Logistics Manager Myanmar (National Position)

Contract

This is a Professional contract, Grade 9 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 9 (NRC) contracts.

NRC is looking for a Logistics Manager to join the Myanmar mission. The role holder will be responsible for strategic planning and implementation, as well as overseeing the day-to-day operational and management aspects, of all country logistics operations (Procurement, Transport/Fleet Management, Warehouse Management, Asset Management, and Information and Communications Technology) within NRC Myanmar.

If you are an influential, inspiring, strategic, and visionary leader who has experience developing strategies, building meaningful relationships, and working collaboratively across all levels in the organization; holds a track record in implementing procedures, controls, and systems; and has a passion for building the capacity in teams, this is the role for you! **This position is open to Burmese/Myanmarese Nationals only**

What You Will Do

• Procurement: Implementing logistics systems and procedures, ensuring compliance by staff, developing annual procurement plans, building relationships with local suppliers and stakeholders, and initiating and maintaining leases, licenses, and contracts.
• Transport/Fleet Management: Ensuring fleet and fuel management systems are in place, ensuring monthly analysis of transport information, ensuring vehicle maintenance plans, and ensuring timely transport support.
• Warehouse Management: Overseeing all warehousing facilities, ensuring all procedures and controls are in place for warehousing, ensuring periodical inventory counts and spot checks, and ensuring stock planning and management.
• Asset Management: Maintaining the asset register, ensuring periodic asset verification, ensuring asset and inventory lists are recorded and maintained, and ensuring an annual disposal plan.
• Information and Communications Technology: Developing a strategic IT upgrade action plan, managing the ICT infrastructure and network, ensuring periodic ICT assessments, and ensuring system monitoring.
• People Leadership: Building the capacity/skills of staff and contributing to their career development, ensuring work planning within teams in order to ensure unit objectives are met efficiently, monitoring and reviewing staff performance, and ensuring staff training and orientation.
• Programme Support: Contribute to programme and project design, including budgets, oversee market analysis to support project modality decisions, and ensure the timely delivery of projects.

What You Will Bring

• Senior Logistics Management experience in a humanitarian/recovery context.
• Complex, and volatile context exposure.
• Myanmar context exposure and knowledge.
• Start-up experience is an added advantage.
• English and Burmese fluency, both written and verbal.

What Makes This Position Attractive?

• NRC has delivered humanitarian assistance vulnerable affected populations in Myanmar since 2008, following Cyclone Nargis. Over that time, NRC has evolved into a complex and mature mission with an excellent reputation for technical skill and delivery of programmes.
• NRC Myanmar works in collaboration with a diverse portfolio of partner organisations and donors. Over the past years NRC Myanmar has been at the forefront of partnerships, piloting fair share and integrated programming. This is an opportunity to join one of the most respected humanitarian actors in Myanmar that has a strong reputation with donors, embassies, clusters, and peer agencies, and the chance to work with a diverse portfolio of donors and partners.
• Female candidates are strongly encouraged to join our work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.

What We Offer

• Yangon, Myanmar duty station.
• 12-month contract duration.
• 30% travel, approximately.
• Grade 9 in NRC’s Salary Scale. NRC offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.
• NRC is an equal opportunities employer. In the selection of our staff, we are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
• We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.

Key Information - Please Take Note When Applying

• We highly encourage you to learn more about the role: please review the full Job Description here.
• Apply by completing all the system-required fields of your experience, employment history, and education in your application.
• Ensure to attach your latest CV.
• Submit your application and CV in English.
• When creating your profile, include your full name as per your passport.
• To apply as an internal candidate, click on the suitcase icon “I am an employee” on the top right of the page to be redirected to NRC’s internal career site.
• This position is open to Burmese/Myanmarese Nationals only.
• Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. NRC is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role and you meet most, but not all the requirements, we encourage you to apply anyway.
• Applications that do not meet the minimum standards in terms of experience or qualifications will generally not be considered.
• Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to give detailed feedback to applicants who have not been shortlisted.
• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply early.
• For any queries, please email us at aela.recruitment@nrc.no with “Logistics Manager Myanmar” as the subject line.