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• Attend
  and provide technical expertise during PEPFAR public health, technical,
  policy and strategic planning meetings with collaborators.
• Give
  guidance and direction to grantees, program collaborators and contractors
  on management and implementation of supply chain management activities to
  ensure they are consistent with PEPFAR and international policies and
  guidance. Also serves as a member and advisor on the USG interagency
  technical teams to strengthen linkages and coordination of supply chain
  and laboratory commodity procurement services to improve activities within
  USG PEPFAR programs and at national level.
• In
  collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and other relevant team
  members and partners, participates in identifying and prioritizing
  capacity development activities for strengthening national, district and
  regional-level health care supply chains, and building expertise in
  developing, implementing, and monitoring appropriate training and
  supervision programs.
• Harmonize
  and manages the commodity pipelines to ensure that there are no
  interruptions in stock, expiries, or other supply chain problems for
  critical medicines and other health products; makes recommendations
  related to the proper management of commodities and for the overall
  security of medical commodities.
• Provides
  technical assistance to the MOH for the quantification of critical
  medicines and products including the establishment of information systems
  to assure availability of data necessary for adequate quantification;
• Assesses
  training needs regarding specific supply chains for major diseases and
  programs as defined by the MOH to address key challenges in current supply
  chain management and pharmaceutical logistics.
• In
  collaboration with the MOH, ensures that staff is trained and has required
  skills in collecting data from health facilities, processing the data to
  forecast future needs, and converting the requirements into a supply plan
  for future financial year.
• Provide
  support to the Quality Assurance Coordinator in the introduction of the
  SLMTA module for procurement and supply chain management.
• Assists
  MOH and other partners with balancing resources, requirements, goals,
  objectives, plans, and operational techniques across Supply Chain (SC)
  material management elements, including supplier relationship management,
  customer relationship management, and risk management.
• Works
  with other specialists, such as the Health Management and Information
  Systems (HMIS) Specialist, in the development and deployment of
  appropriate logistics management information systems that support the
  planning and monitoring of supply chain operations to accurately report,
  quantify, forecast and submit timely drug and laboratory supplies
  requisitions to MOH to avoid interruption of service delivery.
• Provides
  technical assistance to strengthen E-ordering system for lab,
  antiretrovirus, opportunistic infections drugs, SMC kits and related
  commodities, and supports MoH to roll out Laboratory Information
  Management Systems and Pharmaceutical Information Management Systems.
• Provides
  technical assistance to assess current health SCM practices, and develop
  action plans and recommendations to address priority issues to improve
  effectiveness of related supply chain.
• Performs
  assessment and implementation of strategies and techniques to achieve
  optimized material flow through output, costs, and customer service
  levels;
• Performs
  material management quality assessments to assist MOH and implementing
  partner to implement, execute, and optimize SC techniques and processes.
• Supports
  implementing partners to strengthen facility level supply chain management
  systems.
• Provides
  technical assistance to strengthen/develop standard operating procedures
  for inventory management and other aspects of supply chain management that
  will assure the availability and quality of medicine, laboratory and other
  commodities;
• Designs
  or implements supply chains that support business strategies adapted to
  changing market conditions, new opportunities, or cost reduction
  strategies. 
• Identifies
  public and private sector supply chain management models and recommends
  possible complimentary and/or collaborating opportunities through a public
  private partnership (PPP) which will increase efficiency of service
  delivery while strengthening the emerging role of private sector in
  health; uses SC business practices, rules, data collection, and
  performance measurement techniques. 

• The
  candidate will be required to have a Master’s degree in Supply Chain,
  Logistics Management, Public Administration, Public Health, International
  Development, Business Administration, Management, Accounting, Finance,
  Nursing, Medicine or Health Services Administration is required. 
• Experience
  of five to seven years with continuous responsibility in pharmaceutical
  services, logistics or supply chain management in a limited resource
  settings.
• Demonstrated
  experience with the PEPFAR Initiative and international policies guiding
  supply chain management.
• Previous
  experience working with the Ugandan Ministry of Health preferred.
• Experience
  with institutional capacity development preferred.

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