Chemonics seeks a Global Standards Consultant for the USAID Global Health Supply Chain-Technical Assistance (GHSC-TA) Francophone Task Order who will support the constitution of a GS1 compliant Central product database for the pharmaceutical industry in Benin to improve the efficiency of the supply chain. The Global Standards consultant will support Benin’s implementation of a national product catalog as well as the ecosystem to adopt, deploy and use the GS1 standards. This role will also help to accelerate the supplier onboarding through education and training.
Roles and responsibilities
- Develop the communication tools to support the adoption of the GS1 standards through education and dissemination of the benefits of using GS1 standards to be used in advocacy
- Support the regulatory authorities to deploy the GS1 standards in Benin
- Write the technical specifications for setting a compliant GS1 codification system for use in the national data product catalog
- Support establishing and documenting processes and specifications for suppliers onboarding through intuitive user interfaces
- Help to educate, train and support companies in implementing the GS1 standards and based on the context (e.g., hospitals, warehouses, pharmacies)
- Educate government officials on GLN, including how to use it, how to obtain it, and its use cases (e.g., context of using the GLN)
- Educate government officials on GTINs, including how to use it, how it can help the business, GTIN for boxes (SKU), for cases, and when it should be changed
- Contribute to the user requirements for a very intuitive approach (e.g., how to capture, upload and download files)
- Establish KPIs to measure the progress of the deployment
- Support and build capacity of the local Catalog Manager to foster GS1 compliance moving forward
Qualifications
- Deep knowledge and expertise of GS1 standards
- Experience in companies onboarding on the benefits of GS1 standards
- Experience in international NGO on improving the supply chain, making it “less paper”
- Experience in the pharmaceutical industry (implementing GS1 standards, aligning product database to comply with various T&T regulations around the world)
- Being very pragmatic in the approach regarding country context
- Ability to work well with many stakeholders in advocating for policy and processes to move forward
- Fluency in French and English
Applications
Please submit your CV and cover letter online via this link. The deadline for submissions April 21, 2021 at is 5:00 pm GMT.
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