About CRS
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding.

Job Summary:
You will manage all activities related to the quantification, shipment, receipt, storage/warehousing, dispatch, and distribution of goods to advance the delivery of high-quality programming to the poor and vulnerable. Your knowledge and experience will allow you to anticipate and manage commodity and logistics needs and challenges, and identify solutions, as you apply the principles of stewardship, integrity, transparency, and accountability.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with direct reports, the Supply Chain Manager and programming leads to run pipeline analyses, synchronize the supply of goods with programming needs, and ensure quality and efficiency of processes in compliance with CRS and donor regulations and international and local inventory accountability standards and requirements.
• Manage the determination of logistics service requirements, desired specifications and delivery schedules, ensuring proper coordination and communication. Anticipate and identify potential or actual problems in the supply chain which may affect the short-term or long-term availability of individual goods and act to address those problems.
• Effectively manage talent and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, and complete performance management for direct reports. Monitor and assess performance to ensure adequate capacity for successful support of high-quality programming.
• Identify and assess transportation resources, storage facilities, leasing options, and any other logistics services. Maintain and oversee relationships with port operations, freight forwarders, customs clearing agents and key suppliers. Participate in coordination meetings to ensure planning and coordination of supply chain management activities.
• Plan and manage the distribution chain from port of arrival to beneficiary distribution sites or disposal. Proactively mitigate security risks. Oversee and ensure the proper execution of the dispatch plan; work with programs staff to verify the dispatch plan’s adherence to the distribution plan.
• Ensure high-quality preparation of accurate and complete product movement reports.
• Create and maintain the proper conditions for learning. Establish a safe environment for the sharing of ideas, solutions, and difficulties and the capacity to detect, analyze and respond quickly to small deficiencies. Provide capacity strengthening guidance to staff and partners, which includes cross-departmental learning.
• Assist in all USAID required reporting for supply chain activities. Where relevant, communicate regularly with HQ Departments (e.g., IDEA, GSCM-Shipping) to ensure timely data collection, analysis, and reporting. Assist with the preparation of year-end and other periodic reports for submission to the host country government, USG, and CRS HQ.
• Ensure accountability and transparency of supply chain operations in compliance with the CRS Supply Chain Handbook, P2P Manual, CRS policies and procedures, donor regulations, award documents, and international and local standards and requirements.
• Monitor inventory control and oversee goods tracking and record keeping systems throughout the entire supply chain cycle, from time of request until time of delivery. This may include certain tasks to perform in the Oracle Insight system.
• Support the Procurement Manager in the design and implementation of strategic sourcing and procurement planning to identify, assess, select, and contract suppliers that will deliver the maximum value for money to the organization and your project(s). In close coordination with the procurement team, support the development of relationships with key suppliers. Ensure the team’s adequate assessment of supplier performance and product quality, and provide feedback to the procurement team, SCM and other interested staff. Assist as requested with the development of contract purchase agreements (CPAs) and blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).

Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain or other relevant degree required. Master’s Degree in Supply Chain, other relevant Master’s strongly, or equivalent experience strongly preferred. Professional certification(s) in supply chain a plus.
• Minimum of 3 years work experience in supply chain/logistics management, with progressive responsibility, preferably with relief supply chain management of food commodity.
• Knowledge and experience with transportation, inventory management and distribution.
• Staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment, including experience with designing and facilitating trainings.
• Knowledge of national and international import/export legislation and common customs regulations.

Required Languages - English and French fluency required. Haitian Creole is a plus.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Strong planning, coordination, prioritization, and time management skills
• Strong analytical skills with ability to make independent judgment and decisions.
• Ethical conduct in accordance with recognized professional and organizational codes of ethics
• Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented, and results-oriented
• Ability to work collaboratively and promote a team environment.

Travel - Must be willing and able to travel up to 25 % domestically with periodic international travel.


Preferred Qualifications
• Proficient in MS Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio). Experience with commodity tracking systems is a plus.

All interested candidates must submit: Cover Letter, Resume, Diplomas with the mention "Logistics Manager " in the subject line.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Warehouse Officer and Transportation Officer.
Key Working Relationships:
Internal: CRS Programs staff, Supply Chain Manager, Head of Operations, Finance Manager, Cayes Head of Office and the RFSA Key personnel.
External : Government authorities, vendors, custom staff and partners.

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)
These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.
• Integrity
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation
• Builds Relationships
• Develops Talent
• Strategic Mindset
• Accountability & Stewardship

***Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. We welcome as a part of our staff people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need. CRS’ processes and policies reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.
Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.
CRS' talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.
CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer