Shipping Coordinator at WFP, Panama City, Panama

• Design, plan and implement innovative shipping operations and initiatives to ensure timely, efficient, and cost-effective delivery of food assistance by sea to beneficiaries.
• Build long-term strategic partnerships with external and internal stakeholders, including but not limited to government and national counterparts, UN Agencies, NGOs, and the private sector to share operational knowledge and resources to build capacity and ensure effective and coordinated Shipping and Supply Chain operations.
• Implement and negotiate local, regional, and global shipping services, including ocean transportation contracts for container shipping, that are cost-effective and compliant with rules and regulations.
• Assist the Head of the Shipping team in developing and implementing policies and procedures for Liner/container shipping operations ensuring that objectives are achieved in compliance with policies and WFP standards.
• Review and analyze local, regional, and global markets to keep abreast of changes in the freight and shipping industry, ensuring that government regulations and WFP procedures are respected.
• Ensure pro-active, accurate, and timely management of shipping services to meet requested times of arrival, and coordinate and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate in the development and implementation of regional 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.
• 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.
• Explore and keep abreast of liner/containers freight markets and trends, translate into impact on WFP shipping operations and define appropriate response/strategy.
• Monitor the entire ocean contract execution, identify, and immediately address contractual and operational risks and issues, or propose mitigating actions.
• 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.
• Provide technical advice and identify opportunities for improvement and innovation initiatives analyzing best practices from the humanitarian and development fields, academia, and private sector.
• Perform in-depth market analysis and supply chain network mapping to inform the selection of an appropriate operation modalities to improve supply chain performance.
• Plan, monitor and manage resources to maximize effectiveness of shipping operations.

Eligibility Criteria