📦 Supply Manager – ALIMA (Abuja)
🧭 Role Summary
You’ll be the central driver of supply chain operations—ensuring medicines, equipment, and essential goods reach project sites on time, within budget, and in compliance with donor rules.
This is a high-impact logistics leadership role supporting humanitarian health programs across Nigeria.
🔑 Core Responsibilities
🚚 Supply Chain & Procurement
- Plan and manage local & international procurement
- Track orders, shipments, and deliveries
- Ensure compliance with donor + ALIMA procedures
- Handle tendering, supplier selection, and contracts
🌍 Field & Operations
- Travel ~50% to project sites
- Support field logistics teams
- Ensure timely delivery of medical & non-medical supplies
🛃 Regulatory & Compliance
- Manage customs clearance
- Align with NAFDAC & Nigerian import regulations
- Maintain procurement documentation and audit readiness
👥 Team Management
- Supervise supply staff
- Train teams on procurement procedures
- Evaluate performance and build capacity
📊 Reporting & Coordination
- Maintain supplier database & pricing intelligence
- Share weekly/monthly procurement reports
- Coordinate with finance for budgeting & payments
🎯 Requirements (Simplified)
✅ Must-Have
- Degree (any relevant field; logistics/supply preferred)
- 2+ years in supply chain/procurement
- Strong Excel & reporting skills
- Fluent English
⭐ Strong Advantage
- NGO/INGO experience
- Knowledge of customs/import processes
- Local languages (Hausa, Kanuri, Yoruba)
- French (bonus)
⚖️ Supply Manager vs Finance Coordinator (ALIMA)
🧠 Which One Should You Choose?
👉 Choose
Supply Manager
if:
- You have logistics, procurement, or operations experience
- You enjoy fieldwork + coordination
- You want to enter or grow in the humanitarian sector
- You have 2–5 years experience
👉 Choose
Finance Coordinator
if:
- You are already senior in finance (5+ years)
- You want strategic leadership role
- You have strong budgeting + donor reporting experience
💡 Honest Insight
The Supply Manager role is easier to break into compared to Finance Coordinator because:
- Lower experience requirement
- Less strict specialization (finance roles require deeper expertise)
- High demand skill globally (logistics in NGOs is critical)
👉 This makes it a VERY strong entry point into international NGOs
🎁 Benefits Snapshot
- International exposure 🌍
- Paid travel + accommodation
- Medical cover (you + family)
- Evacuation security support
- Renewable contract (career growth potential)
🔗 Apply Here
Apply for Supply Manager (ALIMA)
Finance Coordinator (ALIMA)
What You’ll Do
- Lead financial strategy for mission
- Manage budgets, donors, reporting
- Oversee accounting systems (SAGA)
- Handle audits, fraud prevention, compliance
🌍 Unique Environment
- Work in humanitarian crisis zones
- Impact lives (healthcare, nutrition, emergency response)
✅ Best Fit If You:
- Have Finance/Admin degree + 5+ yrs experience
- Want international NGO exposure
- Can work in high-pressure, multicultural settings
🎁 Benefits Highlight
- Paid travel + accommodation
- Health insurance (you + dependents)
- Paid breaks every 3 months
- International career growth
🧠 Which One Should YOU Choose?
👉 Choose
Internal Control Officer
if:
- You’re early-mid career (4–7 years)
- You want corporate finance/audit path
- You value stability over travel
👉 Choose
Finance Coordinator (ALIMA)
If your background is finance/accounting, the ALIMA Finance Coordinator role is the strongest opportunity because:
- More global exposure
- Faster career growth
- Strong financial leadership experience
- Opens doors to UN, NGOs, international roles
ALIMA Job Application
Apply for Finance Coordinator (ALIMA)