Head of Supply Chain Doctors Borders

MSF Ubuntu is looking for a Head of Supply Chain

Do your skills and experience not precisely match the requirements? At MSF Ubuntu, we strive to create a safe, diverse and inclusive workplace, recognizing the need to increase access to professional opportunities for historically underrepresented groups. If you’re interested in this position but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the selection criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the ideal candidate for this or other positions.

Firmly committed to Safeguarding patients, community members, staff and all those in contact with the organization from all forms of abuse including Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (SEAH), we will take all necessary steps to ensure that confirmed perpetrators of abuse will not join the organization, enabled through rigorous vetting processes.

For this position, contact level with patients and children is categorized as Medium Risk and will be monitored in this regard.

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is an international independent medical humanitarian organisation that provides assistance to people affected by conflicts, epidemics, and natural or human-made disasters and excluded from healthcare. We provide this assistance without discrimination, irrespective of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.

MSF Ubuntu is the newest Operational Directorate (OD) of Médecins Sans Frontières, grounded in the principles of Ubuntu – “I am because we are”. With a base blended between the offices of MSF Southern Africa and MSF Eastern Africa and a strong emphasis on interdependence, interoperability, and maximizing sustainable outcomes, MSF Ubuntu seeks to add a new approach to the delivery of medical humanitarian action to the movement by placing communities at the heart of decision-making.

The Head of Supply Chain for Ubuntu provides strategic, technical, and transformational leadership in designing, developing, implementing, and continuously improving supply chain systems that enhance operational efficiency and align with organizational goals and the joint MSF Ubuntu–MSF OCB Supply Chain Ecosystem.

Delegated by the Director of Logistics and Supply, and through close collaboration with key stakeholders, the Head of Supply Chain will play a pivotal role in building foundations, designing processes, and championing a culture of continuous improvement and partnership.

Reports to:

Director of Logistics and Supply

Direct Reports:
Supply Chain Operations Leads, Procurement Leads, Warehousing, Transport & Distribution Leads, and Supply Information Systems Leads

Key Internal Interfaces:
Finance (budget monitoring, invoicing/rebilling), Medical & Pharmacy (stock management), ICT (ERPs and systems)

Key External Interfaces: OCB Supply Chain Department, Global Procurement Unit, Regional Regulatory Authorities

• Act as a primary advisor to the Director of Logistics & Supply on all supply chain matters, emerging risks, and strategic opportunities for improvement and innovation.
• Co-shape, with OCB Supply Chain leadership, the strategic direction of the joint Ubuntu–OCB Common Supply Chain Ecosystem, ensuring alignment with MSF’s broader Supply Chain ambitions as well as coherence with Ubuntu’s specific operational ambitions.
• Lead the design and continuous improvement of MSF Ubuntu’s supply chain operating model.
• Co-develop strategies, policies, and frameworks with OCB Supply Chain leadership.
• Provide strategic and technical input for budget forecasting and ecosystem-wide financial planning.
• Ensure Supply Chain Priorities contribute to the Ubuntu’s organizational strategy, while developing with OCB Supply Chain a multi-year roadmap for the joint ecosystem, with clear priorities, ownership, and alignment across stakeholders.

• Oversee procurement, warehousing, inventory, distribution, customs, and related systems.
• Ensure efficient, interoperable stock control and order fulfillment systems according to agreed standards and processes, while safeguarding the operational…