Overview
The role will provide support to the supply chain capacity strengthening portfolio with a focus on emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. The supply chain officer will contribute to the planning and coordination to a range of capacity strengthening activities ensuring objectives are achieved in full.
Key Responsibilities
- Support and coordinate the planning, execution, and evaluation of capacity strengthening initiatives.
- Support the operationalization of the supply chain assessment navigator framework.
- Deploy to emergency situations and take a leadership or supporting role in operations.
- Contribute towards the development of logistics plans and processes.
- Support or manage logistics projects or operational activities.
- Collect and analyse data to recommend actions to senior staff.
- Conduct regular financial analysis and budget reviews.
- Contribute to consolidation and preparation of operational pipeline planning.
- Contribute to supply chain by providing technical support and guidance.
- Guide and supervise more junior staff.
- Collate data and contribute to preparation of accurate and timely reporting.
- Support the capacity building of WFP staff and partners.
- Identify and build productive relationships with logistics colleagues.
- Follow emergency logistics preparedness practices.
- Participate in the on-going review of internal processes and procedures.
- Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required.
- Other as required.
Required Experience
- Experience in humanitarian or civil protection sectors.
- Previous exposure to supply chain strategy development & delivery of improvement / transformation programs with a focus on disaster preparedness, response and recovery.
- Progressively responsible experience in supply chain with WFP at the country level, including: design, budget, retail, contracting, monitoring, etc.
- Experience monitoring and reporting on transport and freight market conditions and trends.
- Experience in dealing with shipments and clearing imports/exports with customs officials.
- Experience coordinating procurement and transportation processes with other units/teams.
- Experience in warehouse and commodity management.
- Experience working with corporate systems (databases, software).
Qualifications
Advanced University degree preferably in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, Logistics, or other related field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
