Senior Technical Advisor, Supply Chain
JobSummary:
Advanced subject matter expert accountable for the technical design, direction and quality of supply chain and commodity security work acrossproject(s) within the FHI 360 Health Programsportfolio. Sets the technical agenda for procurement and supply chain management, quantification and forecasting,logisticsmanagement information systems, cold chain, storage and distribution, and commodity security, and guides how technical resources are invested against it. Serves asadepartmentprincipal technical interlocutor for supply chain with the U.S. Department of State, ministries of health and central medical stores, and global procurement and financing partners on supply chain matters.
Accountabilities:
TechnicalRequirements:
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Sets FHI 360 ’s technical direction for procurement and supply chain managementfor project(s) within theportfolio, covering product selection, quantification and forecasting, procurement, warehousing, distribution, inventory management, and end-use verification.
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Leads national supply chain strengthening with ministries of health, national supply chainagenciesand central medical stores — forecasting accuracy, stockout and expiry reduction, and the shift toward government-financed and government-managed procurement.
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Directs technical support for commodity security across different technical sectors as needed, including the coordination required where a single facility handles all of them.
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Sets the approach tologisticsmanagement information systems, including electronic LMIS deployment, interoperability with DHIS2 and national health information systems,logisticsdata quality, and the use of consumption data for supply decisions rather than for reporting alone.
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Provides technical direction on cold chain and vaccinelogistics, including effective vaccine management assessment and improvement planning, cold chain equipment optimization, temperature monitoring, and the specific requirements of the expanding polio portfolio.
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Advises on quality assurance for health commodities: quality-assured sourcing, product registration and regulatory pathways, importation and customs clearance, storage conditions, the interface with pharmacovigilance, and disposal of expired and damaged stock.
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Establishes FHI 360 ’s technical position on private sector engagement and total market approaches, including where private distribution, retail pharmacy and social marketing channels are theappropriate routeto product availability.
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Leads the supply chaincomponentof transition and sustainability planning, and defines whathas tobe demonstrably in place before FHI 360 withdraws from a supply chain function.
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Coordinates technically with global procurement and financing partners — including the Global Fund, Gavi, UNICEF Supply Division, PFSCM, WHO prequalification, and USG procurement mechanisms — so that FHI 360 support complements rather than duplicates existing provision.
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Setsminimumtechnical standards,toolsand job aids for supply chain work across the portfolio and holds quality assurance sign-off on supply chain technical deliverables.
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Builds supply chain technical capacity within FHI 360 and in country teams, including supplychain workforce development components of country programs.
Project DesignImplementation:
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Overseesthecreationofthetechnicalportionoftheprojectplanofacomplexprojector multiple projects, within the given resource and financial constraints.
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Communicates the planned budget to project financialroles.
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Providetechnicalleadershipindesign,development,planning,implementation;and capacity- building of specific technical components of projects.
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Providesbroadglobaltechnicalleadershiptomultiplecomponentsforcomplexprojectswith broad scope.
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Influences design and scope of initiatives andprojects.
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Ensures technical implementation is consistent with best practices in the industry/subject andmeetsclient/fundercontractualobligationsforoneormo