Supply Chain Officer - Katsina

Job Description

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Qualifications

- Bachelor’s Degree required (Business Management, Business Studies, Administrative Studies, and similar management courses) - Advanced professional certification in supply chain management and/or emergency response management added advantage.

Work Experience:

- At least 3 years of experience in handling humanitarian supply chains. - Strong ERP rollout and management skills. - Demonstrated ability to develop and roll out supply chain policies and SOPs. - Clear training and mentoring ability. - Experience working with a diverse portfolio of Donors and knowledge of specific donor guidelines. - Demonstrated Technical Skills: - Have a high degree of flexibility and ability to work under sometimes extreme hardship conditions against tight deadlines. - Strong computer and communication equipment skills, including Microsoft Office applications - Ability to lead teams - Change management - Risk management - Decision-making capability - Cross-functional collaboration - Conflict resolution skills - Strategic thinking - Result Focus - Effective Communication - Problem-Solving ability.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to Field Coordinator

The position directly supervises Supply Chain Assistant,

Indirect Reporting: Supply Chain Coordinator, Senior Procurement Manager, Logistics Manager.

Other Internal and/or external contacts: Regular relationships with the Field Coordinator, IRC Yobe sector leads, and country Supply Chain staff.

Languages:

- Fluency in the local context language is highly desirable. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills, fluent in written and spoken English.

Computer / Other Tech Requirements:

- Full professional competency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Ability to Travel:

- 5% of the time.

Working Environment:

The position will work in the Yobe Field Office, with consistent travel to other sites in Yobe State. The program site in Northern Nigeria. This is security level 3 – orange.

 There is a state government curfew of 10 pm.

Standards for Professional Conduct: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances. Women are encouraged to apply for this position.

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.