The Ugandan Jobline

• Provide overall supervision and training of Tally Clerks and casual
  labourers;
• Effectively receive/dispatch commodities including transshipment
  (truck to truck) against official approved documentation (e.g. waybills
  and/or delivery notes) ensuring accuracy in physical count of commodities
  including the quality in compliance with the established standards.
• Prepare, verify and sign off warehouse and transport documents, and
  maintain confidential files and accurate warehouse transaction records to
  ensure immediate reporting on commodity movements in line with the
  corporate requirements.
• Conduct daily warehouse closing reconciliation and accurate
  inventory checks supporting internal control systems in compliance with
  the warehouse management requirements.
• Carry out daily inspections and prepare reports on the quantity and
  quality of the commodities received/dispatched and handled, detect
  promptly and analyse reasons for stock discrepancies/damages, investigate
  missing quantity and prepare warehouse loss reports recommending
  appropriate solutions, to enable informed decision-making.
• Implement appropriate measures to safeguard food and non-food
  commodities, to ensure quality control using standard preventive measures
  in line with WFP established procedures and authorization received from
  the supervisor.
• Monitor condition of the warehouse and commodities and take
  appropriate actions, to support efficient warehouse space-planning and
  well-organized commodity storage following WFP warehouse standards.
• Provide guidance and on-the-job training to warehouse staff to
  contribute to their development and high performance.

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations UN World Food Programme
  (WFP) Storekeeper job placement should hold a university degree obtained
  from a recognised education institution in any of the following areas:
  Logistics and Transport, Supplies Management, Business Administration,
  Procurement, Engineering or any other related area;
• A minimum of two (2) years of professional working experience in
  logistics in a fast paced environment in the areas of maintaining a
  logistics database, running queries on on-going shipments, pipeline information,
  insurance claims, inventory management, service provider contracts
  administration and execution, compilation of contract documentation and
  budget monitoring and reporting;
• Proficiency in both oral and written English;
• Proficiency in the local dialects of Luo, Acholi and Langi is
  desirable.
• Experience using logistics databases to extract routine reports.
• Previous experience in managing warehouses with food and NFIs.
• Prior exposure and experience in managing inventories.
• Experience in processing invoices.

• Supply Chain Management and Optimization: Displays aptitude at monitoring and
  reporting on supply chain operations to enable teams to efficiently assess
  the performance and sustainability of current networks.
• Planning, Project & Resource Management: Supports the planning, forecasting &
  resource management efforts of own team by collecting data from diverse
  sources.
• Information Management & Reporting: Collates accurate and timely
  information and data to enable informed decision making on reporting
  within individual unit and consequently the greater humanitarian
  community.
• Market Analysis, Contracting and Operational Execution: Ability to collect and collate necessary
  information to enable WFP to make informed operational decisions.
• 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 awareness of the
  importance of technical assistance and coordination with key stakeholders
  and an ability to carry out logistics activities, respecting individual
  mandates and programme priorities.

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