Regional Supply Chain Specialist

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

role PURPOSE

This is an opportunity to grow Supply Chain performance and expertise in countries where Plan operates, as well as strengthening the Global Hub systems that enable best in class Supply Chain management in Countries.

The Regional Supply Chain Specialist (RSCS) acts as a Country Business Partner for all regional Supply Chain teams and is also the main point of contact to drive regional Supply Chain operational excellence and strategies appropriate to context. She / He delivers strategic inputs to Country Offices and engages with the Regional Leadership Team on the status of the Supply Chain across the region.

This is a pivotal role in developing Supply Chain awareness and efficiency in a regional pool of Countries, driving processes and systems improvement as much as ensuring that adequate capacities and capabilities are in place within our Country Offices. To drive this, the RSCS is strongly engaged with Country Supply Chain teams to ensure alignment, compliance and performance in systems application and usage as well as advocating and influencing at Regional Leadership level.

Dimensions of the Role

Supply Chain management in the scope of this position will include:

• Technical processes across Operational Planning, Procurement, Assets, Inventory and Warehouse Management, Distribution, Fleet, Gifts in Kind in both Humanitarian and Development contexts
• In-depth supply chain assessment and follow-up
• Systems usage support and development (tools & templates, procedures, policies)
• HR structure definition in Country Offices
• Staff capacity building

The postholder must have the ability to strategically engage and orientate a Country towards continuous improvement, realigning processes and systems, supporting the definition of appropriate HR structures, quantitative performance management through the usage and analysis of information systems (e.g. Excel tools, SAP, Power Bi), with the aim of advancing all of the Countries from the regional portfolio to the same maturity.

This role will give the post holder an opportunity to engage regularly and for extended periods of time, with country office (CO) and programme unit (field office) staff across the functions described above. This will be across both emergency response and development contexts. There will also be opportunities to support key projects being undertaken by the Global Supply Chain Team.

Staff – The postholder will have matrix (dotted) line management responsibility for Country Supply Chain Mangers/Leads.  

Stakeholder Engagement – Internally, the postholder will engage across functional and geographical boundaries. The RSCS will develop a strong relationship with the Regional Leadership Team to allow for critical communication and influencing on key Supply Chain issues.

Externally there will be engagement within and outside the sector to further Plan’s Supply Chain operational objectives, including INGOs, UN agencies and partners.

Geographical boundaries: The Supply Chain Specialist works with a regional portfolio of Countries in Asia & Pacific where Plan operates. Our current operations are in: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Laos PDR, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam.

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Location: Remote working from any of our Country Offices in APAC (Asia-Pacific Region)

Type of Role: Two Year Fixed Term contract

Reports to: Regional Finance Director, and Matrix reporting relationship to Global Head of Supply Chain

Closing Date: 14 January 2025

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

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