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• Steer the successful implementation of activities in country by
  developing strategic work plans to increase supply chain maturity across
  priority areas.
• Undertake supply chain mapping and stakeholder analysis of key
  service users.
• Undertake supply chain maturity evaluations to identify critical
  supply chain constraints for both public and private health supply chain
  commodities.
• Develop and oversee implementation of country work plans to identify
  interventions and overcome critical supply chain constraints.
• Lead a team of supply chain experts in country, ensuring appropriate
  development and enabling high performance.
• Foster strategic, high-level relationships with external change
  agents from the public and private sectors to obtain knowledge and ensure
  SOLVE interventions are context specific and relevant. This also includes
  donors, in country Family Planning stakeholders, and universities.
• Lead quarterly continuous improvements workshops as a key change
  agent platform.
• Continuously raise awareness of service provision at key country
  meetings and conferences, to consider the increasing supply chain maturity
  as a transformative approach.
• Nurture a culture of innovation.
• Ensure the effective achievement of key performance targets.
• Deploy supply chain training plans and initiatives.
• Perform any other duties as required.

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations UN World Food Programme
  (WFP) Supply Chain Officer job placement should hold an advanced University
  degree preferably in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Economics,
  Business Administration, Logistics, or other related field, or First
  University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or
  training/courses.
• Five years of relevant professional post-graduate in supply chain.
• Proven experience in staff and institutional capacity building.
• Proven experience in measuring the impact of capacity strengthening
  interventions.
• Proven experience in supervising professional staff.
• Desirable: proven experience in forging strategic partnerships.
• Desirable: proven experience in influencing and negotiations skills.
• Desirable: experience in working in Uganda.
• Language: Fluency
  (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second
  official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or
  WFP’s working language, Portuguese.

• Supply Chain Strategy: Demonstrates robust understanding of supply chain strategies.
  Conducts analytical and conceptual work in support of strategy design and
  implementation. Operationalizes strategies in own area of responsibility.
• Supply Chain Planning: Leads supply chain planning within area of operations managed.
  Oversees and coordinates periodic planning across functions and with
  partners. Ensures consensus-based plans are in place and aligned with
  strategy.
• Supply Chain & Networks Management: Manages end-to-end supply chain within
  area of operations. Leads the design and implementation of supply chain,
  retail and partnership networks. Oversees and coordinates integrated
  delivery of supply chain services.
• Supply Chain Capacity Strengthening: Leads design and implementation of
  supply chain capacity strengthening initiatives within area of operations
  managed. Leverages WFP’s supply chain capacities and networks to
  strengthen national value chains and stakeholders.
• Supply Chain Performance & Development: Leads continuous supply chain
  improvement and innovation initiatives within area of operations managed.
  Defines operational performance targets, monitors performance, anticipates
  and mitigates risks for timely corrective actions.

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