Senior Supply Chain Advisor, DOS LEAP Global - Cameroon

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LEAP Program Description

Global Solutions Ventures (GSV) – a joint-venture partnership between ZemiTek, LLC and Dexis Consulting Group – is implementing the Long-term Exceptional Technical Assistance Project (LEAP Global), a mechanism originally used by USAID to battle against infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, neglected tropical diseases, and pandemic influenza. As of July 1, 2025, LEAP Global transitioned to the U.S. Department of State (DOS). This initiative aims to address the complex human resource challenges faced by national infectious disease programs in the USA-supported countries.

The intervention of this project is to hire and embed technical expert advisors and subject matter experts within government entities. By directly embedding the technical expertise within the national programs, LEAP provides long-term, sustainable lifesaving support to empower host governments to lead and manage key aspects of their infectious disease portfolios and improve coordination between the U.S. Government and the host country.

About the Position

The U.S. Department of State, Foreign Assistance Section in Cameroon (DoS FA) team supports the U.S. Government’s America First Global Health Strategy. This strategy prioritizes contributing to global health improvements, including saving lives and strengthening health systems in Cameroon which ultimately protects both Americans and Cameroonians. The US Government partners with the Ministry of Health as international donors, to implement health assistance-related programs.

The DoS FA team portfolio includes supply chain and logistics, laboratory services, health financing, Malaria and HIV service delivery in the community and health facilities, community health system strengthening and policy change.

Key elements of DoS Supply Chain and Health Systems portfolio include:

Supply chain logistics, health financing, and policy advancement.

Interventions to strengthen supply chain management and leadership at national, regional, and local levels.

Efforts to strengthen the integrated supply chain and logistics management infrastructure, governance, strategic planning and coordination; warehousing and distribution; workforce development; and any LMIS or eLMIS efforts to improve stock management for essential medicines.

Ensuring availability and effective use of data for decision-making.

Promoting patient-centered pharmaceutical services for easy access and appropriate use of medicines to help assure therapeutic efficacy, patient safety, and the achievement of desired health outcomes.

Ensuring coordination with the Government of Cameroon (GRC) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria, other donor partner agencies and capitalizing on the DOS comparative advantages.

Approaches to prioritize cost-effective health interventions and health system sustainability.

Strengthening ownership of and accountability for programs by government authorities.

The Senior Supply Chain Advisor will play a pivotal role in implementing the 2030 Vision for Cameroon’s integrated supply chain, ensuring a system free of stockouts through pooled procurement and modernized distribution and that adequate controls are in place to support transparent supply chain management free of any fraud, waste, or abuse. A critical focus of this role is overseeing the transition of the USG’s commodity portfolio from Implementing Organizations-led procurement and distribution to full Government of Cameroon (GRC) management by 2030. The Advisor will also serve as the primary technical liaison between the Cameroon Foreign Assistance Office, the Technical Management Unit (TMU), and the Joint Health Cooperation Steering Committee (JHCSC) to ensure the successful execution of the Health MOU.

The Senior Supply Chain Advisor will be part of the technical staff supporting DoS FA supply chain and health systems portfolio, for commodities and infrastructure. The position will be housed within the Ministry of Health, specifically the DPML, providing expert technical guidance to government units including CENAME, NACC, NMCP, NTP, Zoonosis, DLMEP, DPML, and the UCS, and the Bilateral Health MOU Joint Technical Secretariat.

This position will play a critical role in supporting the phased transition toward 100% domestic funding and full self-reliance for essential health commodities by 2030. The Advisor will support the DPML in carrying out life-saving humanitarian assistance (LHA) service delivery in full alignment with the new Presidential Executive Order (EO) directives.

Objective of Assignment: The DoS FA is seeking a dynamic and experienced Public Health Supply Chain Advisor to provide technical leadership, expertise and guidance to facilitate the implementation of the commodities and supply chain management components of the USG-Government of Cameroon bilateral agreement with the objective of supporting the government’s vision of an integrated health care commodity supply chain system, free of stockouts, that uses a pooled procurement vehicle, and Central and Regional Health Stores for distribution to health facilities.

Responsibilities

As a key member of the Joint Technical Secretariat/Transition Management Unit, position will provide:

Strategic Oversight on MOU Implementation

Serve as the lead technical monitor for the Commodities and Supply Chain section of the USG-GRC Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) implementation, ensuring rigorous oversight of performance achievement, program quality, and co-investment accountability.

Act as the primary technical liaison to the Cameroon Foreign Assistance Office regarding the update of the Strategic Plan for Strengthening Public Supply Chain of Health Products (2026–2030) and the resulting annual action plans, ensuring the plans fully integrate MOU sustainability milestones.

Coordinate USG advocacy efforts toward the revision of national regulations, specifically driving the separation of diagnostic products from pharmaceuticals.

Provide expert guidance on the phased transition of procurement and distribution functions to the GRC beginning in 2028, focusing on the architectural shift toward 100% domestic self-reliance by 2030.

Provide inputs for an implementation arrangement that supports clear supply chain governance structures, defined roles and responsibilities, and accountability mechanisms, while ensuring continuity of health product supply and alignment with the Bilateral Health MOU and national health supply chain priorities.

Oversee the technical reporting of MOU implementation progress to the Joint Health Cooperation Steering Committee (JHCSC) and the Technical Management Unit (TMU), ensuring data-driven visibility into supply chain bottlenecks.

Technical Leadership in Supply Chain Modernization

Support the transition from USG-led commodity procurement and in-country logistics support for USG procured commodities, to sustainable national mechanisms while ensuring compliance with USG regulations and aligning with GOC goals and objectives.

Participate in national supply chain governance structures (e.g., Supply Chain Steering Committee, Supply Chain TWG) and champion the implementation of the National Supply Chain Strategy (NSCS).

Contribute to assessment of NSCS implementation progress and updates to the strategic plan as relevant.

Provide coordination and information sharing among supply chain TA providers including USG-funded implementers, The Global Fund Enterprise Resource Planning (TGF - ERP), African Development Ba