Associate, Supply Chain Management

About Palladium

Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

This Opportunity

The Supply Chain Management (SCM) portfolio at The Palladium Group is a dynamic community of practice with talented colleagues working toward the goal of providing unmatched service delivery with unprecedented levels of visibility, accountability, and data to drive decision making, while enabling local logistics ecosystems to grow and mature.

This role will provide support to one of the following teams within the SCM portfolio 1) Project Delivery 2) Business Development 3) Market Engagement

Location:

The position is based in Palladium’s Washington D.C. office.

You And Your Career

If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have interest or experience in supply chain management, particularly for low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), we are interested in hearing from you.

We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start.  We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!

Reporting And Supervision

• The role reports to the Manager

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

• Supports the maintenance of pending task lists and team trackers, schedules and creates agendas for, and takes notes at meetings
• Researches trends and identifies opportunities for improvement within their assigned team
• Processes contract action requests (i.e., travel, personnel. additions/changes, partner, grant, budget realignment, etc.)
• Supports contributes to, sector specific research, reports, forecast, budgets, workplans, proposals and other outputs intended for distribution to internal and external stakeholders
• Performs other duties as required
• Supports operational activities associated with projects, initiatives and/or proposals
• Processes invoices from consultants, subcontractors, and vendors for timely and accurate submission in accordance with internal requirements and Palladium procedures
• Serves as a liaison between all internal stakeholders including but not limited to corporate services, portfolios, and business development teams
• Documents deliverables and maintains team calendar

Key Competencies Required

• Ability to learn and apply program procedures with exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to meet multiple deadlines with exceptional attention to detail and to quality
• Excellent team management skills in a complex and fast-paced environment
• Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills (in English) as demonstrated by speaking engagements and/or written documents
• Demonstrated competence using Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to interact professionally with culturally diverse staff, clients, and consultants

Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred

• Experience in supply chain/procurement, or one of the following health areas (HIV/AIDS, malaria, maternal and child health, family planning and reproductive health) strongly preferred
• Proficiency in another language, with priority given to French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at [email protected] and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abu se. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.