Supply Chain Orchestration and Analytics Specialist, Supply Chain Management Unit (SCMU), Copenhagen, Denmark, P4

The Position:

The Supply Chain Orchestration and Analytics (SCOA) Specialist position is located in the Pillar 3 – Quality Management, in the UNFPA Supply Chain Management Unit (SCMU). The position reports directly to the Head of Pillar 3. The SCOA Specialist will work closely with other SCMU colleagues, the Information Technology Solutions Office, other HQ Business Units, the Regional Offices and the Country Offices and with a number of external partners.

The SCOA Specialist provides strategic and technical leadership for the orchestration of UNFPA's supply chain activities, ensuring that data-driven decisions and innovative analytics support the effective delivery of reproductive health commodities. This role also leads the development of key supply chain solutions, fostering collaboration across the organization to drive continuous improvement and enhance operational performance.

All positions in SCMU are subject to funding availability and renewable on an annual basis. 

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.  UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

Job Purpose:

The SCOA Specialist plays a critical leadership role in ensuring the strategic development and management of the supply chain orchestration and data analytics hub, enabling effective, data-driven decision-making within UNFPA’s supply chain management operations.

Main Task and Responsibilities
You will be responsible for supporting the Quality Management pillar lead and the SCMU management to achieve the following:
 

A. Management of the Orchestration Hub

• Project management of the various supply chain orchestration initiatives defined via the Quantum SC+ project boardDevelop analytical models for the various supply chain activities to facilitate dynamic decision-making, at the HQ, regional and country levels
• Lead the development of early warning systems to identify and manage the emerging operational challenges across the supply chain
• Manage a suite of data visualization products for the various teams within SCMU
• Manage the supply chain orchestration hub with ongoing business intelligence feeding into the other pillars of SCMU
• Manage the operational performance of supply chain management unit via effective measurement, monitoring and reporting of Key Performance Indicators linked to supply chain management

B. Capacity Strengthening

• Developing and implementing UNFPA's capacity-strengthening initiatives.
• Advocate for the training of supply chain professionals in orchestration and data analytics
• Coach and mentor UNFPA personnel to strengthen their capacity to provide informed technical guidance in the supply chain management function.

C. Thought Leadership, Knowledge Sharing and Advisory

• Champion UNFPA's supply chain thought leadership through actively engaging with industry experts, participating in relevant forums, contributing to research and publications, and representing UNFPA's expertise in various supply chain management discussions and initiatives.
• Foster an environment for knowledge retention and sharing and the creation of a community of practice for supply chain.
• Provide counsel and support on the full range of supply chain management issues, incorporating best practices and continuous improvement across UNFPA.

D. Partnerships and Resource Mobilization

• Prominently contribute to the development of UNFPA’s value proposition and relationships with donors and partners.
• Support SCMU’s collaboration with the Division for External Relations to diversify funding opportunities.
• Support SCMU’s oversight of resource mobilisation proposals for quality management purposes

E. Collaboration and Representation

• Establish effective collaboration with relevant stakeholders within UNFPA to ensure coordinated and effective tailored solutions for each area of intervention.
• Lead the fostering of relationships with key supply chain partners with the purpose of increasing the efficiency of UNFPA’s supply chain function.
• Represent SCMU and UNFPA in meetings related to ICT, data analytics and supply chain management functions.

F. Team Management

• Create a conducive working environment aligned with UNFPA's 2030 People Strategy.
• Lead and supervise the SCOA team.

G. Carry out any other duties as may be required by the Chief, SCMU

Qualifications and Experience: 

Education:  

• An advanced university degree in Supply Chain,Computer Science, Information Technology, Analytics, Statistics or related field is required. 
• A professional certification such as Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP), Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate, Tableau Desktop Certified Professional, Certified Analytics Professional (CAP), Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate, AWS Certified Big Data – Specialty would be an additional asset.

 

Knowledge and Experience: 

• A minimum of seven (7) years of relevant, progressively responsible experience in developing, enhancing, and managing data marts and analytics is required. Candidates with demonstrated experience in the below key areas, with the understanding that these experiences may overlap will be an asset:
  • At least two (2) years of experience in managing international procurement and logistics data sets
  • At least three (3) years of experience in leading data analytics projects and or teams
• Experience developing data visualization tools such as Microsoft Power BI, Salesforce Tableau, Qlik Sense etc. 
• Strong interpersonal skills and capability to develop and maintain broad diversified partnerships is required.
• Professional written and spoken presentation skills, including for the development of reports, presentations, and the ability to synthesize complex supply chain documents for both technical and non-technical audiences is required.
• Demonstrated expertise in integrating and leveraging data from Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to enable extraction, transformation, and orchestration of supply chain analytics and decision-making solutions
• Experience working in a matrix organizational structure is an asset.
   

Languages: 

Fluency in English is required. Working knowledge of another official UN language is an asset.
 

Required Competencies: 

Values:

•    Exemplifying integrity, 
•    Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system, 
•    Embracing cultural diversity, 
•    Embracing change

Core Competencies: 

•    Achieving results,
•    Being accountable,
•    Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,
•    Thinking analytically and strategically,
•    Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships,

Functional Competencies:

• Organizational leadership and direction, 
• Ensuring operational effectiveness and accountability for results, 
• External and internal communication and advocacy for results mobilization,
• Managing the organization's financial resources, 
• Providing data analytics services,
• Aligning human resources management with the organization’s strategic direction

Managerial Competencies :

• Providing strategic focus, 
• Engaging staff and partners,
• Leading, developing and empowering people/creating a culture of performance,
• Making decisions and exercise judgement
   

Compensation and Benefits:

This position offers an attractive remuneration package including a competitive net salary plus health insurance and other benefits as applicable.

UNFPA Work Environment:

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click here to learn more.

Disclaimer:

Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements. 

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts. 

Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.