Health Supply Chain Specialist

The Health Supply Chain Specialist will provide integrated operational and technical leadership to strengthen supply chain performance across four critical health program areas: Nutrition, Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH), Primary Healthcare (PHC), and Infection and Disease Prevention and Control (IDPC).

This is a project management and integration role embedded in Global Supply Chain (GSC), with a Management in Partnership (MIP) reporting line to Deputy Director, Health Unit (HU). The role translates health program priorities into optimized, scalable supply chain solutions, and directly advances the IRC's Impact at Scale (I@S) objectives across all program areas.

Working in close collaboration with Country Programs, Regional Supply Chain Directors (RSCDs), Global Procurement, Nutrition, SRH and IDPC Technical Leads, and external partners, the Specialist will cover demand planning, forecasting, procurement coordination, and delivery across all four commodity areas.

Key Responsibilities:

Integrated Demand Planning and Forecasting

• Develop and maintain a consolidated global demand plan covering RUF (Nutrition), IDPC and key SRH commodities (FP and PPH) for Go-big countries.
• Lead responses to specific commodity shortages and urgent projects across all countries.
• Analyze consumption data across programs to inform forecasting and procurement decisions.
• Implement forecasts and supply chain plans for FY27 and FY28 for all Go-Big countries in Nutrition, IDPC and SRH.
• Regularly analyze and report on demand, stock, pipeline, and spend data at global and country levels.

SRH Supply Chain Strategy and UNFPA Engagement

• Lead scoping and stakeholder engagement to design and implement a UNFPA relationship strengthening strategy.
• Classify IRC country programs into operational SRHR supply chain profiles to support differentiated supply chain strategies and prioritization.
• Engage with vendors to leverage their in-country distribution networks and broad FP/PPH product portfolios.

RUF SOP Implementation and Fraud Risk Management

• Coordinate with Ethics and Risk and Compliance (R&C), and country focal points to strengthen fraud risk monitoring, incident review, and mitigation actions.
• Track RUF SOP adoption, compliance gaps, and corrective actions to ensure accountability and continuous improvement.

IDPC-Specific Supply Chain Strengthening

• Assess the availability of key designated IDPC commodities and supply chain readiness against WHO IDPC minimum requirements at health facility level.
• Support country programs in forecasting and pre-positioning key designated IDPC and essential medicine stocks for outbreak and epidemic preparedness and response.

Supply Chain Strengthening and Capacity Building

• Build country capacity, with a focus on pharmacists, in forecasting and demand planning, stock monitoring and stockout mitigation, and supply and sourcing strategies.
• Provide targeted technical support to address bottlenecks and operational challenges in Nutrition, IDPC and SRH programs.

Stakeholder Engagement and External Representation

• Cultivate strong relationships with UNFPA, UNICEF supply chain teams, WHO, DKT, MSI, and other key SRH, nutrition, and IDPC stakeholders.
• Represent IRC in relevant external supply chain and humanitarian coordination platforms.

Reporting, Data, and Knowledge Management

• Document best practices and lessons learned to inform future improvements across all commodity areas.
• Produce a data-driven summary report linking supply levels to FY27 and FY28 I@S targets for Nutrition, IDPC and SRH Go-Big countries.
• Maintain an evidence repository for handover to Nutrition, SRH, IDPC and GSC teams.

Requirements:

• Degree in supply chain management, pharmacy, business administration, public health, nutrition, or related field.
• Minimum 4 years' experience in commodity procurement or supply chain management in humanitarian or development settings.
• Proven experience managing health commodities across at least two of the following areas: nutrition, SRH, primary healthcare, or infection and disease prevention and control.
• Demonstrated understanding of donor procurement regulations.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Salary: GBP 41,767 - GBP 49,599 per annum