Senior Supply Chain Advisor, DOS, LEAP Global - Cameroon

Who We Are

ZemiTek, LLC is a Woman-Owned, SBA-certified 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) based in the Washington, DC metro area. We have a strong record delivering innovative and high-quality solutions. Since 2007, ZemiTek has provided technical assistance, project management, information technology (IT), knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, training and learning development, and institutional support services.

Position 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.

Work Location: Cameroon

À propos du poste

L'équipe de la section de l'Assistance Étrangère du Département d'État des États-Unis au Cameroun (DoS FA) soutient la stratégie « America First Global Health » du gouvernement américain. Cette stratégie accorde la priorité à l'amélioration de la santé mondiale, notamment en sauvant des vies et en renforçant les systèmes de santé au Cameroun, ce qui protège en fin de compte à la fois les Américains et les Camerounais. Le gouvernement des États-Unis s'associe au ministère de la Santé en tant que donateur international pour mettre en œuvre des programmes liés à l'assistance sanitaire.

Le portefeuille GAS (Gestion des Approvisionnements et des Stocks) de l'équipe DoS FA comprend :

• La chaîne d'approvisionnement et la logistique.
• Les services de laboratoire et le financement de la santé.
• La prestation de services liés au paludisme et au VIH dans la communauté et les formations sanitaires.
• Le renforcement du système de santé communautaire et le changement de politique.

Les éléments clés du portefeuille de la chaîne d'approvisionnement et des systèmes de santé du DoS incluent :

• La logistique de la chaîne d'approvisionnement, le financement de la santé et l'avancement des politiques.
• Des interventions pour renforcer la gestion et le leadership de la chaîne d'approvisionnement aux niveaux national, régional et local.
• Des efforts pour renforcer l'infrastructure de gestion intégrée, la gouvernance, la planification stratégique, la coordination, l'entreposage et la distribution.
• Le développement de la main-d'œuvre et les efforts liés au SIGL ou e-SIGL pour améliorer la gestion des stocks de médicaments essentiels.
• La garantie de la disponibilité et de l'utilisation efficace des données pour la prise de décision.
• La promotion de services pharmaceutiques centrés sur le patient pour un accès facile et un usage approprié des médicaments.
• La coordination avec le Gouvernement du Cameroun (GRC), le Fonds mondial, et d'autres partenaires donateurs.
• Des approches pour prioriser les interventions de santé rentables et la durabilité du système de santé.
• Le renforcement de l'appropriation et de la redevabilité des programmes par les autorités gouvernementales.
• Le Senior Supply Chain Advisor jouera un rôle pivot dans la mise en œuvre de la Vision 2030 pour la chaîne d'approvisionnement intégrée du Cameroun, garantissant un système sans ruptur