DIRECTOR, GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN TRANFORMATION At CARE USA

CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in more than 90 countries. We create local solutions to poverty and inequality and we seek dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. These solutions have a broad range, from clean water to access to education; from microfinance to ensuring that everyone has nutritious food; from agriculture and climate change to disaster response. CARE puts women and girls at the center of everything we do because they have proven to be the best hope for creating lasting change in the world. Our staff live where they work, which makes us effective at understanding the challenges they face. We’ve been doing this for over 70 years, since World War II. It started with the world’s first CARE Package® of food for the post-war hungry in Europe. Our work today is as important as ever, we believe that poverty and inequality are historic injustices that we can end within a generation, for good. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us, and fight with CARE.

Responsibilities:

Lead, manage and drive overall global supply chain transformation project (60%):

• Develop an integrated multi-year road-map to transform global supply chain at CARE incorporating the 5 functional pillars; Procurement, Warehousing and stock management, Logistics and fleet management, Cash and Voucher programming and establishing a continuous learnings learning and professional accreditation program.
• Review current global operations and map process flows.
• Identify gaps, risks areas and recommend solutions.
• Identify areas to prioritize immediate needs and quick wins (i.e. master contracts). – Drive and integrate industry level technology standards and best practices.
• Develop new models for service, innovative solutions to support business growth, inventory strategies, and drive overall supply chain cost optimization.
• Determine optimal supply chain footprint capacity and capability, location analysis, capital requirements and cost benefits, and time lines.
• Lead relevant project training sessions and drive capacity building across CARE country office functions.

Develop and Identify global strategic supply chain solutions (20%):

• Partner with CARE Operation teams to develop a multi-year supply chain strategy that supports our donor and beneficiary needs and initiatives.
• Support the 3-year supply chain project strategy by developing key projects and initiatives that are accretive to key KPIs.
• Leadership and strategic level problem-solving in a complex environment to determine appropriate supply chain solutions based on sound understanding of CARE’s mission.
• Develop and Identify global strategic supply chain solutions.
• Strive for continuous improvement and customer-centrism in all aspects of decision making. – Challenge the status quo via a growth mindset.
• Work with cross-functional strategy leaders to define future supply chain requirements.
• Perform market research to understand key supply chain trends and turn them into initiatives for CARE.
• Serve as a thought leader on macro supply chain trends and understand how we apply them to CARE’s overall strategy.

Lead Data-driven efforts to improve global operations (15%):

• Analyze data to measure the effectiveness of existing processes to develop sustainable and quantifiable process improvements.
• Recommend changes in working practices, performance metrics and patterns to improve output and reduce costs execution depending on the nature and scope of change.
• Identify mechanisms to translate optimization opportunities into practical execution plans; lead and support execution depending on the nature and scope of change

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in business, finance, Supply Chain Management or related discipline is required
• An MBA or a Masters Degree in Supply Chain Management is highly preferred
• 7 – 10 years of experience with global transformational experience
• Proven track record of leading global transformation projects
• Strong project management/process improvement skills, effectively evaluates information/data to make decisions; anticipates obstacles and develops plans to resolve issues; creates actionable strategies and operational plans
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage large scale change and influence in a matrixed organization
• Demonstrated strategic thinking and leadership with strong relationship management ability • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal collaboration skills, and clear and succinct delivery
• Data-oriented, analytical and detail oriented, capable of using models for optimization purposes yet balanced with an ability to be able to step back from the data to draw out the right business approach for conclusion