Health Supply Chain Management Expert at IntraHealth International

About HRH Kenya Mechanism

The Human Resources for Health (HRH) Kenya is a five-year (Sept. 27, 2016 –Sept. 26, 2021) mechanism funded by the Presidents Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Implemented by IntraHealth International Inc. and its partners, Amref Health Africa and Strathmore University Business School (SBS), the mandate of HRH/Kenya is to strengthen health workforce management to achieve improved health outcomes in 27 high disease- burden focus counties.

To achieve this result, the mechanism focuses on three sub-purpose areas:

• Improve quality of training and increase the number of graduating health workforce;
• Improve management and leadership of health workforce at the county level and,
• Optimize data use for effective HRH decision making at national and county level.

About Global Health Supply Chain—Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) Visit:

The mechanism in collaboration with Global Health Supply Chain—Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) is planning a field visit to various public, faith-based and private health
sector procurement and supply chain management institutions and depots in Kenya for a visiting foreign health delegation.

The objectives of this visit are to create openness and expose the decision makers to Kenya’s leading practices on:

• centralized cutting-edge procurement from a para-public agency
• central warehousing (para-public, faith-based, and for-profit)
• cross-docking distribution centers from a para-public agency
• sophisticated transport/distribution strategies
• and cutting-hedge WMIS and eLMIS
• Governance, leadership for supply chain conducting unit and operationalization from a para-public agency
• to inform and support their decisions in reforming their supply chain.

Objectives of the Consultancy

The purpose of this assignment is to prepare background information about various public, faith based and private health sector procurement and supply chain management institutions and their systems and processes and coordinate the visit.

Responsibilities of the consultant

Under the direction of the HRH Mechanism Leadership, the consultant will be responsible for

• Drawing up agenda with clear learning points and areas of interrogation on various public, faith-based and private health sector procurement and supply chain management institutions procedures/operations i.e. procurement, warehousing, transport/distribution and cross dockingof health commodities
• Prepare a 5-day program delegates tour to various public, faith-based and private health sector procurement and supply chain management institutions on specific areas to be visited
• Develop action plans that the delegates will work on back in their country
• Coordinate and diarize appointments with relevant stakeholders the delegates will visit.
• Provide information on any emerging trends in supply chain at a national scale
• Coordinate logistics support i.e. transport and accommodation for delegation to Kenya for the 4 days tour

Deliverables

• Provide detailed agenda and suggest list of questions for the study delegation
• Facilitate 4 day in country program including transportation and accommodation
• Provide of 5-day program, including summary of participant and team next steps planning actions

Consultant Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Supply Chain, Business Management and/or equivalent
• At least nine (9) years relevant working experience in public/private sector supply chain management dealing with health sector commodities
• In-depth knowledge of centralized procurement, warehousing, cross-docking distribution centers and transport and distributions systems of commodities.
• Demonstrate knowledge of credible business relations with government agencies, donors, suppliers and other stakeholders in supply chain environment
• Demonstrated negotiation and persuasion skills.
• Good analytical and strategic skills.
• Good report writing skills
• Team player with good interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.

Team Contacts

Responsible person: Dr. Janet Muriuki

Function: Deputy Chief of Party / Technical Director