Logistics representative for international missions (M/F) – Saint-Denis At Doctors of the World


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The logistics department is made up of a manager, six logistics referents, and a logistics apprentice. The logistics referents work in close collaboration with the purchasing department itself, which is made up of a manager and six buyers.

The post

Within the logistics department of Médecins du Monde as a logistics referent, you will provide organizational and technical support to international mission programs in your area of ​​expertise, and you will participate in the development of the operational strategy on the various logistics themes of the country.

More specifically, your missions are as follows:

Logistical support for operational teams and mission logistics

  • Support the orientation of strategic logistics decisions
  • Identify and analyze the logistical support needs of the missions, then provide the necessary support
  • Ensure the adequacy of human and material resources allocated to mission budgets, contribute to reporting to donors
  • Participate in the identification and analysis of needs in terms of procedures, guides, manuals, reports or tools, then participate in their production
  • Monitor logistics activities on missions
  • Support missions in their logistical and material organization
  • Participate in the implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems for logistics activities
  • Prospect and make proposals regarding the use of new materials and tools
  • Develop an operational strategy on the different logistics themes
  • Capitalize, develop and standardize logistics tools, procedures and working methods

Supervision of the logistical monitoring of missions

  • Brief and debrief expatriate and national teams on issues relating to the logistical and material organization of missions
  • Train expatriate and national teams in procedures, standards and tools, specific software, techniques for using equipment, protocols and intervention methods
  • Ensure monitoring and control of the implementation of logistics procedures and tools
  • Monitor the status of vehicle fleets, communications and IT
  • Monitor satellite equipment consumption
  • Monitor inventory status of non-medical equipment and ensure transmission of inventories
  • Identify and optimize logistics processes

Profile

  • Bac+2 training in humanitarian logistics or equivalent
  • At least 2 years of experience in the field in a humanitarian NGO
  • Have at least one technical skill and/or significant experience in one of the main areas of logistics activity (transport, telecommunications, water-sanitation)
  • Writing and information synthesis skills
  • Autonomy, rigor, diplomacy, patience, pedagogy, interpersonal skills, taste for teamwork
  • You adhere to the values ​​and activist positioning of Médecins du Monde
  • Proficiency in office tools (Word, Excel, Internet)
  • Languages: fluency in French, English and Spanish (written, spoken) is essential

Conditions of employment

  • 12-month fixed-term contract to be filled as soon as possible
  • Regular travel on our international missions to be expected
  • Gross monthly salary of 3,306 euros
  • Job status: supervisor
  • Equivalent to 13th month paid in 2 installments – from 6 months of actual work seniority
  • Mutual insurance (60% participation by MdM and 40% by the employee)
  • 22.5 RTT / year
  • 5 weeks of paid vacation / year
  • Meal vouchers worth 9.00 euros (60% contribution from MdM)
  • 50% reimbursement of public transport tickets
  • Teleworking agreement subject to eligibility of your position: 110 days of teleworking per year (i.e. an average of 2.5 days of teleworking per week) with the obligation to work in person at least 5 days per month
  • Oral communication face to face or by telephone
  • Working on screen / in open space
  • Sitting posture
  • Médecins du Monde promotes the training and internal mobility of its actors and actresses

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