Independent Contractor - Supply Chain Expeditor
VillageReach (International Postings), Mozambique
Job Description
VillageReach transforms health care delivery to reach everyone, so that each person has the health care needed to thrive. We develop solutions that improve equity and access to primary health care. This includes making sure products are available when and where they are needed and primary health care services are delivered to the most under-reached. Radical collaboration with governments, the private sector and other partners strengthen our ability to scale and sustain these solutions. Our work increases access to quality health care for more than 40 million people in sub-Saharan Africa. VillageReach in incorporated in Washington State and has offices in Seattle (USA), Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, and Mozambique.
SCOPE OF WORK
SUMMARY
VillageReach is looking for a confident supply chain consultant to facilitate the flow of work and materials in Mozambique’s response to the COVID 19 pandemic. The opportunity will be located in Maputo supporting CMAM in the implementation of the MOH COVID 19 response plan while at the same time transferring skills to the CMAM relevant team. The consultant will work with CMAM managers to support execution of activities related to quantification and supply planning, receiving and dispatching shipments, generating reports on progress, identifying and working with stakeholders to proactively resolve operational challenges. The consultant will interact with a range of stakeholders who include MOH leadership, donors, technical partners, and provincial DPS and the relevant Technical Working Groups for the emergency response. The role will primarily support CMAM in expediting, but will also contribute to some planning and coordination activities. All responsibilities described below will be executed in a capacity strengthening manner so that skills are transferred to CMAM personnel throughout the consultancy period.
DESCRIPTION
We are seeking a pragmatic, action-oriented problem solver who can define and prioritize corrective actions and work collaboratively with key stakeholders to implement those actions. The work will include these major areas and may shift over time:
Planning (10%):
Provide TA for
- Quantification and quantification review exercises in order to improve Demand Planning
- Identification of needs (funding gap) and support CMAM to develop associated Funding Plan in consultation with donors
- Development of Supply Plan covering both donor supply and private sector supply sources; work with authorized purchasing agents to obtain favorable financial and delivery terms;
- Development of Distribution Plan to ensure an accurate view on product movements from central to provincial warehouses using SIMAM databases.
Coordination (10%):
- Support coordination efforts for effective implementation of the COVID-19 response plan and achievement of program outputs by identifying inconsistencies between different plans (Funding Plan, Supply Plan, Demand Plan, Distribution Plan).
- Ensure establishment of collaborated efforts for effective information flow and program managementsupporting CMAM to organize and manage the meetings of provincial technical groups to monitor and evaluate the performance of provincial DPMs
- Participate in relevant coordination platforms such as National Technical Working Groups to foster collaboration and synergy in delivery of targetted outcomes
- Provide TA for compilation of updated information on deliveries to all internal parties: receiving, scheduling, distributions, etc. and participate in updating of plans (Funding Plan, Supply Plan, Demand Plan, Distribution Plan) by plan owners
- Support the preparation of high-quality briefings, reports and presentations for donors and other stakeholders.
Expediting (55%):
- Establish systems and tools to Monitor and maintain supplier order due dates to ensure validity; negotiate order delivery dates as needed. Train relevant CMAM staff on the use of the system and tools
- Improve goods arrival tracking in country and and support expedited customs clearance and checking that volumes received match supply plans by each source of supply and are at specified quality levels
- Provide TA for implementation of actions needed to achieve planned outcomes related to product supply
- Provide support to increase capacity for data analysis to ensure alignment across program outputs; support MOH and CMAM in making informed decisions and to inform progress against program indicators
- Using SIMAM databases, support provincial groups in identifying Distribution Plan discrepancies; align data and support CMAM to make feedback to provincial DPM with the relevant indicators.
Capacity Building (25%):
- Identify perform