Regional Supply Chain Coordinator – MENA + LATAM

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world’s largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you’re a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

Job Summary

A strong supply chain is key to the success and delivery of quality programs. At IRC, supply chain includes procurement, logistics, inventory management, asset management, and vehicle and fleet management. The Regional Supply Coordination (RSCC) focuses on supporting country programs and regional supply chain operations including procurement, fleet, transportation inventory, warehousing and asset management to ensure efficient and effective delivery of aid across the region. The RSCC will deploy to country programs as needed, requested and coordinated between countries and the Regional Supply Chain Director (RSCD). The RSCC covers regions and thus reports to the 2 RSCDs of their respective regions. They are part of the Global Supply Chain (GSC) Department.

Major Responsibilities

This role will support 2 IRC regions as follows:

• Provide implementation and change management support for GSC tools, learning materials, policies, procedures and guidelines. Contribute to the review of revised or new GSC documents to ensure they are practical in Country Program contextual realities.

• In collaboration with relevant stakeholders, review and analyze various country program supply chain outputs including the Supply Chain Assessment Tool (SCAT), Power BI, fleet, audit corrective action plans, and Integra to inform GSC efficiency, compliance, and strategy efforts.

• Support the implementation of corrective and improvement actions plans and reports.

• In collaboration with IRC Legal and the GSC Quality Assurance Team, ensure that contracting practices within a country are as effective as possible, ensure supply is assured from quality suppliers and risk to IRC is mitigated.

• Provide tactical and operational Country Program support focused on improving and enabling better program delivery through impactful supply chains. Provide in-country support as per need and request from CP in collaboration with RSCD.

• In collaboration with RSCD, lead regional procurements. Support CPs with their tactical procurement activities, including procurement planning. Review Invitations to tender (ITT), provide feedback to CP and RSCD when and where necessary.

• Support Country Programs in their market dynamics analysis; inform procurement strategies and modality selection accordingly.

• Support on country and regional contracted supplier performance review and performance improvement plans to enhance supplier capabilities.

• Ensure there is consistency in inventory management practices across different Country Programs, in accordance to policy. With the Regional Systems Advisor (RSA), monitor the cleanliness of data in the system and work with various teams to clean inventory as needed.

• Support Country Programs for the preparation and the implementation of period close and end-of-year activities.

• Support CP SC leads in implementing the SCAT on time, develop the SWOT analysis, and follow up on improvement plans. Report key updates to RSCD/Risk and Compliance (R&C) for strategic follow-up.

Key Working Relationships:

**Position Reports to:**Regional Supply Chain Director(s)

**Position directly supervises:**N/A

Other Internal and/or external contacts:

Internal: Other members of the GSC Department, Regional Operations, Programs, Finance, and IT, Teams, and CP Supply Chain Teams

External: Suppliers, Implementing Partners Minimum 10 plus

Job Requirements:

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s in supply chain management or other relevant field required; professional certification (e.g. HLCP, CIPS) preferred. Additional experience is a substitute for master’s/certification.

• At least 5 years of supply chain management experience in a country leadership or regional role in a nonprofit organization.

• Strong knowledge of various donor procurement regulations (e.g. USAID, ECHO, FCDO, UN agencies) preferred.

Skills and Abilities

• Fluency is required in English, and either French or Spanish; Arabic fluency is preferred, but not required

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills communication skills.

• Strong time-management skills; consistent record of prioritizing and delivering on time.

• Can work independently and in a multifaceted, cross-functional distributed team structure.

• Shown ability to work effectively with team members at all levels.

• Strong change management skills.

Working Environment:

• This role requires working remotely full or part-time (i.e. telecommuting) when not deployed to an IRC country program. Applicants must have a home or alternate workspace where they can optimally complete their work during regularly scheduled work hours.

• Significant international travel as needed, between 50 to 70%.

Compensation:

Posted pay ranges apply to US-based candidates. Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience and skills relative to the defined job requirements.

US Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits. In the US, these include: 10 sick days, 10 US holidays, 20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure, medical insurance starting at $143 per month, dental starting at $6.50 per month, and vision starting at $5 per month, FSA for healthcare and commuter costs, a 403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching, disability & life insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health struggles.

Standard of Professional Conduct: The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.

Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.