Head of Supply Chain NOA – World Food Program – Other locations

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority):

• Contribute and supervise 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, and quality and to support national capacity strengthening.
• Contribute to country context analyses and management of end-to-end operational supply chain and retail networks, in order to support addressing operational supply chain challenges and obtaining operational optimization through service providers and cooperating partners.
• Contribute and supervise the development of procurement programs and operational activities, (e.g. issue tenders, evaluate offers and negotiate/award contracts), following standard processes and contributing to successful procurement of food and non-food commodities or services.
• Conduct portions of market analysis and supply chain network mapping for the review of the supervisor, to support wider analytics on the selection of appropriate operation modalities to improve supply chain performance.
• Support supply chain projects or operational day-to-day activities in compliance with the established supply chain strategies, policies, procedures, and controls, and follow corporate standards, contributing to quality control, loss prevention, risk mitigation, and cost-effectiveness.
• Support monitoring supply chain activities to check that appropriate internal controls are followed to increase the day-to-day efficiencies and overall performance of supply chain operations.
• Support management of service providers/vendors, port, fleet and warehouse operations to promote safe, efficient planning and execution of WFP operations.
• Ensure preparation of accurate and timely reports or support preparation of complex reports, dashboards and other visual materials on supply chain activities for supervisor’s review to contribute to informed decision-making and consistency of information presented to the stakeholders.
• Guide support staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with analysis and queries.
• Contribute to preparedness actions and support quick emergency response to deploy food and resources at the onset of the crisis.
• Other as required.

Job Details

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