General Summary

The Strategic Sourcing Lead leads assessment of market trends, suppliers and products with the goal of improving sourcing strategies and supplier management for medical and health supplies and other products, as requested, for the Global Health Supply Chain-Procurement Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project. The primary focus will be procurement and related support to the HIV/AIDS programs, but may include support for other programs. The Strategic Sourcing Lead reports to the HIV/AIDS Strategy Team Director within the Global Supply Chain (GSC) Strategy Team. The Lead will work closely with the project's planning team, integrated supply chain managers, procurement teams, country offices, and others. The Lead will help ensure strategic direction and priorities for the supply of essential medicines and other items in assigned categories, which may include pharmaceuticals, lab products, medical supplies or other products. The Lead will manage sourcing events and support contract-related negotiations. The Lead will also collaborate actively within the cross-market GSC Strategy Team and with other functional units within GSC, including planning analysts, procurement specialists, quality assurance staff, and deliver/return staff, among others.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

*Identify, analyze, and make recommendations to sourcing strategy development across multiple pharmaceutical and medical device commodity categories (including Essential Medicines, Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC), Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment (TPT)), using historical procurement data, market research and analytics, quality assurance audits and inputs, supplier and partner intelligence, and client input.

*Lead or oversee strategic sourcing processes across categories of suppliers. Engage existing and new wholesalers and manufacturers, to negotiate best value, pricing and other relevant terms in contracts. Develop sourcing options with local suppliers located in selected countries, as requested.

*Lead collaboration or act as liaison for GHSC-PSM headquarters and field office functional teams and USAID stakeholders to collect critical market and supply chain inputs and assess commodity sourcing opportunities and risks.

*Enhance supplier relationships by developing and continually improving upon post-award supplier processes, manage suppliers scorecards, and coordinate ongoing supplier performance improvements.

*Manage or support the agenda and work of periodic business reviews for selected suppliers, in coordination with the executive sponsors and technical leads, to provide overall governance of supplier performance management.

*Provide technical guidance and expertise for technical working groups.Provide project management support as needed.

*Monitor and report status and results of strategic sourcing and supplier management activities to GHSC-PSM leadership.

*Support responses to ad hoc data requests from the client.

*Perform other duties and responsibilities as required.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The qualifications listed below are representative of the required knowledge, skills, and/or abilities needed to perform the principal duties.

*Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required

*Minimum 8 years' work experience in supply chain, health programs, health products/ medical supplies procurement or other relevant field: lab procurement preferred

*Project management experience in a technically relevant field required

*Experience with conducting qualitative and quantitative research and using data analytical tools, including Excel

*Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing

*Ability to work both independently and as part of a team

*Experience working in a cross-collaborative and cross-cultural environment

*Experience liaising with suppliers, clients and/or partners in analytic, strategy development and performance management activities preferred

*Familiarity with commercial and/or government procurement practices preferred

*Familiarity with USAID beneficiary countries or other resource constrained countries a plus

*Foreign language proficiency a plus

Physical Requirements

*Regular attendance and availability during normal business hours are required.

*Ability to work in a normal office environment.

*Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Conditions

*Normal office environment; usually moderate noise level

*Occasional exposure to environmental conditions include exposure to hot, cold, wet, humid, or windy conditions caused by the weather.

*Ability to travel and work abroad in less developed countries for at least 4 to 8 weeks a year.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Chemonics is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, age, or other legally protected characteristics. Military veterans, AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other national service alumni are encouraged to apply.