Regional Supply Chain Coordinator

About the job

This role has a regional focus and ensures compliance to DRC procedures and guidelines within the whole regional area. The role contributes to the development of regional strategies, which are translated into action plans and day-to-day tasks. The role provides support and/or technical guidance to country operations while overseeing activities with regional scope. The Regional Supply Chain Coordinator is responsible for all procurement of goods and services, warehousing, transportation of good and people, vehicle fleet management and general logistics support to the programme. They are also responsible for localizing and adapting DRC policies within support area to local circumstances and for contributing to the development of country strategies.

Your main duties & responsibilities will be:

Coordination
• Contributes to the daily operation with comprehensive knowledge in logistics and procurement
• Lead the coordination with the programme staff to ensure logistics & procurement involvement in the whole programme cycle
• Ensure that all logistics & procurement specific DRC/donors’ rules and policies are understood and respected
• Responsibility for assigned operational budgetary lines within programmes.
• Technical support

Procurement
• Ensure that procurement policies and procedures are rigorously followed
• Procurement of all goods and services
• Establish and follow up annual procurement plans
• Track all orders, purchases and deliveries
• Oversight of all purchase and service contract to ensure DRC’s interests are protected
• Optimize all logistics operations to increase cost effectiveness including setting up longer term supply contracts
• Ensure DRC supplier due diligence is effective

Logistics
• Fleet: management of rental and owned vehicles, generators, speed boats & motorbikes (in line with DRC guidelines)
• Transport: management of all transportation of goods and people (via road, river, air) to-from areas of operations and-or other DRC offices
• Asset: registration, maintenance, repairs-maintenance & disposal of DRC assets accordingly to donors’ rule and policies (in line with DRC guidelines)
• Warehouse: manage the DRC warehouse and stores (in line with DRC guidelines)
• Premises: health and safety, contract management and repairs/maintenance at DRC premises

Other
• Usually has technical line responsibilities within a given discipline, for both strategy and operations
• Responsible for coordinating strategy and operations within a specific discipline in a region or country
• Provides expert advice and support to set strategy and assure operational quality and compliance

About you

• Minimum 3-5 years of working experience in a similar position
• Field experience
• Working experience from an international humanitarian organisation
• Master’s degree in e.g. Logistics and/or Supply Chain Management
• Certification in Humanitarian Logistics Supply Chain (desired if no academic degree)
• Driving license
• A good understanding of the procurement rules and regulations of major international donors
• Experience working in an (I)NGO
• Excellent skills in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Full professional proficiency in English

All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies:
• Striving for excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring efficient processes.
• Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.
• Taking the lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: Listening and speaking effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: Upholding and promoting the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

We offer

Contract length: Until April 2023

Band: F-non management

Start date: October 2022

Salary and other conditions are offered in accordance with DRC National Staff salary scale