Deputy Director, Supply Chain Business Development and Program Delivery

31 Aug 2026 Deputy Director, Supply Chain Business Development and Program Delivery at International Rescue Committee Recruit candidates with Ease. 100% recruitment control with Employer Dashboard.We have the largest Job seeker visits by alexa rankings. Post a Job Company: International Rescue Committee Location: Kenya State: Nairobi Job type: Full-Time Job category: Administrative/Secretarial Jobs in Kenya Resubmit your Resume Today. Click Here to Start

• Act as the primary GSC focal point within I@S agile working groups and cross-functional scaling teams, ensuring supply chain planning is embedded in program design from the outset and not treated as a downstream implementation task. • Implement the strategic direction for cross-cutting supply chain enablers including pooled procurement, global pre-positioning frameworks, harmonized delivery models, and digital systems and oversee their development and rollout across priority country programs. • Provide supply chain leadership and oversight for the addition of any new I@S Ready to Scale thematic areas, ensuring new commodities and delivery models are integrated into IRC’s global supply chain architecture without creating fragmentation or duplication. • Serve as GSC’s coordinating focal point with the Research and Innovation Department, contributing to supply chain innovations including AI-enabled solutions. • Is responsible for operationalizing the BD strategy, assembling inputs to create compelling bids, gap filling in the BD process as needed/relevant, and driving ultimate bid success through correct donor intel and positioning, strong bid submission, and effective cross-functional collaboration. • Flag, track and route relevant funding opportunities to GSC Leadership and work closely with internal stakeholders to plan for staff needs and business development capacity requirements to successfully write and budget for winning bids based on the pipeline • Lead or co-lead the technical design of supply chain sections for proposals where GSC has a primary role, including narrative writing, logical framework development, and supply chain costing. • Collaborating with program and business development leads to embedding supply chain considerations into program design, with specific attention paid to Impact at Scale initiatives • Contribute to bid assessment, probability-of-winning analysis, and positioning strategy for supply chain funding opportunities with specific focus on I@S thematic areas • Develop and maintain GSC supply chain capability statements and value propositions relevant to I@S programming areas, for use in capture and proposal development. • Participate in the BD review cycle for proposals with significant supply chain components, ensuring technical quality and alignment with IRC’s global supply chain strategy. • Mobilize opportunities with non-traditional partners such as Airlink to improve program delivery and increase cost savings • Take the lead with External relations and other fundraising teams to enable increased use of GIK goods and services, enabling program delivery whilst making IRC more cost effective. • Build and maintain donor intelligence on supply chain funding streams • Support pre-award activities including donor engagement, capture visits, and key personnel recruitment where relevant to I@S supply chain opportunities.