Senior Program Officer, Supply Chain
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Seattle
Posted on: November 7, 2024
Job Description:
The FoundationWe are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty,
disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple
premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or
circumstances, should have the chance to live healthy, productive
lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity
of the global populations we aim to serve. We provide an
exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which
include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no
premiums, generous paid time off, paid family leave,
foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional holidays, and
opportunities to engage in several employee communities. As a
workplace, we're committed to creating an environment for you to
thrive both personally and professionally.The TeamThe Gender
Equality Division's mission it to ensure women and girls in Africa
and South Asia can enjoy good health, make their own choices, earn
their own money, and be leaders in their societies. When women and
girls have an equal chance to thrive and lead, everyone benefits.
We know that women and girls are not a monolith. A woman's
experience and the barriers she faces are different depending on
factors like where she lives, how old she is, and how much money
her family has-alongside other factors including her race, caste,
and education level. We seek to address these compounding barriers
through deep partnership with our grantees. As a philanthropy, our
role is to listen to and learn from these experts. We take risks in
new areas, prove concepts, and bring these ideas to governments,
partner organizations, and private sector companies to scale. The
Gender Equality (GE) Division builds off our existing strengths as
a foundation in areas like global health and data, partnering
closely with all of all our global divisions. The Women's Health
Innovations (WHI) team under the GE Division is focused on
developing and accelerating the introduction and scale of
interventions that disproportionately impact health and economic
outcomes for women and girls. WHI covers the areas of
contraception, STI's, and gynecology/menstrual health across
R&D, manufacturing, procurement, supply chain, and
introduction.Your RoleAs the Senior Program Officer for Supply
Chain, you will report to the Deputy Director of Product
Introduction and Market Access for WHI and will be expected to work
in a hybrid work arrangement from our Seattle, WA office. You will
work with partners to lead investments and support work focused on
optimizing supply chain governance and operations at global levels
for key Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) procurers (e.g.,
UNFPA, USAID, etc) in addition to improving the SRH commodities
inventory tracking for priority products and geographies. What
You'll Do
- Work with key partners, both internal and external, to identify
and address key bottlenecks towards improving efficiency of SRH
commodities procurement and delivery to countries from
manufacturers
- Partner with key country leads (internal and external) to test
and identify models for scale-up for tracking supply chain data of
FP commodities (initiating with priority commodities such as
DMPA-SC) in key geographies (to be aligned with DD, Product
Introduction & Market Access)
- Lead our portfolio of grants to improve procurement outcomes
and ensure project key performance indicators are met, ensuring
grantees are successful in achieving project outcomes.Your
Responsibilities Include: At global levels:
- Working with key procurers of SRH commodities to map out their
processes in detail from invoicing until delivery of products.
- Understand decision-making approach and processes to guide
supply chain operations globally for procurer.
- Identify key bottlenecks for securing on-time deliveries for
in-full orders to countries and work with partner(s) to develop and
implement potential solutions to address key bottlenecks
- Work with partners to determine key supply chain indicators for
teams and partners to track operations regularly at global levels
- Serve as key supply chains lead for FP for both internal and
external stakeholdersFor Priority Geographies:
- Work with key BMGF regional and country offices to understand
current supply chain inventory tracking tools to understand
tools/components to be leveraged and areas for WHI supply chain
work to complement (e.g., Understand data gaps for supply chain
tracking).
- Identify and work with partners to track inventory movement of
DMPA-SC and other priority methods from receipt of product
in-country to delivery at final service delivery point or
point-of-sale.
- Consolidate and analyze data from inventory tracking across
countries to develop key hypotheses for optimizing supply chain
bottlenecks for priority methods, including helping to identify
potential market failures that could be leading to supply chain
bottlenecks/failuresYour Experience
- Degree in engineering, operations management, or a scientific
field. Masters in engineering, operations or MBA a plus.
- Demonstrated experience in supply chain management (preferably
for large, multinational organization)
- Expertise in GMP compliance; key regulatory body compliance
(e.g., FDA, EMA) beneficial
- Comprehensive and lived experience working in LMIC preferred
- Experience working in pharmaceutical, consumer health, or FMCG
industry preferred
- Demonstrated strong analytical skills
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and to develop
and maintain strong business partner relationships
- Innovative, proactive, and resourceful; committed to quality
and continuous improvement
- Ability to anticipate and mitigate challenges
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Hands-on team player willing to work in an environment where
individual initiative, accountability, and professional maturity
are required
- Able to synthesize information into a presentation appropriate
to the organizational-level of the audience
- Strong PC experience, Microsoft Office Suite experience
required including; Excel; Outlook; PowerPoint
- Oracle EBS / Advance Supply Chain Planning or SAP experience a
plus*Must be able to legally work in the country where this
position is located without visa sponsorship. #LI-SC2The salary
range for this role is $204,600 to $317,000 USD. We recognize
high-wage market differences in Seattle and Washington D.C., where
our offices are located. The range for this role in these locations
is $222,900 to $345,500 USD. As a mission-driven organization, we
strive to balance competitive pay with our mission. New hires
salaries are typically between the range minimum and the salary
range midpoint. Actual placement in the range will depend on a
candidate's job-related skills, experience, and expertise, as
evaluated during the interview process.Hiring RequirementsAs part
of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment will
be contingent upon successful completion of a background
check.Candidate AccommodationsIf you require assistance due to a
disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit
a request .Inclusion StatementWe are dedicated to the belief that
all lives have equal value. We strive for a global and cultural
workplace that supports ever greater diversity, equity, and
inclusion - of voices, ideas, and approaches - and we support this
diversity through all our employment practices.All applicants and
employees who are drawn to serve our mission will enjoy equality of
opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race, color, age,
religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender
identity, gender expression, national origin, genetic information,
veteran status, marital status, and prior protected activity.
Keywords: Disability Solutions, Seattle , Senior Program Officer, Supply Chain, Professions , Seattle, Washington
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