Logistics Management Officer
Job Context
Duty Station: Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Dhaka
Contract Duration: Initially for 1 (one) Year. Continuation or renewal is subject to a formal satisfactory performance evaluation, operational requirements, and the continued availability of funding from the donor.
Contract Type: Contractual
Number of Position(s): 01
Contract Start Date: 1 January 2027
Reporting to: Manager, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Logistics
A. Background
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) has transitioned its portfolio in Bangladesh from siloed, disease-specific management structures into a unified Program Management Unit (PMU) under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). This centralized model is designed to harmonize project management, lower transaction costs, and provide portfolio-level assurance across the national Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health (RSSH) interventions.
To strengthen coordination, accountability, efficiency, and standardized portfolio management, an integrated Program Management Unit (PMU) has been established for Global Fund-supported programmes, providing coordinated leadership, grant management, technical oversight, financial stewardship, performance monitoring, and operational support across the portfolio. Reliable logistics data are essential for forecasting, supply planning, procurement monitoring, inventory control, and uninterrupted availability of quality-assured medicines, diagnostics, laboratory commodities, vector-control products, equipment, and other programme supplies. Working under the Manager, Procurement, Supply Chain and Logistics, the Logistics Data Management Officer strengthens routine logistics data management, data quality, system use, analytics, dashboards, and early-warning information across the PMU-supported supply chain.
B. Objective of the Position
To ensure the timely availability of complete, accurate, and decision-ready logistics data by supporting logistics management information systems, data governance, validation, reconciliation, analysis, visualization, and reporting for effective procurement and supply-chain management.
C. Scope of Work
Under the supervision of the Manager, Procurement, Supply Chain and Logistics, the Logistics Data Management Officer manages routine collection, validation, consolidation, and reporting of logistics data from authorized systems and reporting entities; supports reliable operation and use of approved LMIS/eLMIS, inventory, warehouse, order, and shipment-tracking systems within assigned authority; analyses stock, consumption, distribution, pipeline, expiry, wastage, order-fulfilment, and supplier data to identify risks and support timely action; maintains integrated visibility of PPM/wambo.org orders, international shipments, receipt, inventory integration, and distribution status; and strengthens logistics data quality, master-data management, documentation, user capacity, data protection, and audit readiness.
Job Responsibilities
D. Key Duties and Responsibilities
A. Logistics Data Governance and Planning
Implement approved logistics data standards, reporting calendars, data flows, definitions, validation rules, responsibilities, and access controls.
Maintain a logistics data-management workplan, data-source inventory, reporting matrix, and issue tracker aligned with procurement and supply-chain priorities.
B. LMIS/eLMIS and Information-System Operations
Support day-to-day use of approved LMIS/eLMIS, warehouse, inventory, order, and distribution systems and coordinate authorized user support.
Document system incidents, enhancement needs, and change requests and coordinate approved resolution with MIS, software, programme, and vendor teams.
C. Master Data, Configuration and Reference Standards
Maintain authorized product, facility, location, supplier, programme, and unit-of-measure reference data using approved coding and naming standards.
Validate change requests, assess downstream effects, and retain approval and version records; do not make unauthorized configuration or metadata changes.
D. Routine Data Collection, Validation and Consolidation
Compile logistics data from national programmes, CMSD, warehouses, facilities, implementing entities, procurement records, and approved digital systems.
Apply completeness, timeliness, range, consistency, and duplicate checks; follow up missing or anomalous reports and maintain documented correction trails.
E. Data Quality Assurance and Reconciliation
Conduct routine desk reviews and support periodic data-quality assessments and physical-inventory reconciliations using approved tools and sampling approaches.
Reconcile stock records, receipts, issues, losses, adjustments, transfers, and distribution data across source documents and systems and track corrective actions.
F. Stock, Consumption, Pipeline and Expiry Analysis
Analyse stock on hand, consumption, average monthly consumption, months of stock, lead times, pipeline, batch and expiry data, and funding or supply gaps.
Generate early warnings for stock-outs, overstocks, expiries, wastage, delayed orders, and imbalances and support redistribution and mitigation decisions.
G. Distribution, Order-Fulfilment and Traceability Data
Track allocation, dispatch, delivery, proof of receipt, order fill rate, turnaround time, cold-chain status where applicable, and last-mile exceptions.
Support product and batch traceability, recall, return, transfer, quarantine, and authorized disposal records and investigate data discrepancies.
H. PPM/Wambo.org Order and Shipment Data
Maintain current data on authorized requisitions, quotation and electronic purchase-order status, supplier/PSA milestones, quality assurance, shipment, costs, import readiness, delivery, and closure.
Reconcile PPM/wambo.org order and shipping information with receipt, inventory, asset, and financial records and promptly escalate overdue milestones or unresolved differences.
I. Dashboards, Reporting and Decision Support
Produce timely dashboards, scorecards, and analytical reports on availability, inventory, pipeline, expiry, wastage, distribution, supplier, and data-quality performance.
Provide validated logistics data and interpretation for forecasting, quantification, supply planning, procurement decisions, grant reporting, reviews, and management meetings.
J. Capacity Development, Compliance and Coordination
Develop or update SOPs, data dictionaries, templates, job aids, and training materials and coach authorized users on data recording, reporting, and use.
Protect confidential and sensitive information; support audits and assurance activities; coordinate with PMU, programme, Government, and partner counterparts and follow up assigned actions.
K. Additional Responsibilities
Undertake any other reasonable and relevant responsibilities assigned by the Manager, Procurement, Supply Chain and Logistics, commensurate with the skills and experience required for the position.
E. Qualifications and Experience
Education
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Statistics, Data Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Pharmacy, Public Health, Business Administration, or another relevant discipline. A relevant Master's degree is desirable.
Professional training or certification in supply chain, logistics information systems, data management, analytics, or visualization is an advantage.
Experience
At least 5 years of progressively responsible professional experience in logistics data management, LMIS/eLMIS, supply-chain information systems, inventory data, or related analytics.
Practical experience in data collection, validation, cleaning, reconciliation, dashboard preparation, data-quality assessment, and reporting.
Experience analysing health-product stock, consumption, pipeline, expiry, distribution, and order-fulfilment data is highly desirable.
Proficiency in advanced spreadsheet functions and data-visualization tools; working knowledge of databases, SQL, ERP/WMS, DHIS2, or similar systems is an advantage.
Experience with Government health systems, development-partner-funded programmes, Global Fund-supported programmes, or PPM/wambo.org is desirable.
Strong written and spoken proficiency in English and Bangla, with the ability to present complex data clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
F. Competencies
Technical Competencies
Logistics data governance and lifecycle management.
LMIS/eLMIS operations; master-data and reference-data management.
Data collection, cleaning, validation, and reconciliation; data-quality assessment.
Inventory, consumption, pipeline, expiry, and wastage analysis.
Distribution and order-fulfilment monitoring; forecasting and quantification data support.
Dashboard and report development; database and spreadsheet analysis; data visualization.
System documentation, user support, and data protection.
Audit readiness; PPM/wambo.org order and shipment tracking.
Evidence-based supply-chain decision support.
Behavioral Competencies
Analytical thinking, accuracy, and attention to detail.
Results orientation and planning and prioritization.
Clear communication, service orientation, and teamwork.
Stakeholder coordination, problem-solving, and sound judgement.
Adaptability and willingness to travel.
Integrity, accountability, and confidentiality; maintains accuracy, impartiality, transparency, and clear audit trails, protects access credentials and sensitive information, and promptly reports suspected manipulation, misuse, or unauthorized disclosure.
Respect for diversity; develops practical improvements to data flows, dashboards, validation rules, reporting tools, and user support, and uses available data to identify patterns and anticipate supply risks.
Additional Information
G. Expected Deliverables
Approved logistics data-management workplan, reporting calendar, data-source inventory, and updated data dictionary.
Complete and current logistics datasets, master-data registers, correction logs, user-support records, and system-issue tracker.
Routine stock, consumption, pipeline, expiry, wastage, distribution, supplier, and data-quality dashboards produced on schedule.
Documented data-quality checks, reconciliations, assessment findings, corrective-action plans, and follow-up status.
Current PPM/wambo.org requisition, order, shipment, import-readiness, receipt, inventory-integration, and closure data.
Timely, validated logistics data inputs for forecasting, quantification, supply planning, grant reporting, audits, reviews, and management decisions.
Compensation & Benefits
H. Remuneration and Benefits
Monthly remuneration will be determined in accordance with the PMU HR guideline
Group health insurance will be provided as per the PMU HR guideline
Monthly mobile and internet bills will be provided as per the PMU HR guideline
Special Instruction
All these positions are open for Bangladeshi Nationals only. All candidates, irrespective of gender, religious and ethnic backgrounds can apply for the vacancies. Female candidates are highly encourged to apply.
Only short-listed candidates shall be invited for written test/interview. All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
Last Date of Application: 20 November 2026 (23:59 PM)
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