Team Leader – Multiple countries

Aninver Development Partners SL (www.aninver.com) is looking for a Team Leader for a agriculture, transport consultancy assignment financed by FAO in Multiple countries.

Aninver Development Partners is preparing a proposal for an upcoming consulting assignment with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) focusing on agriculture and transport sectors across multiple countries. We are seeking an expert Team Leader to drive the strengthening of end-to-end supply chain orchestration and visibility under the institutional Supply Chain Action Plan. This crucial initiative aims to modernize supply chain architecture, ensuring greater efficiency, responsiveness, and transparency within global operations.

The selected Team Leader will spearhead diagnostic reviews, workflow analyses, and strategic optimization of supply chain mechanisms in multi-country and multi-stakeholder environments. Working closely with international stakeholders, the expert will play a pivotal role in guiding multidisciplinary teams, facilitating high-level coordination, and aligning operational improvements with international organizational standards and strategic goals.

Aninver is preparing a proposal for this assignment. The selected expert will be part of the proposed team; the engagement is conditional on the contract being awarded to Aninver. The full Terms of Reference for the position are shared with shortlisted candidates.

Objectives of the assignment

• Enhance end-to-end supply chain processes, orchestration, and visibility across operations.
• Assess and improve data architecture, tooling, and integration requirements supporting the Supply Chain Action Plan.
• Streamline operational workflows and stakeholder engagement to ensure robust implementation of supply chain recommendations.

Scope of work

• Conduct initial diagnostic reviews, stakeholder consultations, and workflow analyses to design optimized end-to-end supply chain orchestration mechanisms.
• Evaluate existing digital tools, data architecture, and system integration requirements to enhance end-to-end supply chain visibility.
• Synthesize findings, develop operational recommendations, and support validation missions and workshops with organizational stakeholders at headquarters.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary inputs to ensure cohesive delivery of strategic outputs.
• Monitor implementation progress and manage stakeholder expectations across multiple operating environments.

Your role as Team Leader

• Serve as the primary focal point and senior representative for organizational stakeholders and project leadership.
• Lead the overall execution of complex supply chain transformation and integrated planning initiatives.
• Manage multidisciplinary teams of experts across logistics, digital strategy, and monitoring domains.
• Oversee the delivery of diagnostic reviews, workflow orchestration designs, and visibility assessments.
• Facilitate high-level validation missions, consultations, and strategic workshops with senior management.
• Ensure rigorous quality control and timely delivery of all contractual outputs.

Requirements

• Education: Not specified
• Minimum 10 years of experience leading complex supply chain transformation, integrated planning, supply chain orchestration, Control Tower, visibility or equivalent end-to-end supply chain improvement initiatives in multi-country and multi-stakeholder environments
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and serving as primary focal point for senior management
• Languages: Fluent in English (Level C or equivalent, including self-assessment)

Desirable

• Experience in SCM, logistics, procurement coordination, planning, performance monitoring and operational improvement initiatives (preferably with UN agencies, international organizations or public sector)
• Experience working with UN agencies, international organizations, or other public-sector organizations in agriculture and transport sectors.

An experienced Team Leader with a strong background in UN supply chain transformations, capable of leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver strategic visibility and orchestration improvements.

Assignment details

• Location: Multiple countries
• Financed by: FAO
• Sector: Agriculture, transport
• Estimated duration: 8 months
• Contract: individual consultancy (conditional on award)

About Aninver Development Partners

Aninver is an international development consulting firm headquartered in Spain. It supports governments, development banks, UN agencies and bilateral donors with feasibility studies, technical assistance, evaluations and