Supply Chain Management Specialist – South Africa Region 305 views0 applications

World Vision International

*Position location: anywhere in the Southern Africa Region where WVI is registered to operate.

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our over 37,000 staff members working in nearly 100 countries are united through our ethos, mission and shared desire for all individuals, especially children, to overcome poverty, inequality and injustice.

Here’s where you come in:

As Supply Chain Management Specialist – South Africa Region, you are responsible for supporting the Regional SCM Director in organizing, leading, contributing to and facilitating Supply Chain Management (SCM) assessment and implementation programmes within each of the Field Offices (FOs) that will have the greatest impact on process improvement, simplification, standardization and cost containment.

Requirements include:

• 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.
• Extended operational experience in global supply chain management, business process improvement, project management and team based organizational change management.
• Vocational or professional society membership (Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport or Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals) and certification desired.
• Effective in written and verbal communication in English.
• The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 60% of the time.