Supply Chain Team Leader
Oversee logistics operations and manage team in humanitarian setting
Overview
Oversee logistics operations and manage team in humanitarian setting
You have:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in humanitarian logistics, procurement, transport and distribution, warehousing, and stock management
- Master's degree in Logistics and/or Supply Chain Management or equivalent
- Proficiency in written and spoken Ukrainian language
- Intermediate or Advanced English (speaking/reading/writing)
- Excellent skill in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Proven management skills and a competence in people management
- Experience in managing supply chain in an ERP system
- Good understanding of the procurement rules and regulations of major international donors
Contract
This is a DRC - National contract. More about DRC - National contracts.
Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is an international non-governmental organization, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all over the world.
Overall purpose of the role:
- Supervise members in team.
- Deliver technical support and guidance to team.
- Responsible for all procurement of goods and services, warehousing, transportation of good and people, vehicle fleet management, and general logistics support to the programme.
Main Responsibilities:
Management
- Lead and manage the team (including people planning, performance, well-being and development)
- Ensure effective planning and quality implementation of the sector/support activities
- Ensure daily monitoring of area
- Asses the daily quality
- Provide technical support and inputs
- Reporting
Support and administration
- Ensuring all the procurement processes are in line with DRC Operations Handbook
- Effective and efficient support to programs’ needs.
- Develop and maintain relevant data base.
- Maintaining the assets list.
- Weekly and monthly status reports
- Warehouse management, including reporting and alert mechanism to program staff.
- Assist in recruitment, training and capacity building of the logistics team
- Coordination of programme staff to ensure logistics involvement in the whole programme cycle
- Procurement of all goods and services
- Establish and follow up annual procurement plans
- Track all orders, purchases and deliveries
- Ensure that all logistics specific donor rules and policies are understood and respected
- Oversight of all purchase and service contract to ensure DRC's interests are protected
- Vehicle fleet management
- Optimize all logistics operations to increase cost effectiveness including setting up longer term supply contracts
- Fixed asset management
- Ensure DRC supplier due diligence is effective in the relevant context
- Ensure proper operation of DRC Dynamics ERP supply chain system by staff under supervision
- Apply report and data analytics to improve supply chain operation in area of concern
Required experience and competencies:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in humanitarian logistics, procurement, transport and distribution, warehousing, and stock management
- Proven management skills and a competence in people management
- Commitment to learning and implementing organizational policies and procedures.
- Excellent skill in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Experience in managing supply chain in an ERP system
- Good understanding of the procurement rules and regulations of major international donors
Education:
- Master's degree in Logistics and/or Supply Chain Management or equivalent
Languages:
- Proficiency in written and spoken Ukrainian language.
- Intermediate or Advanced English (speaking/reading/writing).
We Offer:
- Contract length: 3 months with the possibility of renewal depending on the effectiveness and funding of the program. Preliminary 3-month trial
- Start date: As soon as possible
Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for National Staff.
Applicati
on process
All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email will not be considered.
Closing date for applications: 30 June 2023
We reserve the right to conduct further interviews before the deadline for submission of applications.
For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo
Potential interview questions
| Describe a time you effectively managed a logistics crisis. | This assesses your problem-solving and leadership skills during unexpected challenges. | Highlight the situation, your actions in leading the team, and the outcome. |
| How do you ensure compliance with procurement regulations? | The interviewer seeks to understand your knowledge and commitment to compliance. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What strategies do you use for team development in logistics? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |