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Supply Chain Planner

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
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Position Title: Supply Chain Planner

2025-01-28    Kabul     Full Time     1404

Job Location: Kabul
Nationality: Afghan
Category: Supply Chain
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: As per Organization's scales
Vacancy Number: N/A
No. Of Jobs: 1
City: Kabul
Organization: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Years of Experience: Typically six to nine years’ overall professional experience.
Contract Duration: Fixed term
Gender: Male/Female
Education: University degree or equivalent experience.
Close date: 2025-01-28

About The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC):

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works worldwide to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to people affected by conflict and armed violence. We take action in response to emergencies and, at the same time, promote respect for international humanitarian law. We are an independent and neutral organization, and our mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. We work closely with National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and with their International Federation in order to ensure a concerted, rational and rapid humanitarian response to the needs of the victims of armed conflict or any other situation of internal violence. We direct and coordinate the international activities conducted in these situations.

Job Descriptions:

  • Records and files documents pertaining to the ordering process; registers and transmits claims and remarks from those requesting services.
  • Regularly analyses the supply-chain workload and proposes potential improvements, including to the customer service policy.
  • Conduct monthly meetings with clients in order to receive the demands.
  • Places and follows up on upstream Orders.
  • Contributes to the prioritization of upstream orders through ad-hoc requests of early picking/ packing, transporting and clearing the goods, ensuring a healthy stock under in Afghanistan.
  • Maintains high levels of stock availability.
  • Monitors material resource planning (MRP) suggestions, analyses supply and demand, and makes appropriate recommendations to improve forecasting accuracy.
  • Decides on order fulfilment based on the delegation’s stocking strategy per product category, and in accordance with the priorities identified together with the requesting departments and logistics team, to ensure the most effective and efficient inventory management.
  • Sets and updates the MRP system parameters and item settings in the JD Edwards software.
  • Is responsible for the delegation’s consolidated demand figure; proposes and monitors buffer stock based on own analysis. Maintains the contingency stock items list in line with delegation policy.
  • Is the logistics focal point in the delegation’s demand planning process.
  • Analyses items’ historical behaviour and forecast accuracy, and provides requesting departments with the results, main trends and deviations.
  • Supports focal points within the requesting departments (e.g. Health Unit, Water and Habitat Unit) in making and correcting their monthly forecasts.

Job Requirements:

  • University degree or equivalent experience.
  • Additional vocational training in health sciences an asset.
  • Computer proficiency and ability to run specialized software.
  • Good command of English or French.
  • Good command of an enterprise resource planning system.
  • Typically six to nine years’ overall professional experience.
  • Experience in supply chain management.
  • Experience in planning and forecasting.
  • Strongly motivated by humanitarian work
  • Able to work under pressure in a potentially dangerous environment

Submission Guidelines:

Submission Guideline:

Please click on the ICRC career page link to make an account; once made, sign in and apply for the position. Creating an account on our career page is required, and you will be unable to apply for any ICRC employment without one. The ICRC recruitment module is for online employment with grades B1 and up. If you are applying for an A1 or A2 position, you do not need to create an account; instead, send us your CV and cover letter at kabrecruitment@icrc.org with the vacancy number () in the subject line; otherwise, your application will be rejected.

Important Notice:

“The ICRC values diversity and is committed to create an inclusive working environment. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Female applicants are encouraged to apply.

CV’s received will be subject to the rules of the Data Protection of the ICRC (Data Controller) and will only be used for the purpose they were sent for and will not be kept after the end of the process or shared with third parties without consent of the sender.

https://www.icrc.org/en/publication/4261-icrc-rules-on-personal-data-protection#

 

Important Notice:

The ICRC recently noticed that a number of individuals and online pages are offering fake services in the name of the organization in return for money. Please note that all ICRC services are completely free of charge and at no point the organization or its staff would ask for money be it during its recruitment process or any other services in the country. Please remain cautious and avoid sharing your personal information through online links. We thank you in advance for your understanding.

Submission Email:

kabrecruitment@icrc.org

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