Regional Advisor, Supply Chain – Central and West Africa

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🌐 Senegal, Cameroon, +1 more countries – Remote

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🔗 Supply Chain

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Catholic Relief Services

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1943

🏥 Healthcare

🍽️ Food & Beverage

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Food & Beverage • Logistics

Catholic Relief Services is a global humanitarian organization that eases the suffering of and provides development assistance to people in need in over 100 countries. As the official international relief organization of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, CRS focuses on emergency response, health, agriculture, education, and justice and peacebuilding. Their work is guided by Catholic values and the organization aims to serve the poor and vulnerable, regardless of race, religion, or nationality.

📋 Description

• Support development and implementation of regional and agency-wide supply chain strategies, policies, standards, tools, and best practices • Provide supply chain input to regional proposal development and review, including SCM Plans, Commodity Calculators, and Procurement Plans • Integrate climate action and environmental sustainability principles into procurement decisions • Represent CRS at regional planning and coordination meetings and build relationships with donors, peer organizations, and stakeholders • Advise and support country programs on logistics, procurement, warehousing, fleet management, and supply chain compliance • Support deployment and effective use of ERP systems such as Oracle for planning, execution, and reporting • Support annual procurement planning and procurement rationalization and coordination across the region • Review complex tender documents, RFPs, bid packages, contracts, and due diligence documentation • Support fleet and driver management systems, including policies, training, and telematics • Promote supply chain performance metrics and KPIs to drive continuous improvement and accountability • Support countries in addressing audit findings and implementing corrective actions • Contribute to regional capacity strengthening through training, workshops, conferences, coaching, mentoring, and knowledge sharing • Collaborate with country, regional, and global stakeholders • Travel to CRS country programs as needed, up to 30%

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or related field • Minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in international supply chain, logistics, or procurement • Experience with ERP systems; Oracle preferred • Proficient in MS Office packages and information management systems • Strong knowledge of procurement and trading policies and regulations, international import/export legislation, and customs regulations • Understanding of Generally Accepted Commodity Accountability Principles (GACAP) • Technical expertise in warehouse operations and inventory control, including FIFO/FEFO, cycle counting, stock reconciliation, root-cause analysis, ABC analysis, batch/lot and expiry management, warehouse layout and space utilization, and loss/shrinkage prevention • Experience in transportation including dispatch planning • Experience in mentoring, coaching, facilitation, and training using adult learning principles and practices • Strong relationship management skills with ability to influence people not under direct supervision • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including via Outlook and Teams • Strategic, analytical, organizational, and systems thinking skills • Strong presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills • Ability to leverage a proactive, resourceful, and results-oriented mindset • Fluency in English required • Must be willing and able to travel up to 30% • Ability to legally work where the position is to be performed • Pre-employment medical clearance required for positions requiring residence or frequent travel outside a home country

🏖️ Benefits

• Regular field travel opportunities • Professional development through learning and training strategies, workshops, conferences, mentoring, coaching, and knowledge sharing • Remote working environment • CRS Code of Conduct and safeguarding-focused work environment • Equal Opportunity Employer