UNFPA Lead Supply Chain Management Unit (Includes Health Insurance) 2025.
The UNFPA Lead Supply Chain Management Unit position for 2025 offers a pivotal opportunity to enhance the effectiveness of supply chain operations in support of global reproductive health initiatives. In this role, you will lead efforts to ensure the timely and efficient delivery of essential supplies to populations in need.
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As the leader of the Supply Chain Management Unit, you will collaborate with various stakeholders, optimize logistics processes, and implement innovative solutions to improve supply chain resilience. This position is ideal for individuals with extensive experience in supply chain management and a commitment to advancing health and well-being worldwide. Join us in making a significant impact on reproductive health services through effective supply chain strategies!
Qualifications and Experience
Education:
An advanced university degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, International Commerce, or equivalent field is an asset. Additional professional certification such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) would be an additional asset.
Knowledge and Experience:
- A minimum of five (5) years of relevant, progressively responsible experience in financial management, accounting, or related areas.
- Experience in managing a team, particularly within a remote and/or matrix organizational structure is required.
- Professional written and spoken presentation skills, including for the development of reports, presentations, and the ability to synthesize complex supply chain documents for both technical and non-technical audiences is required.
- Strong interpersonal skills and capability to develop and maintain broad diversified partnerships is required.
- Experience using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is required.
- Basic proficiency in project management skills is an asset.
- Experience in managing a team, particularly within a matrix organizational structure is an asset.
- Knowledge of UNFPA Strategic Plan, UNFPA Humanitarian Thematic Fund, UNFPA Strategy and Operational Plan to Scale-up and Strengthen Interventions on Gender-based Violence in Emergencies, 2023-2025 is an asset.
Languages:
Fluency in English is required. Working knowledge of another official UN language is an asset.
Required Competencies:
Values:
- Exemplifying integrity
- Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system
- Embracing cultural diversity
- Embracing change
Core Competencies:
- Achieving Results
- Being Accountable
- Developing and Applying Professional Expertise/Business Acumen
- Thinking analytically and Strategically
- Working in Teams/Managing Ourselves and our Relationships
- Communicating for Impact
Functional Competencies:
- Organizational leadership and direction
- Ensuring operational effectiveness and accountability for results
- External and internal communication and advocacy for results mobilization
- Managing the organization’s financial resources
- Providing procurement services
- Aligning human resources management with the organization’s strategic direction
Managerial Competencies:
- Providing strategic focus
- Engaging staff and partners
- Leading, developing and empowering people/creating a culture of performance
- Making decisions and exercise judgment
Compensation and Benefits:
This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable.
