Supply Chain Coordinator (Based at Management Division)

The Supply Chain Coordinator (SCC) is responsible to engage with Department of Health Services (DoHS), Management Division (MD) and other divisions under DoHS and with external development partners (EDPs) at central level. The SCC should be aware of the prevailing context, progress, gaps, and challenges related to the health commodity supply chain and electronic Logistic Management Information System (eLMIS). 

Key Responsibilities

• Work for liaison between FHI 360 and divisions under DoHS, Teku. 
• Represent EpiC Nepal at MD building good rapport and relations with government and other stakeholder counterparts at central level working for strengthening supply chain. 
• Provide the project with data, inputs to reporting, gaps in project performance, sharing of success stories, case studies, information on new events, developments, and suggestions for interventions to monitor and improve supply chain management in the health sector.
• Proactively approach officials at MD and other divisions and centers under DoHS and to collect and share the information on the procurement and supply chain situation and supply chain best practices.
• Together with FHI 360 Nepal office, strengthen capacity of divisions and centers for improving warehousing, inventory management, and distribution through best practice and compliance with agreed procedures.
• Support the center in safe disposal of expired and unusable commodities in district stores and health facilities.
• Assist to the SCC based at Provinces for timely reporting and facilitate the re-supply and relocation of commodities, assist government counterparts in the re-ordering process when stocks are low using requisition forms, Logistic Management Information System (LMIS) forms and emergency order plans.
• Regular monitoring of stock status of the commodities and plan for the distribution and redistribution as required. 
• Provide technical assistance (TA) to the MD to organize forecasting and quantification exercise and pipeline report.  
• Provide TA and coordinate to organize Central Supply Chain Management Working Group meeting on regular basis. 
• Provide regular TA at Central Medical Store on inventory management, procurement, and good warehousing practices. 
• Organize supportive supervision together with the Government of Nepal officials to district, local level governments (LLGs) and service delivery points (SDPs) to capacitate overall supply chain, good storage, system utilization and recording and reporting. 
• Work together with eLMIS coordinator to follow up with Provincial Health Directorate (PHD) and Provincial Health Logistics Management Center (PHLMC), districts and SDPs for data entry in eLMIS.
• Perform consumption data quality check at various levels and verify the stock status of key commodities to make sure the stock is adequate. 
• Work on status and coordinate to the SCC stationed at provincial level for the response and distribution and redistribution plan. 
• Analyze and circulate LMIS reporting at district, LLGs and health facilities through provinces to ensure target reporting rates are achieved. 
• Monitor and report stock status of key family planning and Maternal Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) commodities in central, province, district, LLGs, and health facilities. 
• Utilize available data in decision making and monitor stakeholder use of new data available from eLMIS.
• The SCC will engage, support, update, share information and knowledge, and facilitate where required to ensure inventory management and supply commodities from center to the provinces and eLMIS utilization and data-based decisions ensuring that government policies, regulations and norms, USAID regulations, FHI 360 Nepal policies, and best practices related to supply chain management are consistently followed. 

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in health-related field, public health, supply chain management and pharmacy with three years of experience supply chain implementation, oversight, and monitoring (preferably health commodities).
• Knowledge of LMIS in public health supply chain management and knowledge of eLMIS strongly desired. 
• Previous experience in public health commodity management. 
• Experience in working effectively across various teams within the project and organization, and building and sustaining positive working relationships with NGOs, private sectors, government and other stakeholders.
• Proactive in managing multiple tasks, managing and working in virtual work environment, and flexible and open for managing time for working with different teams in different time zones as needed. 
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, team building and management, and problem-solving skills. 
• Excellent oral and written English and Nepali including documentation skills.
• Demonstrated computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite Applications including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.