Supply Chain Officer at WFP, Rome, Italy

Deadline: 30 April 2023

The World Food Programme (WFP) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Supply Chain Officer in Rome, Italy.

World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.

Key Job Responsibilities

The Supply Chain Officer will perform the following functions:

• Lead the analysis of WFP supply chain resilience vis-a-vis climate change (short-term events and long-term patterns) and other events (conflicts, pandemics), overlaying internal and external data to identify impact on, and changes needed to, WFP global supply chain.
  • Liaise with relevant external partners to identify existing analyses and solutions to support the resilience assessment, coordinate actions to maximize synergies and complement efforts.
  • Identify relevant internal partners to provide data and analysis capacity, and identify budget needs to fill the capacity gaps as needed.
  • Be aware of recent new developments in the field of food production and supply chain that could mitigate the identified impacts. Identify actors for collaboration on these developments and facilitate engagements with relevant technical units.
  • Analysis should result in concrete recommendations to build into WFP’s supply chain strategies for 2030 and 2050.
• Be an active member of the interagency biorisk working group.
  • Identify areas of interest for WFP to engage and follow up on possible implementation.
  • Identify areas where internal (WFP divisions) engagement and coordination is required.
  • Liaise with relevant biorisk partners to establish joint initiatives in terms of capacity strengthening and knowledge dissemination.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicant must have:

• 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.
• At least 8 years of progressively experience in a supply chain operations including coordination with internal and external stakeholders with a proven record on health supply chain preparedness/coordination within a pandemic response and/or of an active role in biorisk coordination platforms is required.
• Fluency (level C) in English language.
• Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or Portuguese (a WFP working language).

How to Apply

Applicants must submit applications through online process.

For more information, visit WFP.