Supply Associate

The Supply Associate performs highly skilled procurement and supply work in support of the Ebola emergency response, managing complex procurement and contracting cases and client requests. The role involves leading end-to-end procurement processes and contributing to improved supply services and delivery mechanisms, often working with operational independence and possibly supervising lower-level staff.

Responsibilities

• Planning
• Procurement and contracting
• Procurement Services and supply financing (where applicable)
• Localization and emergency preparedness
• Information and data management and reporting

Requirements

• Completion of secondary education is required with a minimum of six (6) years of relevant administrative experience in logistics, warehousing, transport, supply chain management or a commercial context.
• A bachelor’s degree from a recognized academic institution in the above fields may replace three years of related work experience.
• A master’s degree may replace an additional two years.
• Demonstrated ability to apply UNICEF (or comparable) logistics and supply rules, procedures and good practices to complex individual cases.
• Experience using an ERP system (VISION/SAP supply and logistics modules) and MS Office tools.
• Experience gained in a humanitarian, emergency, or public-health-emergency setting.
• Experience supporting an active outbreak or emergency response (e.g., Ebola, cholera, measles, mpox, displacement, or a declared L2/L3 emergency), preferably in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or comparable fragile, conflict-affected, and resource-constrained environments.
• Experience working with and/or through counterparts (Government and decentralized authorities, UN agencies, cluster and coordination mechanisms, implementing partners) to deliver measurable results in insecure or hard-to-reach areas.
• Fluency in French is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, English, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is desirable.
• CIPS certification, SAP logistics modules, ERP proficiency, Ebola response, emergency response, fragile conflict settings are desirable.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts is desirable.
• Professional and/or university courses related to Procurement (e.g.: CIPS), supply chain management or a related field are highly desirable.
• Experience in Emergency Response like Ebola Outbreak is highly desirable.

Skills

• Logistics Management
• Warehousing and Storage
• Transport Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Procurement
• UNICEF Logistics Procedures
• ERP System Experience
• VISION ERP
• SAP Supply Modules
• SAP ERP Logistics Module
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Humanitarian Logistics
• Emergency Response
• Outbreak Response
• Ebola Response
• Commercial Logistics
• Contract Management
• Stakeholder Coordination
• CIPS Certification
• Supply Services Delivery
• Fragile Settings Experience

Languages

French