Supply Chain SME and Humanitarian Response Logistics Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton•Silver Spring, MD

22h

About The Position

The Supply Chain SME and Humanitarian Response Logistics Lead will support an initiative to improve supply chain resilience for medical devices, with a focus on supply chain visibility and risk management for health commodities marketed and sold in the United States. The role emphasizes humanitarian logistics and infectious disease commodity management, providing expertise in supply chain, logistics, and operational preparedness for public health and humanitarian response programs. The successful candidate will help design and optimize resilient, agile supply chain solutions for government and industry stakeholders and improve visibility into supply chains for critical medical devices and other emergent healthcare settings. Working across multidisciplinary teams, the role will strengthen resource mobilization and risk management, identifying supply chain disruptions and assessing potential programmatic effects on inventory availability, production, downstream logistics, upstream supply availability, and demand planning.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience in supply chain, logistics, humanitarian operations, or public health, including health supply chain management.
Experience designing, developing, and implementing end-to-end health supply chain solutions in complex or emergency environments.
Experience supporting infectious disease or outbreak response teams, including logistics planning, resource mobilization, operational coordination, and emergency preparedness.
Experience contributing to supply chain risk management, operational readiness, risk assessment, or risk identification in health, humanitarian, or emergency-response settings.
Experience coordinating health supply chain activities across cross-functional, international, governmental, nongovernmental, or multi-agency teams.
Experience using data, analytics, and technology platforms to improve supply chain visibility, tracking, forecasting, and performance in health or humanitarian contexts.
Knowledge of inventory management, procurement, warehousing, distribution, transportation, and last-mile delivery, preferably for medicines, medical commodities, personal protective equipment, laboratory supplies, or health-related products.
Knowledge of compliance, safety, regulatory, quality, and infection prevention requirements relevant to infectious disease and health logistics.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements.
Bachelor’s degree.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting Ebola response operations, including outbreak logistics, infection prevention requirements, personal protective equipment, medical commodities, or high-risk deployment environments.
Experience working with regulatory agencies for medical devices.
Experience working with national governments, humanitarian organizations, public health agencies, or international response mechanisms.
Experience with infectious disease preparedness, outbreak protocols, and supply chain challenges in resource-constrained settings.
Experience with warehouse or logistics management information systems, emergency operations platforms, or cloud-based supply chain tools.
Experience supporting data governance, quality assurance, asset cataloging, metadata management, traceability, and reporting.
Ability to explain complex supply chain issues to non-technical audiences.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

Support strategic efforts to improve supply chain visibility and oversee risk management for health commodities marketed and sold in the United States.
Provide subject-matter expertise in supply chain, logistics, and operational preparedness for public health and humanitarian response programs.
Design and optimize resilient, agile supply chain solutions for government and industry stakeholders.
Improve visibility into supply chains for critical medical devices and other emergent healthcare settings.
Work across multidisciplinary teams to strengthen resource mobilization and build and improve program risk-management principles.
Identify potential supply chain disruptions and assess their potential programmatic impact on inventory availability, production, downstream logistics, upstream supply availability, and demand planning.