The Ugandan Jobline

• Responsible
  for the effective planning and management of warehouse operations, to
  ensure safe and efficient warehousing and storage of all commodities and
  supplies.
• Actively
  contribute to review of WFP corporate warehouse standards and procedures,
  to support efficiency and changing business needs.
• Coordinate
  the receipt/dispatch of commodities, to ensure accurate recording,
  accounting and reporting is available at all times to support
  decision-making.
• Responsible
  for the accuracy of warehouse transaction records including identification
  of discrepancies, to ensure immediate and accurate reporting on commodity
  movements in line with the corporate requirements.
• Responsible
  for inventory management (e.g. physical stock verification, reporting,
  etc.), to ensure any existing and developing issues with regards to proper
  stocks management are timely addressed and WFP standard procedures for
  commodity handling and storage are strictly followed.
• The
  jobholder will supervise thr preparation and/or prepare regular and ad hoc
  reports and statistics on warehouse operations, to support informed
  planning and decision-making.
• Oversee
  safeguarding of commodities through providing guidance on and taking
  initiative towards implementation of preventive measures, to ensure that
  commodities are preserved in good condition and that quality control
  actions are initiated as appropriate following WFP established procedures.
• Review
  on periodic basis warehouse space availability, plan and implement new
  design layouts to support business needs and ensure cost-efficiency.
• Work
  in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, in order
  to deliver aligned and coherent warehouse services.
• Identify
  training needs and efficiently plan trainings, to ensure that all staff
  have required
• Supervise
  warehouse staff, to ensure high performance standards.

• The
  ideal candidate for the United Nations UN World Food Programme (WFP)
  Warehouse Management Associate job opportunity should hold a University
  degree in Business administration, engineering, computer science,
  statistics or economics (preferably transport economics), or equivalent
  professional experience or extensive relevant logistics experience.
• Previous
  experience maintaining a logistics database and running queries on ongoing
  shipments, pipeline information, insurance claims, and food stock.
• Prior
  experience in administering third party service providers’ contracts.
• Previous
  experience in compiling contract documentation.
• Experience
  in contract execution.
• Previous
  experience in budget monitoring and reporting.
• Language: Fluency in both oral and written
  English

• Supply
  Chain Management and Optimization: Demonstrates ability to design basic supply chain networks,
  including appropriately assessing and escalating challenges to ensure that
  WFP is able to provide consistent and uninterrupted service to its
  beneficiaries and partners.
• Planning,
  Project & Resource Management: Collects and analyses relevant technical data from diverse sources
  to forecast operational needs under various scenarios and makes
  evidence-based proposals.
• Information
  Management & Reporting: Liaises with internal and external stakeholders to consolidate
  preliminary data analysis, draft reports and disseminate information that
  represents concerns and trends.
• Market
  Analysis, Contracting and Operational Execution: Demonstrates ability to collect market
  information and process and analyse proposals in line with WFP standard
  rules and regulations in order to deliver efficiently.
• Warehouse
  and Inventory Management: Demonstrates
  ability to implement operational warehouse procedures and normative
  guidance in order to manage WFP’s warehouse, handle inventory effectively
  through corporate systems, and ensure loss mitigation.
• Technical
  Assistance and Coordination: Demonstrates abilities to provide basic technical advice and
  maintain effective (inclusive, collaborative, unified) logistics
  coordination mechanisms with humanitarian partners and other relevant
  stakeholders.

• Understand
  and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic
  Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
• Be a force
  for positive change: Flexibly
  adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from
  supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of
  beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
• Make the
  mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which
  individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
• Make our
  mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and
  is able to communicate this link to others.
• People:
• Look for ways
  to strengthen people’s skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase
  self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental
  needs.
• Create an
  inclusive culture: Participates
  in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of
  background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
• Be a coach
  & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence,
  and develop and improve individual skills.
• Create an “I
  will”/”We will” spirit: Participates
  in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging
  circumstances.

• Encourage
  innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and
  approaches in own work.
• Focus on
  getting results: Consistently
  delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and
  without errors.
• Make
  commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual
  accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country
  or functional priorities.
• Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about
  individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including
  in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.

• Connect and
  share across WFP units: Seeks
  to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and
  preferred working styles.
• Build strong
  external partnerships: Demonstrates
  ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs
  of external partners.
• Be
  politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal
  and external partners and stakeholders.
• Be clear
  about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on
  analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique
  value as a partner.

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