World Vision International is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. For two decades, World Vision has been working with urban and rural communities in all the 10 regions of Ghana to improve provision of water, promote sanitation and hygiene practices and quality education, particularly at the basic level, enhance food security and respond to disasters.

Description Of Job

Use your work experience relevant to supply chain issues to be part of a leading organisation dedicated to improving the lives of children living in poverty.

World Vision (WV) is a global network of people committed to enhance the well-being of children everywhere by empowering families and communities to overcome the challenges of poverty and injustice.

The Supply Chain Management Specialist II, GSCM will be responsible for organising, leading, contributing to and facilitating supply chain management (SCM) assessment and implementation programmes within each of the National Offices that will have the greatest impact on process improvement, simplification, standardisation and cost containment.

With a proven track record in a fast paced, complex and ideally global organisation, you will have a desire, motivated by your Christian faith, to help others and model ethics in line with the Christian foundations and ethos of the organisation.

Responsibilities Include:

•  Lead the design of detailed supply chain management process flows and roles & responsibilities for each supply chain process step. Set overall direction for National Office SCM process team; advise on team functions and performance
•  Drive sourcing and procurement process improvements through elimination of variation and waste, focusing on continuous process improvement
•  Lead and manage significant standardisation and categorisation of WV supplies and commodity-specific projects towards achieving strategic buying within each of the country programmes and looking for ways to collaborate at regional and global levels
•  Implement key performance metrics process to be reported throughout the National Office. Create and prioritize areas to be improved upon to drive National Office supply chain management into world-class performance
•  Liaise with National Office Directors and Senior Management Teams to accept the project and drive the implementation as well as manage change

Qualification Required & Experience

•  University degree in business, science, engineering, technology or supply chain management or equivalent experience and professional qualification in supply chain management
•  Minimum eight (8) years professional work experience with progressively more responsibility relevant to supply chain issues
•  Minimum two (2) years working in cross-cultural environments and demonstrated ability to adapt to international project work
•  Experience with sourcing, material planning & forecasting, procurement, vendor management, contract negotiations and administration
•  Comprehension of supply chain performance measures in finance, operations and customer performance. Balanced scorecard experience preferred
•  Willing to travel up to 60% of the time
•  Fluent in French and English

Will you use your experience in supply chain management to further "life in all its fullness" for children?

How To Apply For The Job

For specific details regarding the position, please refer to the full description and apply online. For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org. World Vision is an equal opportunity employer

Closing Date: 01 November 2012