Responsibilities include:

• Maintain strong and positive working relationships with clients and partners, including USAID, local governments and entities and any other implementing partners
• Identify, develop, and maintain strategic alliances that will ensure the program works in close collaboration with other governments, U.S. government and donor-supported supply chain programs
• Engage host country leaders and stakeholders at the national and state levels to advocate for supply chain resources, policy implementation, and issue resolution
• Identify opportunities for building the capacity of key supply chain institutions operating in-country, with the objective of transitioning increased levels of supply chain operations to local entities
• Develop and implement annual work plans and budgets that reflect the priorities of USAID, Cameroon Ministry of Health, and other stakeholders
• Report project results to USAID, the Ministry of Health, other funders, and Chemonics’ home office
• Ensure compliance with procurement standard operations procedures, including supplier order fulfillment, order tracker, customs clearance/freight forwarding, storage and distribution, and use of logistics management information systems

Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in medicine, pharmacy, public health, supply chain, management or a related field required
• Minimum of ten years of experience in public health program management, pharmaceuticals, and medical supplies, and/or supply chain management systems
• Minimum of five years of experience leading development projects overseas; experience working with U.S. government preferred
• Demonstrated ability to manage and implement complex USAID-funded public health projects in a developing country context
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with host-country officials, donors, and other key stakeholders
• Ability to create efficiencies and lead operational transformation in large complex programs, preferably with experience in medical procurement, logistics, or supply chain management
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communications skills; proven diplomatic and public relations skills
• Willingness to live in Cameroon and travel throughout the country up to 25 percent of the time.
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
• Fluent English required; French preferred.