Supply Chain Planner, Johannesburg
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ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to end global hunger. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
In emergencies, WFP gets food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to help communities rebuild their shattered lives. Present in nearly 80 countries, the organization has the global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships necessary to provide access to nutritious food and contribute to the lasting solutions, especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas. We manage an operating budget of approximately $5.9 billion each year, distributing 12.6 billion rations to those most in need. We reach an average of 80 million people with food assistance in around 80 countries each year. The World Food Programme office in Johannesburg is a Regional Office coordinating and supporting the delivery of humanitarian assistance to 13 Southern Africa countries including, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Botswana, Malawi, Madagascar, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo Brazzaville, Tanzania, Angola.
For more on WFP and what we do, please go to http://www.wfp.org
ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT
Supply Chain Management is at the core of WFP’s humanitarian response and therefore an area of strategic focus. WFP aims to better integrate and continuously improve its Supply Chain by identifying, designing, and implementing initiatives on four levels: strategy, structure, processes & tools, and staff development.
JOB PURPOSE
The Supply Chain Planning service supports cross-functional collaboration, promotes end-to-end Supply Chain visibility, and leverages advanced analytics and optimization. Planning equips WFP’s SC to better achieve its strategic goals of being pro-active, fast, agile, reliable & cost efficient, & strengthening national and partners capacities. Integrated SC Management (SCM), as facilitated by the Planning Service, supports WFP in working towards its mandate of achieving a world with Zero Hunger.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
Strategic Planning:
- Liaise regularly with RB (Regional Bureau) and CO (Country Office) to understand their challenges and propose relevant analytical support.
- Gather relevant information and data to provide guiding insights to decision makers, cross functionally, at RB and CO levels.
- Support Country Offices in strategizing their operation with a data-driven approach.
- Support Country Offices in visualizing their concept of operation for a fluid understanding and dissemination to internal and external stakeholders (e.g., staff, donors, etc.)
Operational Tools Development and Roll Out:
- Support development, testing, and implementation of Supply Chain (SC) Planning tools in the region, including Optimus and /or other corporate digital tools.
- Assist in providing SC Planning guidance and tools to the Country Offices in the region.
Analytics and Optimization:
- Apply innovative thinking, leverage analytics and optimization methods to address inefficiencies or operational issues,
- Work with country operations on developing a set of tracking and analytical tools to monitor the health of their operation, with alerts to foresee and flag issues.
Capacity building:
- Build local capacity at CO and RB levels in data management, advanced analytics, operational visibility, and in the provision of supply chain related insights to decision makers, using DOTS.
KEY DELIVERABLES:
- Support the Regional Bureau with data analysis and visualisation of data to ensure clear messaging and drive decision making.
- Support the Regional Bureau and Country Office Supply Chain units with data cleansing and data capture.
- Supply Chain Planning support to complex operations to ensure analytics for an optimal allocation of resources within operational constraints.
- Identification of supply chain cost inefficiencies in the operations and proposition of models to achieve cost savings.
- Co-development of the tools to support supply chain decision making.
- Provision of informed coordination backed by supply chain analytics as required in operations with a regional scope.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Advanced university degree in Supply Chain or Logistics or other related field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
Experience: Minimum 3 years of professional experience in Supply Chain or Logistics supporting analytics development.
Language: National Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language and the duty station’s language, if different.
Knowledge and skills:
• Advanced use of Excel, DOTS, and Tableau
• Highly numerate with an innate ability to analyse and interpret data quickly and recommend improvements.
• Effective organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Flexibility and ability to work with deadlines under sometimes stressful conditions.
• Ability to work both individually and in a team as appropriate.
• Pragmatic critical thinking skills
CONTRACTUAL INFORMATION
- This is a 1 Year Renewable Fixed Term Contract
- Net monthly salary range: R68 483 to R81 408
- Benefits: 30 Days Annual Leave, Pension & Medical Insurance
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
This Vacancy Announcement will close on 5 September 2023
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This position is only open to South African Nationals
Qualified female applicants are especially encouraged to apply
WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
