Supply Chain Management

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DATA

NAME Tejan Saidu

ADDRESS * ******* *****, *** ********* - Freetown.

NATIONALITY Sierra Leonean

CONTACT +232-**-***-***/79-370-000

EMAIL **********@*****.***/******@**.****.**

CAREER SUMMARY

A University graduate awaiting Master’s in Public Health, first-class Bachelor of Science Honours in Community Health and Clinical Sciences (CH&CS), higher diploma in Community Health and Clinical Officer (CH&CO) from Njala University - Sierra Leone, Diploma in Nutrition from Irish University of Business school - London, Professional certificate in Entrepreneurship, Logistics and Supply Chain Management from University of Makeni (UNIMAK) - Sierra Leone and other professional disciplines in Medical Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

As a health professional, I have worked with UNICEF, SNAP, CONCERN WORLD WIDE, NMSA and GOAL Sierra Leone as Health Programme Manager, District Logistics Officer, Nutrition/Health Advisor, Health Officer and other health related organizations for over 12 years in Saving Lives Projects and Health System Strengthening most especially in Medical Logistics and supply chain management systems, Clinical and Public Health, underpinning Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH), Integrated Logistics Management Information system, Fleet Management, human resource management and Governance.

From practical experience and with much commitment, I have a Veteran Experience and Advancement in the implementation of Primary Health Care (PHC) activities especially for and during Emergency Responses (RMNCAH, Maternal and child health, Expanded Program on Immunizations (EPI), HIV/AIDS, TB/Leprosy, Nutrition, Water and Sanitation, Malaria, Logistics and Supply Chain Management System,) both at Primary and Secondary levels. Above all, I have the proficiency in credible communication skills, Integration and Team work Fostering, adaptability, building relationships with both Local and International Partners, Moving forward in a changing environment, Task management, developing others, Effective use of Resources, personal mastery and user friendly with Microsoft office applications with achievement of desired results in consistency with expectations of Beneficiaries, Other Stakeholders and Donors.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

YEAR INSTITUTIONS QUALIFICATIONS

2018-2020 Njala University - Bo campus, Bachelor of Science with Honours in community

Sierra Leone Health & clinical Sciences (CH&CS)

2013-2014 University of Makeni, Entrepreneurship, HR, Governance, Logistics and

Makeni Campus, Sierra Leone Supply Chain Management System

2010-2011 Irish University of Business School, Diploma in Nutrition

London

2007-2010 Njala University - Bo campus, Higher Diploma in community Health & clinical

Sierra Leone Sciences (CHO)

1999-2002 St. Joseph’s Secondary School WASSCE

(JSS) Makeni, Sierra Leone.

PROFESIONAL INCLINATIONS

Training in Basic and Advance security and Safety (UNDSS) in the field

Skills in Administrative and Human Resources Management

Knowledgeable in Expanded Programmes on Immunization and Nutritional Programmes

Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) & Clinical Managements/Live Saving skills

Management of IYCF according to CMAM protocols

Skills in Data management (monitoring and evaluation –M & E)

Skilled in m-supply (eMIS)

Knowledgeable in Integrated Supply chain and Logistics Management Information System (LMIS)

Skills to strengthen Surge Capacity in Public Health Emergency

Team management and capacity building skills

Basic Engineering skills

Maintenance Evaluation including technical driving/riding skills of Official Vehicles and motor bikes.

WORK EXPERIENCE

YEAR

ORGANISATION INSTITUTION

POSITION

RESPONSIBILITIES

2023-Date

GOAL Sierra Leone

Country Logistics Manager, Sierra Leone Office - Freetown

Fleet:

Fleet Planning

Work with the Systems Director and supply chain Coordinator to analyse operational / programme needs for transport and plan appropriate fleet size.

Prepare an annual fleet plan (including budget needed) and a vehicle disposal / replacement plan.

Fleet Standards

Ensure that vehicles are properly registered and have TPL insurance according to the rules and regulations of the country.

Identify quality garages, support establishment of contracts with pre-approved garages, establish quality control mechanisms, and undertake performance reviews at a regular basis. Oversee and ensure that maintenance has taken place and validate the invoices.

Ensure the implementation of GOAL fleet management standards.

Establish and manage relationships with in- and external stakeholders such as drivers, vehicle users (programme staff, senior management), suppliers, etc.

Fleet Data Management

Ensure that fleet data such as maintenance and fuel data is captured in the fleet management reports.

Report traffic crashes and vehicle incidents and conducts crash investigation to identify the causes and suggest preventative measures.

Monitor fuel consumption and identify innovative ways to reduce fuel consumption.

Establish mechanisms to check that vehicles are roadworthy at regular intervals.

Collect and analyse fleet data and prepare and present fleet management reports.

Management

Support the office with the arrangements for selection and (re)testing of drivers, including testing of drivers’ fitness.

Based on fleet management data and information identify, suggest, and implement actions that lead to improved efficiency and effectiveness of the fleet as well as reduce the risk associated with fleet operations and road transport.

Asset Management:

Managing asset register for Goal Sierra operation. Updating the assets register on weekly basis, adding new assets and removing derelict / worn out assets from the list. Undertake physical verification of the assets to ensure that the listed assets correspond with the physical assets. Register.

Ensure to inform when logistics assets need to be disposed and liaise with the systems director for the disposal procedures. In addition,

Completing Incident Reports in case of any security breach/incident at the Project Locations.

Ensuring the Project equipment and standards are upheld.

Stores management:

To ensure that all goods received/stored and in transit by GOAL are recorded in GOAL standard templates and are stored and handled as per GOAL logistics manual procedures of safety, security, accountability, and transparency.

To ensure that monthly stock checks are carried out in accordance with GOAL policy and Ethiopia SOPs.

To produce a monthly report to the ACDS on stock holdings over 120 days and or closed programme stacks

Review the supply chain periodically to ensure that GOAL policy is being complied with and the goods are being received and recorded correctly.

Facilities:

As GOAL offices currently has power back up supply from generator internal power procedures and policies on generator power usage should be strictly adhered and respected

To strictly maintain generators daily and monthly logbooks

To ensure that individual generator logbooks are completed properly, and all the costs associated to maintenance, repair and running a generator are in place and practiced

To compile an individual generator monthly summary sheet and Annual Generator report as per the schedule established and report on this to SD.

Ensure that expatriate housing is safe and habitable upon signing of lease and that it meets all security requirements.

Respond to issues or concerns raised by staff regarding the condition of GOAL office or expatriate housing

Personnel

Carry out performance evaluation for staff under your management.

To maintain and update Job Descriptions for all logistics staff in liaison with SD & HR

Key Performance Objectives

Improve fuel consumption and vehicle usage.

Reduce crashes and incidents.

Establish proper management for Goal assets.

Improve vehicle availability.

Facilitate good warehouse management, prevent pilferage and theft.

KPO 4

Behaviours (Values in practice)

Act as a representative of GOAL and demonstrate the highest standards of behaviour towards children and vulnerable adults both in your private and professional lives.

Manage staff in a respectful manner!

Demonstrate good customer service behaviours to stakeholders.

2022-2023

GOAL Sierra Leone

Health Programme Manager – Koinadugu, Falaba and Moyamba Districts

Support the DHMT in planning, management and implementation of the annual District Health Plan

Support DHMT in the coordination of all RMNCAH partners in the districts

Co-lead with the District Medical Officer, in their respective districts, on developing the Saving Lives Phase II district plan in accordance to the District Health Plan, while ensuring the effective use of resources

Provide ongoing technical advice and mentorship on implementation of the Saving Lives Phase II plan

Provide support and mentorship to DHMT and hospital staff on how to interpret and interrogate qualitative and quantitative data for decision making

Support and mentor DHMT and district hospital staff to ensure key human resource tools are available – job descriptions for key posts, organograms, key performance indicators, etc.

Support DHMT to organize monthly PHU-in charges meetings and use it as a forum for discussion and analysis of health data from facilities

Mentor and support the Social Mobilization lead in the DHMT to hold regular adolescent sexual and reproductive health stakeholder meetings

Ensure adherence to the district level monitoring plan and timeline

Conduct regular field visits to the targeted Community Health Centers (CHCs) in the respective districts to monitor performance of the District Clinical Mentors.

Supporting the coordination or organization working on improving maternal health

Responsible for the writing of detail and accurate district programme reports

Supervise the staff in the Koinadugu/Falaba and Moyamba district in accordance with GOAL HR policies and local law.

Ensure that the district resources are used effectively and transparently on prioritized RMNCAH activities.

Support good quality district applications for the innovation fund under the programme for the district.

Review Budget-vs-Actual, financial reports, and spending plans for assign district

Promptly respond to all budget-related inquiries.

2013 To 2022

Consultancy with UNICEF and Later National Medical Supply Agency (NMSA) Sierra Leone

Field Logistics Officer/District Logistics Officer (FLO/DLO) Kambia District

Analyzing supply chain data for quantification and performance

Ensure that LMIS is fully functional and operational at the District Medical Stores (DMS), district hospitals and PHUs.

Ensure timely requisition of routine health commodities (FHC, HIV, TB, Malaria, RH, and EPI vaccines including COVID - 19 Vaccines), prepared distribution matrix and prompt distribution to PHUs and assigned teams and ensure reverse logistics to maintain no expiration and vaccine potency.

Equitable and timely distribution of drugs and medical supplies is maintained and no stock-out in all the PHUs and hospitals (at least tracer drugs)

Quality LMIS reports generated on time from all district PHUs, district hospitals and DMSs and submitted monthly to the CMS

Efficient storage and distribution of health commodities to the end users

A comprehensive monitoring and supervision plan produced

Facilitates the logistics training to all health facilities and EVD/COVID - 19 pillars

Collaborate with other departments, national and health partners to ensure good logistics managements system.

Maintain supply chain inventory and records to ensure processes meet legal requirements and standards.

Conducts regular (minimum monthly) monitoring, supervision, evaluate and report Kay performance indicators on PHUs, DMSs and hospitals in collaboration with the district M&E officers for FHC drugs, CHW, EPI and Nutrition commodities to ensure smooth running and send feedback to the PHU In-Charges, DHMT with copies to the DMO, Medical Superintendent, FHC field coordinator UNICEF and CMS Logistics Advisor.

Prepares minutes and agenda for District FHC Steering Group meetings

Prepares monthly reports for the DMSs, CMS and documenting all that has been done

Receipt of all medical supplies including donations and prepares distribution matrix with the attention of FICO, DMO and CMS and facilitate supplies to health facilities.

Ensure timely vehicle maintenance, transport information/log, fuel supply and allocation of vehicles/drivers

Maintain log-sheet of staff presence, movements and schedules for R&R/leave for staff members in the district and consolidate it every week for the attention of Human Resources Office in Freetown.

2012 to 2013

SNAP

Nutrition/Health Advisor Tonkolili District - Sierra Leone

Monitor SFP at the PHUs, and provide on-the-job coaching where necessary

Maintains adequate Logistics and supply Chain Management for malaria and nutrition project

Provides technical support and advice the DHMT at district level on nutrition and Malaria interventions

Coordinates with DHMT and partners to develop key nutrition and malaria health messages/indicators and make recommendations that helps in the reduction.

Coordinates with DHMT to conduct Anthropometric tools assessment and malaria screening at various PHUs, OTPs, SFP and SC

Supports the design of programs and ensure that standard nutrition and malaria interventions are followed according to national protocol

To provide training for PHU staff on the standard malaria treatment protocols and nutrition activities, supplementary and therapeutic feeding programs

Work with district level health authorities to assess the malaria and nutrition interventions, problems and provide regular feedback

Fully supports capacity building of DHMT staff at the OTP,SFP and SC in the operational PHUs

Establish relationship with other health actors in malaria/nutrition sectors at the district level (Plan International, CARE, SLRC, Concern Worldwide) etc

Participates in health coordination meeting on monthly basis

Represents the DHMT at Inter-agency meetings on quarterly basis in the district

Supports DHMT to manage and supervise the community mobilization activities

Organize, participates and coordinates awareness activities together with DHMT, partners and community

Collaborates with DHMT and partners to develop IEC tools, disseminate awareness raising key messages according to CMAM protocol.

Organize and coordinates SNAP staff to conduct training for community volunteers and the PHU staff

Supports DHMT to manage and supervise the nutrition centers (OTP,SFP and SC)

coordinates with DHMT to conduct on-the-site training, refreshers training on acute malnutrition management

Organize regular joint monitoring field visits with DHMT to provide technical training support to health staff and DHMT members

Organize with DHMT the communication system, plan to improve on data collection activities and ensure quality treatment with respect to the CMAM protocol

To actively participate in the monthly coordination meeting for all NGOs implementing health and Nutrition in the district

2012

Concern Worldwide

Emergency Cholera Logistics Officer

(Consultancy) Tonkolili District - Sierra Leone

Identification of cholera points

Ensures vehicle maintenance, fuel supplied and alert drivers for emergency response

Prepares distribution plan to cholera points

Pre-packed, prepare way bills and dispatch cholera commodities for the district

Provision of good storage conditions for cholera commodities for the district

Monitors the monthly consumption of health commodities

Distributes health and medical supplies

Supervise and monitors medical items in the store on monthly basis

Take physical inventory with the store keeper and give update to line manager

Do quarterly and monthly procurement plan according to project requirement

proves weekly and monthly situational report to line manager

Conduct FGD for community stakeholders to know their level in good health seeking behavior in the community

Training of community structures like village development committees on good health seeking behavior

2012

COBTRIP

Health Supervisor

(Local Consultancy) Tonkolili District - Sierra Leone

Conducts monitoring and evaluation including utilization of resources, achievement and planned target

Maintain data management of the programme activities

Conducts training for community education targeting community structures(Village Health Committee, School Health Club, Sissy Aminata Group, Community based Organization members, and Emergency Referral Club members)

Develops monitoring and evaluation system for programme, submit weekly work plan, cash projection, statistics, monthly narrative report to the line manager

Assists in developing formal and informal training materials to build the capacity of the host population in health promotion.

Conducts FGD with community groups based on key health messages for health workers

Give non-formal incentive to community groups

2010-2013

District Health Management Team Tonkolili - Sierra Leone

Malaria Focal Person, Nutrition Focal Person, Disease Surveillance Officer, and School Health Focal Person

Distributes and Supervise PHU staff, CHWs and TBAs in the community on Malaria Drug Management in according UNICEF /MOHS standards

Organize and facilitate community case management of malaria according to UNICEF/MOHS by CHWs and ensure IPT administration among TBAs is effectively carried out and practice the culture of early referral of severe cases for further management

Write proposal to Partners (NGOs) and District Council to implement nutrition activities within the district

Monitors the Government/NGOs Hospital for epidemiological data on all diseases condition

Work with the M&E officer to plan health activities and support in data collection and compilation within the district

Do active and passive disease surveillance

Training and supportive supervision of PHU staff and community base surveillance volunteers, traditional healers on early case detection and prompt reporting

Training of PHU staff on diarrhea diseases case management

Daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly surveillance reports to national/WHO

Spacemen collection with filed case investigation form and transportation to national

Maintains coordination with communities, DHMT, national and health partners in the district

Work closely with the DOO to monitor EPI activities both routine and during NIDs campaigns

Prepares Nutrition and Malaria quarterly projection of health commodities and send to UNICEF and MOHS

Monitor all OTP/SC/SFP site and ensure nutritional activities are implemented according to the national CMAM protocol

Conducts joint monitoring and supervision with partners implementing nutrition activities in the district

Ensures nutritional supplements are distributed to all OTP/SFP site according to case load

Supervise OTPs/SC/SFP/ and other PHU staff and conduct formal training and on-the-job coaching to improve on their capacity were

Write activity reports on monthly and quarterly basis

Attend nutrition inter agency meeting at district and national level

Represent the District Nutritionist at nutrition meeting at district and national levels

Prepares work plan on monthly and quarterly basis

Prepares budget forecast according to plan

Supply nonfood commodities to all PHU when available within the district

Work in partnership with all NGOs implementing nutrition and health activities in the district

Supervise all school health activities, write reports and share with the DMO and send to national school health programme

2009-2010

Koidu Government Hospital, Koidu town, Kono District. - Sierra Leone

Consultant Outpatient Department In-Charge – Intensive Care unit and children’s/ TB ward

Consults at the outpatient department, classify, identify, recommend on the appropriate management and refer were necessary

Assess pregnant, women of child bearing age and young children on immunization status

Advice and ensure timely immunization and referrals

Admit emergency cases at inpatient wards

Assess young children on TB, suspected asymptomatic HIV and malnutrition with or without medical condition and recommend on the appropriate management and refer were necessary

2008-2009

Medical Research Centre (MRC) Nutritional assessment Bo North, Bo District, Sierra Leone

Research

Assistant

Supervise staff in screening children for medical abnormalities and malnutrition conditions

Conducts head to toe physical examination, classify and referred severe cases to the appropriate PHU and follow up severe cases to Government hospital in Bo

Write activity, weekly and monthly reports and present to the line manager

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

DATE

DESCRIPTION

2010-2023

Training to Strengthen Surge Capacity in Public Health Emergency

Training of Trainers in Public Health Supply Chain Management

Training on Foundational Incident Management System (IMS)

Training in Financial Management, Procurement and Asset Management

Training in Coordination, Governance, Leadership and Management

Training of Trainers in Integrated Logistics and Supply Chain Management Information System

Training in Data Management

Training in M&E tools Development

Training on nutritional surveillance and survey

Training of Trainees in IYCF

Refreshers training in CMAM protocol

Training in Health Management Information system

Workshop on Community Case Management of Acute Malnutrition

Training of Trainers on EPI

Training of trainers on Adolescent and child health Programmes

Refreshers training on Immunization, Polio/AFP and Communicable disease surveillance

Training on Integrated Management of New born and Childhood Illnesses(IMNCI)

Training of trainers in Community–Integrated Management of New Born and Childhood Illnesses (C-IMNCI)

Training of Trainers in Cholera Case Management (TOT)

National Trainer on diarrhea disease case management

Training of Trainers on IDSR

Training on Gender Base Violence and STI treatment protocol

1. Mr. Victor Sule 3. Dr. Joseph Sylvanus Bangura

EPI Specialist/FHC Field Coordinator, DMO Kambia,

Free Health Care Initiative, Kambia DHMT

UNICEF, Sierra Leone. MOHS, Sierra Leone.

Currently in Nigeria Contact: ********@*****.***

Contact: *****@******.***/******@*****.*** +232- 75-858-789

2. Mr. Ahmed Conteh 4. Pharm. Jatu Abdulai

Area Coordinator Operations Director

North-West/Norther Region Office National Medical Supply Agency (NMSA)

GOAL Sierra Leone Freetown - Sierra Leone.

Contact: *******@**.****.** Contact: ********@*****.***

+232-**-***-*** +232-**-***-***

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