Transport and Logistics coordinator at the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Objective of Position

• The Transport and Logistics coordinator will assist Africa CDC’s Stock Chain Division in making sure the productive and on-time completion of health products across Member States.
• Status updates to the Warehouse and Logistics Team supervisor, the officer will oversee transport processes, organize shipments during community health crises, and guarantee adherence with AU logistics standardized processes.
• This position is critical to Africa CDC’s capability to take action swiftly to health crises and assist health system adaptability across the continent.

Main Processes

• Formulate and execute transport and logistics plans to assist the prompt and cost-efficient dispatch of community health inventory and tools. Strategy routes, evaluate transport modalities, and organize shipment plans across regional and continental processes
• Ensure the smooth implementation of daily logistics processes, which includes incoming and outgoing shipments, customs clearance, and final-mile dispatch, in partnership with internal teams, Member States, and logistics service vendors.
• Supervise the management of vehicles and associated logistics assets, making sure deployment readiness, proper recordkeeping, servicing & maintenance planning, and usage tracking in line with AU rules.
• Make sure that all logistics and transport processes follow Africa CDC, AU, and international guidelines, which includes safety, guard, and legal adherence. Recognize and minimize logistical risks, especially in crisis-management settings.
• Preserve precise records and recordkeeping of all transport and logistics initiatives. Offer consistent documentation and dashboards to guide strategic judgment and effectiveness supervising

Specific Duties

• Arrange and track the movement of medical and crisis inventory across Africa CDC’s logistical corridors.
• Organize international and domestic freight (air, road, sea) with logistics vendors and customs governing bodies.
• Organize shipping directions and guarantee promptness dispatch and receipt of consignments.
• Engage in rapid deploying teams to assist community health crises by coordinating logistics assist for Africa CDC missions.
• Pre-role critical logistics assets and inventory in synchronization with regional warehouse hubs and crisis processes centers
• Coordinate customs clearance standardized processes for humanitarian shipments.
• Sustain connections with national governing bodies and border agencies to accelerate clearance and reduce bottlenecks
• Coordinate with pre-certified transport service vendors and track their effectiveness against SLAs.
• Offer inputs for procurement methods for transport and logistics solutions, which includes TORs, technical reviews, and effectiveness assessments
• Organize the movement of inventory between central and regional warehouses and site sites.
• Help in inventory replenishment organizing and prompt allocation of goods based on programmatic needs.
• Track logistics KPIs (dispatch head times, transport cost effectiveness, fleet accessibility) and offer logical findings.
• Record lessons learned and support to the development of logistics SOPs and industry standards
• Assist Member States in strengthening their national logistics and transport capacities, especially during PHEs.
• Arrange development sessions on logistics management, fleet safety, and crisis transport standardized process
• Any other associated tasks may be allocated by supervisors.

Or

A Bsc in Stock Chain Management, Logistics, Business Management, or a relevant field requiring at least 5 years of related experience in logistics, transport management, or stock chain processes, ideally in an international company or a sophisticated crisis environment.

Necessary Competencies:

• Outstanding verbal and professional writing competencies in any of the AU operating languages.
• Good team lead and synchronization competencies.
• Solid understanding of freight, customs, and multi-modal transport processes.
• Capability to oversee logistics during health crises and rapid deployments.
• Proficient in arranging sophisticated logistics initiatives across various countries.
• Clear and clear communication with internal teams, vendors, and national governing bodies.
• Capacity to evaluate logistics effectiveness data and enhance dispatch processes.
• Skilled in Office productivity software and logistics/Enterprise platform planning operational structures (e.g., SAP, WMS).
• Capability to operate under pressure, oversee contesting key focuses, and take action adaptively to continuously adapting needs

Executive guidance Skills:

• Strategic Findings
• Conceptualizing Others
• Adjustment Management
• Coordinating Risks

Core Skills:

• Building Connection
• Promote Responsibility Culture
• ..Learning Onboarding
• Sharing information with Shape

Operational Skills:

• Theoretical Thinking
• Role understanding Exchanging
• Lead for Outcomes
• Ongoing development Concentration
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Tenure of Assignment:

The Assignment will be made on a temporary agreement for a period of one (1) year, of which the first three (3) months will be assessed as a probationary period. Thereafter, the agreement may be renewed for a similar period subject to financing accessibility, acceptable effectiveness and accepted outputs. 

Gender Integration:

Africa CDC is an fair access company and certified women are firmly inspired to submit application.

Language:

Competence in one of the AU operating languages (Arabic, English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese, and Spanish) is compulsory and fluency in another AU language is a plus