Back Supply Chain Officer, NO-A

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS5 November 2025-23:59-GMT+09:00 East Timor Time (Dili)

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WHY JOIN WFP?

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.

• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.

• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.

• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

  JOB TITLE: Supply Chain Officer, NO-A
  TYPE OF CONTRACT: Fixed Term
  UNIT/DIVISION: Supply Chain Unit
  DUTY STATION (City, Country): Dili, Timor-Leste
  DURATION: 12 months (with the possibility of extension)

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  THE ROLE

  To provide analytics and contributions to the supply chain activities and contribute to field supply chain operations, following an effective and integrated supply chain approach meeting the food assistance needs of beneficiaries and service provision requirements for partners.

  The Supply Chain Officer will work under the direct supervision of the Head of Supply Chain Unit with overall supervision from the Country Director.

  
  
  KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority):

  • Contribute to the development and implementation of 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.
    • Contribute to the implementation of supply chain operations, initiatives and services to ensure a timely, cost-effective and integrated approach with core activities and services.
      • Supervise preparation and/or prepare regular and ad hoc reports and statistics on
        • warehouse operations, to support informed planning and decision-making
          • Collect and analyze data and put together reports highlighting opportunities for improvement and effective operationalization of supply chain within the area of responsibility.
            • Conduct portions of financial analysis and budget reviews, drawing out recommendations to the supervisor for maximizing use of resources and effectiveness of supply chain operations.
              • Conduct portions of market analysis and supply chain network mapping for the review of the supervisor, to support wider analytics on the selection of an appropriate operation modalities to improve supply chain performance.
                • Support gathering market intelligence, vendor assessments (e.g. transporters, retailers) to
                  • support vendor selection process
                    • Support supply chain projects or operational day-to-day activities in compliance with the established supply chain strategies, policies, procedures and controls, and following corporate standards, contributing to quality control, loss prevention, risk mitigation and cost effectiveness.
                      • Support monitoring supply chain activities to check that appropriate internal controls are followed to increase the day-to-day efficiencies and overall performance of supply chain operations.
                        • Support management of service providers/vendors and warehouse operations to promote safe, efficient planning and execution of WFP operations.
                          • Manage logistics vendors’ contracting activities including performance monitoring and
                            • measurement.
                              • Prepare accurate and timely reports or support preparation of complex reports, dashboards and other visual materials on supply chain activities for supervisor’s review to contribute to informed decision-making and consistency of information presented to the stakeholders.
                                • Guide support staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with analysis and queries.
                                  • Contribute to preparedness actions and support quick emergency response to deploy food and resources at the onset of the crisis.
                                    • Other as required.

                                      
                                      QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
                                      Education: Advanced University degree preferably in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, Logistics, or other related field, or First University degree with two years of related work experience and/or training/courses (e.g. CIPS).
                                      
                                      Desired experiences for entry into the role:

                                      • Minimum one or more years of relevant professional work experience in the relevant area of work.

                                        • Experience in analysing operational context and trends;

                                          • Experience in supporting analytical and conceptual work on supply chain strategy and implementation;

                                            • Experience in designing plans and operational scenarios in collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders.

                                              • Experience in analysing end-to-end supply chain operations;