Senior Analyst – Health Supply Chain – Uganda Nationals Only At JSI

Position Type: Fixed-term Contract

Company/Division: inSupply Health

Hiring Manager: The CEO and/or her designee

Location: Kampala, Uganda

Description:

About inSupply Health: inSupply Health is an East African health advisory firm committed to designing people-centred, scalable, and sustainable supply chain solutions. We prioritize data visibility and utilization, workforce development, and continuous performance improvement. As a social enterprise, we aim for business sustainability while fulfilling our social mission. Our focus is on transforming short-term supply chain solutions into enduring, sustainable systems that transcend individual projects or funding streams. Our work centres on democratizing access to quality, affordable, context-specific supply chain knowledge and innovations, empowering local and regional supply chain stakeholders to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of their supply chains and healthcare systems, ultimately improving health outcomes.

Headquartered in Nairobi, inSupply Health also operates a branch in Dar es Salaam and is affiliated with JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI). Our dynamic team of local consultants collaborates closely with both public and private sector clients to design optimized, responsive, and resilient supply chain systems that ensure the availability of vital health products such as antimalarials, HIV medications, vaccines, and contraceptives in complex settings. We pioneer innovative approaches by adapting proven commercial methodologies to the local context and co-creating solutions with clients for long-term ownership, implementation, and continuous improvement.

Overview

inSupply is searching for a Senior Analyst-Supply Chain, based in Kampala, Uganda with travel in the region. The role is primarily intended to support a JSI and inSupply Health project to enhance the efficiency, transparency, and coordination of the NTD supply chain to ensure the timely and effective delivery of essential medicines to the last mile. The selected candidate will provide support to MOH, Programs and other stakeholders within the country in adopting and implementing effective and efficient supply chain interventions and data use approaches for continuous improvement to ensure proper inventory management of health commodities, quantification and increase the visibility and use of logistics data at all levels of supply chain. The candidate will also work closely with other relevant government entities, stakeholders and implementing partners supporting MOH and Program ensuring we are leveraging and not duplicating existing efforts to strengthen the supply chain and identify opportunities for integration and synergies.

Our ideal candidate will be a flexible and adaptive thinker who is self-driven and self-managing, team-oriented with a demonstrated ability to build relationships and partnerships, and who seeks robust, creative solutions to problems. S/he has a strong background in supply chains and programs, demonstrated implementation experience, an affinity for data and analytics, and places users at the center of designed solutions.

Responsibilities:

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to

• In-country project implementation and coordination:
  • Collaboration with regional and HQ teams, identify country-specific challenges, pitfalls, and bottlenecks concerning the supply chain management of Preventive Chemotherapy-related medicines
• Work independently to produce quality deliverables, manage workplans, teams and clients, serving in a variety of roles as required by new and existing projects. Roles may vary widely and range from strongly technical to coordination and management. Senior Analysts play multiple roles simultaneously depending on inSupply’s project portfolio and needs
• Work collaboratively, influence and build relationships with clients and partners, including government institutions, non-governmental organizations, donors, and others to articulate their supply chain problems, collaboratively develop solutions and approaches for their implementation, execute activities, and monitor performance.
• Play a lead role in developing and implementing supply chain solutions, improvement plans and in completing or conducting quality assurance for deliverables as necessary. Monitor and ensure accountability for timely completion of deliverables.
• In collaboration with the MOH, Program and other stakeholders, co-design country-specific roadmaps for strengthening supply chain performance, and identifying short and long term priorities. Plans may include transitioning to digitized LMIS, integrating with the national health supply chains where feasible and finding opportunities for innovation.
• In collaboration with MOH, Program and HQ teams, refine treatment coverage and medicine request process to ensure timely and accurate reporting (Joint Action Plan (JAP) for WHO)
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of supply chain management, specifically in the context of preventive chemotherapy medicines in the country, to provide technical guidance and support implementation of short-term and long-term supply chain solutions as identified in country roadmaps to improve inventory management, availability and wastage reduction.
• In collaboration with the regional and HQ teams, build in-country capability for long-term 36-month forecasting
• Implement IMPACT team models and frameworks (data-driven, people-centred frameworks) in the data review meetings that can serve to drive the supply chain improvement. Or find opportunities to integrate preventive chemotherapy supply chain data in the established IMPACT teams or other data use teams at various levels within the country.
• Advocate for the adoption of new approaches and strategies within the Program and other relevant stakeholders to improve preventive chemotherapy supply chain performance and efficiency.
• Produce high-quality deliverables of planned activities, coordinate with relevant in-country stakeholders as needed based on project requirements, and contribute in the adaptive learning sessions.
• Serve as a representative and brand ambassador for inSupply, actively participating in working groups, giving and attending debriefings, to promote our work, and sharing key information within the organization.
• Monitor and ensure project implementation progress, emphasizing quality, accountability, and operational efficiency for key deliverables.
• Support documentation of processes, success stories, experiences and sharing of lessons learned within the project and ensure their dissemination
• Demonstrate a commitment to the inSupply brand and progressively master skills and characteristics intrinsic to our culture
• Travel within the country of posting and the region to guide and support the implementation of the project and organizational objectives.
• Data Utilization and Analysis:
  • Leverage data to inform root cause analysis, problem-solving, and action planning for NTD supply chain improvement, building on inSupply’s experience in other geographies
  • Extend and triangulate supply chain data appropriately with data for program implementation, co-develop and implement solutions and improvement plans, and conduct quality assurance for deliverables as necessary.
  • Lead in analyzing and synthesizing qualitative and quantitative data and visually presenting it to diverse audiences.
  • Oversee and support data collection, regular data review, and analysis of project and program monitoring indicators, along with facilitating adaptive learning sessions.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration:
  • Collaborate with government institutions, non-governmental organizations, donors, and other partners to promote data utilization and evidence as core methodologies for understanding problems and driving actions, decisions, and performance improvement of preventive chemotherapy supply chain and program objectives
  • Actively participate in technical calls and meetings, maintain regular communication and coordination with other regional and HQ team members, and ensure timely completion of deliverables.
  • Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the team, integrating Human-Centered Design (HCD), Quality Improvement (QI), adaptive learning, and other relevant approaches to refine tools, methodologies, and strategies. Serve as an early adopter and advocate for trying and demonstrating new approaches
• Stakeholders Engagement:
  • Apply creative approaches to engage with stakeholders, promoting a customer-centric reputation and brand.
  • Represent inSupply Health in working groups and facilitate communication and collaboration with partners on the ground to ensure support and sustainability.
• New Business Development:
  • Support new business development efforts and proposals by gathering, interpreting, and synthesizing relevant data, investigating problems, generating reports, and adapting visuals and analytics to support projects.
  • Contribute to the documentation of success stories, lessons learned, and publications through data generation, analytics, and visuals.
• Cultural and Organizational Alignment:
  • Demonstrate a commitment to the inSupply brand and embrace continuous professional and personal growth.
• Participate in learning and embrace growth-focused goal setting, be open-minded, and be willing to do the hard work of real learning and innovation.
• Other Duties:
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

About the role:

inSupply is committed to supporting and fostering internal growth within the organization. As such the Senior Analyst-Health Supply Chain position is a stepping-stone to Advisor, Senior Advisor and other leadership roles with support, mentorship and skill development provided for growth towards those roles. inSupply Health is seeking a Ugandan candidate who is interested in growing with the organization, and is open to, and actively seeks regular and specific feedback about all aspects of professional and personal growth. The Senior Analyst-Supply Chain will be expected to commit to an implementation model that includes continuous self-assessment and improvement, both professionally and personally, and peer-to-peer learning and support, all using a variety of performance improvement techniques and a competency framework. Given that inSupply Health is a young, start-up organization, our ideal candidate has an entrepreneurial mindset, is passionate, energetic, and curious, and a flexible and adaptive thinker who is self-driven and self- managing, team oriented and who seeks robust, creative solutions to problems.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Public Health, Healthcare Supply Chain, or any health-related field focusing on commodity management and supply chain data use and visibility.

Experience:

• At least five years of experience in global health, health systems strengthening or development, with a minimum of three years’ experience in health supply chain management. Experience in the theory and practice of health supply chain management competencies including forecasting and quantification, supply chain assessments, designing or strengthening eLMIS, inventory management systems and storage and distribution solutions is required.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing supply chain solutions and building relationships with the Ministry of Health and the Regional administrative and local governments.
• Familiarity with the international donor community, including bilateral and multilateral donor agencies and private foundations.
• Specific expertise in preventive chemotherapy supply chain and/or NTD program, logistics management information systems, implementation of digital health solutions, and/or designing and supporting data use and data review approaches for supply chain improvement is highly desirable, and preferred candidates will be given priority.
• Proficiency in quantitative and analytical skills, including data mining, analysis, interpretation, and presentation.
• Strong teamwork skills, self-management, proactive, and clear communication abilities.
• Strong experience in building partnerships and prior experience working at national and sub-national levels in Uganda is desirable.
• Proven ability to lead, manage, and build capacity in teams.
• Excellent writing, communication, prioritization, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in Google Suites and MS Office packages, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in English.
• Ability to coordinate multiple tasks and work independently.