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PATH has extensive experience supporting countries to strengthen supply chain systems, improve commodity security, and enhance data-driven decision-making across malaria, maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH), and other priority health programs.

PATH seeks a Supply Chain Advisor to support a multi-country global health program funded through a milestone-based award funded by the U.S. Department of State. The Supply Chain Advisor will serve as a member of the project's global management team and lead the development, analysis, and dissemination of supply planning products that strengthen commodity security across multiple countries and health programs.

The Supply Chain Advisor will provide technical leadership for forecasting, quantification, and supply planning activities across Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, and Ghana. The position will support country teams to strengthen forecasting and supply planning processes, improve data quality, identify and mitigate commodity security risks, and promote effective utilization of the Quantification Analytics Tool (QAT). The Advisor will also lead the production of quarterly aggregated supply planning analyses that support strategic decision-making, donor reporting, and proactive risk management.

Responsibilities

Global Supply Planning and Commodity Risk Analysis

• Lead development and dissemination of a consolidated quarterly aggregated supply plan report across the four project-supported countries, highlighting current and project stockouts, procurement delays, funding gaps, excess stock and expiry risks.
• Collect, validate, analyze, and synthesize forecasting, inventory, procurement, shipment, and consumption data from country teams.
• Develop and maintain methodologies for identifying and tracking stock-out risks, overstock risks, expiries, pipeline gaps, and funding shortfalls.
• Produce country-level and cross-country analyses of commodity availability for:
  • Malaria commodities
  • MNCH commodities (Burkina Faso and Niger only)
• Prepare dashboards, risk summaries, and visualization products for internal and donor reporting.
• Monitor supply chain performance indicators and trends to enable proactive risk mitigation and decision-making.
• Collaborate with technical and program teams to ensure data consistency and timely reporting.

Technical Assistance and Capacity Strengthening

• Provide ongoing technical support to country teams in Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, and Ghana on forecasting, quantification, and supply planning processes.
• Support quarterly supply planning reviews and stock status assessments.
• Facilitate routine review meetings focused on commodity availability, procurement planning, and supply chain risks.
• Strengthen country capacity to interpret supply chain data and use analytical outputs for decision-making.
• Support the preparation and review of annual quantification exercises and commodity planning workshops.

Quantification Analytics Tool (QAT) Support

• Serve as a technical resource for implementation and effective use of the Quantification Analytics Tool (QAT).
• Support country teams in applying appropriate forecasting methodologies, including consumption-based, morbidity-based, demographic, and service statistics forecasting approaches.
• Guide users in developing forecasts, evaluating assumptions, comparing forecasting methods, and selecting final planning scenarios.
• Support country teams in translation of forecasts into supply plans and monitoring of procurement and delivery schedules.
• Provide technical assistance related to inventory monitoring, stock status analysis, shipment planning, and expiry management within QAT.
• Promote best practices for data management, standardization, and reporting using QAT.
• Support utilization of QAT interoperability features, data exports, and integrations with procurement and logistics management systems, as appropriate.

Stakeholder Engagement and Knowledge Management

• Coordinate with government stakeholders, implementing partners, procurement agents, donors, and PATH country offices to ensure timely access to critical supply chain data.
• Document lessons learned, best practices, and recommendations to improve forecasting and supply planning processes.
• Contribute to development of guidance documents, standard operating procedures, training materials, and reporting templates.
• Support donor reporting and technical presentations related to supply chain performance and commodity security.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Public Health, Pharmacy, Epidemiology, Business Administration, International Development, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of seven years of experience in health supply chain management, forecasting, quantification, and supply planning in low- and middle-income countries.
• Demonstrated experience supporting U.S. Government-funded global health programs.
• Experience supporting commodity planning and supply chain strengthening for malaria programs; experience in additional health areas is desirable.
• Strong analytical skills and demonstrated experience interpreting supply chain, logistics, inventory, procurement, and consumption data.
• Experience facilitating quantification workshops, forecasting reviews, and supply planning exercises.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other data analysis tools.
• Experience using forecasting, quantification, and supply planning software platforms, preferably including QAT or comparable tools.
• Professional fluency in English and French.
• Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple countries and diverse stakeholder groups.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally as required.
• Must have legal authorization to work in the country of hire.

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting regional or multi-country supply chain programs.
• Familiarity with systems such as ARTMIS, LMIS, HMIS, Wambo, and related health information systems.
• Experience developing dashboards and using data visualization or business intelligence platforms.
• Knowledge of interoperability approaches, data integration, and API-enabled information exchange.
• Experience working in Sub-Saharan Africa and in humanitarian or fragile settings.
• Demonstrated experience strengthening local capacity and institutionalizing supply chain improvements.