Key Responsibilities:

• Support in preparation of procurement and supply plan for commodities related to COVID-19, HIV, TB, and Malaria.
• Support to identify the evolving technical assistance (TA) needs and gaps in supply chain and logistics management system to improve access to COVID-19 prevention, testing, and treatment services.
• Responsible to strengthen and ensure coordination of data management between the Logistics Management System (LMS), the Integrated Health Information Management System (IHIMS) and the electronic Logistics Management Information System (eLMIS).
• Provide TA to strengthen eLMIS at the federal, provincial, and local level.
• Support to conduct procurement and supply chain management-related trainings to the selected staff from MOHP, its department, divisions and centers, and health offices, if there are critical needs and gaps.
• Support MD and national programs in quantification and forecasting of commodities required for COVID-19 RM, HIV, TB, and malaria.
• Ensure use of standard documentation and timely reporting for program inventories.
• Set-up and maintain procurement and logistics files, assuring that all required documentation/approvals are in the files to meet required compliances.
• Support in preparing necessary documentation (purchase request letters and requests for waiver) for approval to purchase for government, EpiC and USAID-funded and other donor-funded pharmaceuticals, test kits and other commodities including rapid procurements when needed.
• Manage procurement from international suppliers including customs clearance, import duties
• Oversee supply chain management. This includes, overseeing warehousing and distribution and ensuring that commodities are supplied in timely fashion (according to program timelines) with adequate shelf-life at time of supply, and storage and transport conditions are met (cold chain monitoring etc.)
• Conduct supportive supervision in service delivery sites and provide onsite coaching on logistics management.
• Coordinate with MOHP and Save the Children/GF for securing supply of COVID-19, HIV, TB and malaria commodities.
• Performs any other duties as assigned by the supervisor, focal point of MD, EpiC Nepal Project Director and FHI 360 Nepal Country Director.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree in a health or pharmacy-related field or business administration with three to five years of experience in procurement and supply chain management.
• Pharmacology and/or experience of working in a COVID-19 response, HIV/TB/Malaria, pharmaceutical company or in government commodities supply chain management including eLMIS and health management information system will be an asset.
• Knowledge and understanding of Government of Nepal’s as well as Global Fund’s relevant rules, regulations, policy, procedures, and plan particularly procurement, supply chain management and contracting.
• Experience in working effectively across various teams within the project and organization and building and sustaining positive working relationships with non-government organizations, private sectors, government, and other stakeholders.
• Proactive in managing multiple tasks, managing, and working in virtual work environment, and flexible and open for managing time for working with different teams in different time zones as needed.
• Ability to work independently on several tasks with minimal supervision and ability to work with multiple stakeholders including different departments, divisions, and centers of MOHP.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, team building and management, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent oral and written English and Nepali including documentation skills.
• Demonstrated computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite Applications including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to travel to the field 20 to30 percent of the time.

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