Technical Advisor Supply Chain

Job Description

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

Technical Advisor for Supply Chain management supports the Supply Chain team operations under the direct supervision of Senior Technical Advisor (STA) in key areas ensuring national policies enhancement and strengthening focused on all PEPFAR-related commodities (ARV, TB, viral hepatitis, OST, etc) market access, forecasting/quantification, improved and optimized distribution, warehousing, and other processes aiming to improve patients access to the vital medications.

Technical Advisor works closely with key stakeholders, including but not limited to the Ministry of Health, Center for Public Health, Medical Procurement of Ukraine, and provides technical guidance and support in the development and implementation of supply chain policies and procedures for adequate medicine quantification, procurement, warehousing, inventory management, ordering/issuing and distribution to support the strengthening of supply management systems in Ukraine.

Location: Kyiv, Ukraine

Department: SAFEMed

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analyse and develop recommendations on how to optimize business processes related to the key components of the supply chain of HIV, TB, VH, and OST commodities, including but not limited to the improvement of interaction between governmental stakeholders within the multi-sectoral
• Provide technical support to the governmental stakeholders on the regional level in the enhancement of the MedData system for centrally procured commodities.
• Provide technical assistance for the implementation and rollout of new national practices for the quantification and forecasting of HIV commodities at national and regional levels.
• Contribute to the analysis of the decentralized distribution of HIV commodities distribution via pharmacies.
• Support pharmaceutical management knowledge increase for OST and TB medicines at regional, and subregional levels and primary healthcare providers.
• Conceptualize and review proposed draft legislation in supply chain management and finalize normative acts in collaboration with SAFEMed’s legal team as needed.
• Update and support implementation of the annual implementation plan, as they relate to the supply chain workstream.
• Draft technical reports, lessons learned, case studies, or other documents in the area of supply chain management.
• Support the project team with inputs for ad hoc requests and indicator reports in his/her technical area.
• Other activities as requested by the direct supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED EDUCATION

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, pharmacy, public health, medicine and other related fields.

Preferred:

• Advanced degree in pharmaceutical management, supply chain, public health, or related field.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

Required:

• At least four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in supply chain, public health, or related field (with a Master`s Degree). Or 6 years with a Bachelor’s degree.

Preferred:

• At least six (6) years of progressively responsible experience in pharmaceutical management and/or public health.
• Experience in pharmaceutical management with an emphasis on supply chain warehousing, logistics and/or forecasting preferred.
• Experience working in Ukraine with MOH, the Centre of Public Health, Medical Procurement of Ukraine, civil society and industry.
• Experience working with USAID-funded programs is desirable

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Knowledge in pharmaceutical supply chain areas, preferably in warehousing, logistics, and quantification.
• Knowledge of international commodity procurement systems and procedures.
• Previous experience in developing training materials and the delivery of training sessions.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.
• Fluency in spoken and written Ukrainian, knowledge of English – upper-intermediate (B2).
• Experienced Microsoft Office Suite applications user, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint;
• Knowledge of appropriate methods for data analysis and reporting.

About the Organization

Management Sciences for Health, an international nonprofit organization, is dedicated to closing the gap between what is known and what is done about public health problems. MSH saves lives and improves health by helping public and private organizations throughout the world to effectively manage people, medicines, money, and information. Working from more than 30 country offices and our US headquarters, our staff from 65 nations is highly regarded for its technical expertise, integrity, and commitment to making a lasting difference in health.

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is a nonprofit international health organization composed of more than 2,000 people from 73 nations. Their mission is to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Together with their partners, they are helping managers and leaders in developing countries to create stronger management systems that improve health services for the greatest health impact.

EXPERTISE

MSH takes an integrated approach to building high-impact sustainable programs that address critical challenges in leadership, health systems management, human resources, and medicines. Simply put, they support stronger health systems for greater health impact.

Their expertise in these areas falls into the broad categories of management functions—for example, leadership and governance or pharmaceutical management—and health areas like tuberculosis or maternal, newborn, and child health. They apply their expertise by

• Partnering with governments, local organizations, and communities in developing nations to build their own capacity for long-term health impact;
• Providing global leadership in critical areas of health management and health care delivery;
• Bringing the best of MSH from around the globe to the people we serve, working as One MSH with a focus on lasting health system improvements.

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Leadership, Governance, & Management

They work with in-country partners to build stronger health systems to improve:

• the management and leadership of priority health programs, health organizations, and multisectoral partnerships such as The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, developing a critical mass of managers at all levels of the health system who can lead and inspire teams to achieve results;
  
• the management systems of health organizations in the public and private sector, transferring practical approaches and skills to ensure that management structures contribute to sustainable organizational success;
  
• the governance and management of health organizations and multisectoral partnerships, facilitating change and transferring knowledge to enable organizations to administer their resources efficiently and scale up their services.

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Health Service Delivery

MSH combines extensive public health expertise, proven service delivery approaches, and evidence-based interventions in five critical areas:

• HIV & AIDS
• Tuberculosis
• Maternal, newborn, and child health
• Family planning and reproductive health
• Other communicable diseases, including malaria and pandemic and avian influenza

Human Resources for Health

MSH helps governments develop multisectoral strategies and policies to plan and manage their health workforces. We use a comprehensive approach that addresses all the facets of human resources for health needed to achieve an adequate supply of well-trained and motivated health workers. MSH offers capabilities in leadership, human resource management, education, partnerships, policy, and finance to achieve these goals.

Pharmaceutical Management

Vital to our success is a participatory approach to project design and implementation, which cultivates broad-based support from all stakeholders. We also build and improve infrastructure and local capacity to effectively purchase, store, deliver, and use quality essential medicines.

Health Care Financing

MSH helps governments and NGOs assess their current financial situation and systems, understand service costs, and develop initiatives to use existing funds more effectively and generate additional revenue—all with the goal of supporting a nation’s health priorities.

Health Information

MSH has developed proven methods for rapidly strengthening the analysis and use of existing health data—normally at the province, district, and facility levels—without revising existing recording and reporting requirements. With an emphasis on learning through action, district teams undertake assessments of health services, identify gaps in performance, and design solutions to support better decision-making and, therefore, better management of improved services.

MSH has worked closely with the Health Metrics Network of the WHO to develop a comprehensive approach for enhancing the performance of health information systems and data by employing a practical, strategic planning process that can be carried out by national working groups.