworkwithamulti-culturalteam.
• Demonstrate excellent written and oral Communication skills
• Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Key Working Relationships

Internal:

• The Country Representative, Deputy Country Representatives, Abuja based Ops Leads - HR, SC Cost Accountant, Head of Offices, COPs and other program managers, regional and HQ teams including the DRD - Ops; HQ Finance, OGC.

External:

• Church Partners, CRS implementing partners, operational partners, and colleague organizations; Local Government; auditors; banking and insurance Institutions; service providers and vendors.

Safeguarding

• CRS is committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of all people who interact with our work.
• We uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and expect all staff and partners to respect and protect the dignity and rights of everyone from any form of harm, abuse, harassment, or exploitation.
• All staff are required to follow CRS’s safeguarding policies and procedures and to complete mandatory safeguarding e-learning courses upon hire and on an annual basis.

Application Closing Date
12th May, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note:

• All positions requiring residence or frequent travel outside their home country must undergo and clear a pre - employment medical examination.
• Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer