Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
This role is an opportunity for a supply chain officer to build their management, compliance, logistics, and procurement capacity in a country office with a dynamic operation. In WFP Rwanda, the job holder will support the overall management of Supply Chain activities for both procurement of food, non-food and services and Logistics operations in supporting country office and regional operations and supply chain emergency preparedness and response. .

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
1. Provide advice, analytical expertise and contribute to successful integrated supply chain operations.
2. Manage supply chain operations to ensure an effective and integrated supply chain approach meeting the food assistance needs and service provision requirements for partners.
3. Participate in the development and implementation of supply chain plans and procedures, in line with the global WFP supply chain strategy and regional/functional strategies, policies and plans, to achieve operational cost efficiency, agility, reliability, quality and to support national capacity strengthening.
4. Analyze regional/country context, and design and manage end-to-end operational supply chain and retail networks, to proactively mitigate and/or address dynamic supply chain challenges and obtain operational optimization.
5. Plan and manage implementation of innovative supply chain operations, initiatives and services to ensure timely, cost-effective and integrated approach with core activities and services and in close cooperation with key supply chain stakeholders.
6. Plan, monitor and manage resources to maximize the effectiveness of supply chain operations.
7. Perform in-depth market analysis and supply chain network mapping to inform the selection of appropriate operation modalities to improve supply chain performance.
8. Identify and build productive partnerships with counterparts amongst government and other national organizations, UN agencies, NGOs and private sector to share operational knowledge and resources and build capacity to ensure coordinated and cost-effective supply chain operations.
9. Manage supply chain operations to ensure compliance with the established supply chain strategies, policies, procedures and controls, and following corporate standards, with special emphasis on quality control, loss prevention, risk mitigation and cost effectiveness.
10. Constantly monitor the performance of supply chain operations to ensure that appropriate internal controls are in place.
11. Manage service providers/vendors, transporters and warehouse operations to promote safe, efficient planning and execution of WFP operations and safeguard WFP’s interest.
12. Manage accurate and timely reporting including provision of substantial analysis of supply chain activities and trends, fund management to enable informed decision-making and consistency of information presented to a wide range of stakeholders.
13. Manage, motivate and develop a team providing coaching, training and career guidance as required to ensure appropriate development and enable high performance
14. Contribute to preparedness actions, providing technical recommendations and guidance and monitoring the management of specific supply chain risks to enable WFP, governments and other partners to quickly respond and deploy food and resources at the onset of the crisis.
15. Other as required

Job Skills: Not Specified

Job Qualifications:
• Education:
Advanced University degree preferably in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, Logistics, or other related field, or First University degree with additional 6-10 years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
Experience:
• Experience in managing supply chain operations including coordination with internal and external stakeholders
• Experience in implementing operational supply chain strategies in a country;
• Experience in designing and implementing supply chain, retail and partnership networks;
• Experience in managing relationships and national capacity building initiatives with UN agencies, NGOs, private sector and/or government organizations;
• Experience evaluating and selecting service providers and/or suppliers;
• Experience identifying operational risks and maintaining documentation on emergency preparedness;
• Experience in implementing approved corrective actions to improve performance and monitoring progress;
• Experience supervising staff

Job Education Requirements: degree

Job Experience Requirements: 6-10 years

{module 312}

Job application procedure
For detailed information on working with WFP, please visit http://www.wfp.org  and click on: “Our work” and “Countries” to learn more about WFP’s operations. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS The deadline for applications is 24 December 2019. Female applicants are especially encouraged to apply.

All Jobs

QUICK ALERT SUBSCRIPTION

{module 317}