TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Essential

· Significant experience of Supply Chain & Procurement at senior management level in an international NGO setting.

· Experience working in the international humanitarian sector with a strong track record overseeing supply chain and other humanitarian services both at Headquarter level and within Programme locations

· Relevant academic or professional qualifications in Supply Chain Management, Logistics Management or related discipline or equivalent professional experience at a senior management level to credibly lead this size and complexity of portfolio.

· Extensive experience in long-term strategy development and implementation at global level

· Experience in procurement, supply chain and fleet management.

· Demonstrated managerial skills and leadership experience.

· Strategic thinking and ability to contribute to the development of organisational strategy and provide insight and leadership

· Leadership and vision – comfortable setting a strategic vision and direction and leading a workforce on a change journey of improvement. Able to drive strategic improvements with tenacity and commitment.

· Change management, organisation design transformation expertise in large scale, decentralised organisations.

· Knowledge and understanding of key donor procurement requirements and the ability to interpret donor policies, procedures and requirements by organisational and programme context

Experience of designing, developing and documenting fit for purpose policies, standards, processes and systems and implementing these across a complex and international portfolio.

· Expertise with supply chain digital transformation a

· Innovative and creative, able to think ‘outside of the box’ and to re-engineer ways of working and business processes.

· Strong decision making, comfortable making high impact decisions effectively and efficiently.

· Strong line management experience, including recruitment, performance management and workforce planning; comfortable applying situational leadership and supporting others in their development and well-being.

· Change champion for gender equality and gender transformation (feminist leadership principles)

· Open and accountable – approachable and takes responsibility for own actions and their impact.

· Works well with others and with high integrity and professionalism, championing professional standards and organisational values and behaviours.

· Able to form and maintain strong relationships and networks both internally and externally, and to represent Plan in international fora in a professional way and in the furtherance of Plan’s organisational strategy.

· Able to communicate with clarity and effectiveness to a range of different audiences and employing a range of techniques and approaches.

· Strong influencing and negotiation skills.

· Comfortable working in a diverse and cross-cultural environment.

· Commitment to the values and purpose of Plan International, and to humanitarian values and standards.