Global Supply Chain Lead - Remote Health Operations
2 days ago
Bolton
CCI (Critical Care International Ltd) is looking for an experienced Supply Chain Lead to build and lead a resilient supply chain delivering essential medical consumables to remote sites across 26 countries. \n \n This is a hands-on, high-impact role covering network design, planning, inventory management, procurement, logistics, last-mile delivery, and regulatory compliance. You will also lead the selection and implementation of a digital ordering and planning platform designed for remote, low-connectivity environments. \n \n You will own the supply chain from supplier to site, ensuring reliable replenishment and rapid response when challenges arise. \n \n Key Objectives – a quick overview \n \n\n • Build and manage a robust and scalable procurement strategy, ensuring reliable supply, competitive value, appropriate quality and resilient supplier relationships across global markets \n, • Establish appropriate regulatory, import and compliance processes for each market\n, • Design & optimise demand, supply, inventory and replenishment planning processes to minimise waste and expiry\n, • Implement a fit-for-purpose digital planning and ordering platform\n, • Develop effective remote and last-mile logistics solutions which enables a reliable replenishment strategy and emergency delivery capability\n, • Identify, manage and mitigate supply chain risks to ensure business continuity\n, • Drive continuous improvement through data, KPIs and partner performance\n\n \n What you’ll do: \n \n Supply Chain Set Up, Regulatory, Performance & Risk Management \n \n\n • Design the global supply chain model and regional distribution network\n, • Lead global procurement and selection for suppliers of medical consumables, logistics providers, distributors and appropriate local partners \n, • Implement appropriate contractual frameworks \n, • Lead the selection, implementation and continuous improvement of the supply chain ordering and planning platform\n, • Coordinate and ensure partner compliance with country-specific regulations\n, • Manage supplier performance, cost, quality and supply continuity, building resilient sourcing and contingency options\n, • Establish and optimise supply chain planning processes\n, • Define and standardise key supply chain performance indicators to drive decision-making, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement\n, • Maintain supply chain risk registers, contingency plans and mitigation strategies for major disruptions\n\n \n Planning & Inventory \n \n\n • Standardise the global formulary in collaboration with clinical teams\n, • Develop demand forecasts, inventory policies and appropriate safety-stock parameters\n, • Translate demand, inventory and operational data into actionable supply and replenishment plans\n\n \n Logistics Architecture \n \n\n • Build practical logistics solutions for remote and infrastructure-constrained sites\n, • Manage the fortnightly (or as agreed) replenishment cycle and coordinate urgent or exception shipments\n, • Monitor On Time In Full (OTIF), identifying and implementing improvements to delivery reliability\n\n \n Digital, Data & AI \n \n\n • Establish robust master data management across for example SKUs, suppliers, customer locations, lead times, minimum order quantities, inventory and other critical supply chain data fields\n, • Ensure data quality, governance and standardisation across global and regional operations\n, • Ensure the digital solution supports mobile use, low-connectivity environments and geocoded locations\n, • Identify and apply AI-enabled tools and use cases to improve for example demand planning, inventory optimisation, exception management, logistics and supply chain decision-making\n\n \n What we’re looking for: \n \n Essential: \n \n\n • 5+ years’ experience in end-to-end supply chain, including international or multi-country operations\n, • Experience in planning, procurement, inventory and logistics, including the use of digital/AI planning, ordering solutions and spreadsheet modelling\n, • Proven ability to manage complex projects and multiple partners\n, • Excellent analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills \n, • Strong communication and interpersonal skills to interact with external partners in a global environment \n, • Bachelor’s degree\n, • Fluent English\n\n \n Desirable: \n \n\n • Remote or field logistics experience, e.g. mining, oil & gas or humanitarian ops\n, • Experience with medical devices or other regulated products\n, • Familiarity with international regulatory, import/export requirements and relevant quality-management systems\n, • Experience implementation of ordering or supply chain planning systems\n, • Additional languages, especially Spanish, would be advantageous\n, • Advanced degree in Operations or Supply Chain Management\n, • Medical-sector experience is not essential. We are looking for someone who can manage complexity, build effective systems and solve problems in challenging environments.\n\n \n Who we’re looking for: \n \n\n • You are a resilient problem solver, highly organised and commercially aware \n, • You communicate well across cultures and functions, are confident working independently, and enjoy building something from the ground up\n, • You are comfortable dealing with ambiguity and multitasking\n\n \n Why join CCI? \n \n\n • Purpose-Driven: be part of a team dedicated to improving healthcare globally\n, • Impact: help enable medical care in some of the world’s most challenging environments\n, • Ownership: Opportunity to build and shape a global supply chain capability\n, • Benefits: Competitive GBP salary and pension, flexible working hours, fully remote global role with optional UK co-working \n, • CCI is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to an inclusive workplace\n