The Manager will report to the Senior Program Manager. The base location is limited to a CHAI program country in Africa, with a strong preference for Kenya. Expected travel is 15%.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and support a team of four analysts tasked with improving country-level quantifications and supply plans through the GFPVAN.
• Review and provide feedback on country-level analysis and insights, ensuring that deliverables are well articulated, structured, and accurate.
• Work closely with relevant stakeholders to facilitate quick and effective responses between country and global levels to address actual or potential stock imbalances.
• Flag CHAI focus country commodity gaps to key stakeholders at the global level, gain consensus on the gaps, and enact concrete solutions
• Provide technical support and thought partnership to the VAN initiative which aims to better enable collaboration around the supply/demand planning and exception management

Qualification & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field with a minimum of 5 years of experience or Master’s degree in a related field with a minimum of 4 years of work experience in a demanding and fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and oral English communication skills
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills, including experience building and maintaining quantitative models, and high level of proficiency in PowerPoint and Word
• Excellent people management skills and experience
• Supply chain experience, preferably within contraceptive or maternal health markets, particularly experience developing forecasts and supply plans