Temporary Supply Chain Officer: System, Data & Inventory

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity

The position holder will be responsible for managing inventory, System, and serves as a focal person for Vendor creation or deletion, Data Cleansing in SAP, and support in the Asset and Inventory Software. In addition, the position holder is also responsible for providing SAP and asset and inventory system support to users.

This position is also responsible for checking and ensuring that obsolescence is within the acceptable tolerance level and ensures that dispatches are made timely. He/she will ensure the full application of stock management tools and systems, and flag non-moving stocks and irregularities to the line manager for subsequent action.

The Individual

Qualifications/ experience essential:
• BA Degree or Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, ICT, Accounting or related fields with 3-5 years of relevant work experience (not necessarily gained in an NGO or INGO), out of which 1 year at a supervisory level

Skill Essential:
• Excellent organizational skills
• Attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills
• Data analytics
• Database management
• Management reporting
• Sound analytical and problem-solving capability;
• Ability to influence others’ behavior through effective relationship building; thorough current knowledge and understanding of relevant policies, frameworks etc.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to a non-technical audience.
• Advanced Excel knowledge and SAP and Asset, and Inventory software.

Qualifications/Experience Desirable:
• Certification in Supply Chain Management is preferable
• Experience in providing training
• Medical stock management and pharmacy background or experience
• Additional working experience from an international humanitarian and development organization is a plus

Languages Required
• Fluency in the English language is essential
• Knowledge of local languages is a desirable

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Safeguarding Children and Program Participants (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)
• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed per the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that all staff in the unit/function/department are properly inducted on and understand their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies.
• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work.
• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.

Location: Addis Ababa, Warehouse Office

Type of Role: short term for 45 days

Reports to: Logistics Coordinator: Fleet, Asset & Inventory

Closing Date: May 05, 2026

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.