Technical Advisor II, Supply Chain EMPOWER RAPID

NOTE: This is a remote position; CRS will only consider candidates who are based in countries where we have existing offices. Job Summary The Supply Chain Management Technical Advisor II will provide technical support, accompaniment, and training to EMPOWER partners in South America to strengthen supply chain and operational preparedness for rapid emergency response. The Supply Chain Management Technical Advisor II will work with EMPOWER partners to improve their supply chain preparedness and response capacities so that can set up and operate multiple modality supply chains (in kind and CVA) in an expedited manner. This includes the following five priority focuses: 1) Updated specifications --Adjusting relief item/kit specifications and CVA transfer amounts to match latest technical recommendations, that are appropriate to the context, and which are available/possible in the local market; 2) Strategic sourcing --Exploring local markets to identify best output value suppliers (quality, delivery and price) for key relief items/kits and cash voucher assistance modalities (via financial and mobile service providers); 3) Prepositioned stocks-- Establishing prepositioned stocks of key r…