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• Provide support in linking the SOLVE program with actors across the
  public and private health supply chain
• Foster relationships with key change agents, including government
  departments at various levels, donors, UN agencies and NGOs
• Contribute to the development and implementation of supply chain
  maturity evaluations, and transport and retail assessments to identify
  critical supply chain constraints
• Provide technical expertise on strategies and solutions to address
  health supply chain challenges specific to Uganda context
• Provide insight on consumer behavior and demand-side constraints
  affecting forecasting, planning and overall supply chain visibility
• Support data verification and validation, including field visits and
  stakeholder interviews, as necessary
• Support primary and secondary data analysis and the development of
  assessment and programmatic reports
• Assist with documentation of best practices, innovative approaches
  and leading industry practices to inform proposed improvements for
  accelerated supply chain maturity
• Support the identification and development of country-wide
  recommendations for opportunities to strengthen overall health supply
  chains, with a focus on family planning
• Represent WFP at meetings with internal and external stakeholders,
  as needed
• Contribute to the planning, organization and facilitation of
  quarterly workshops with supply chain actors
• Support the effective achievement of key performance targets
• 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 a graduate degree in
  Supply Chain Management, Pharmacy, Business Administration, Logistics, or
  other related field, or First University degree with additional years of
  related work experience and/or training/courses.
• Previous experience in health supply chain operations, including
  coordination and collaboration with Federal/State Ministries, Departments
  & Agencies (MDAs) and private sector partners
• Experience with typical supply chain assessment tools (e.g.
  stakeholder mapping, desk reviews, technical and retail market studies,
  maturity models, and capacity needs mapping)
• Prior experience working with UN Agencies and international donors
  and NGOs (e.g. USAID, DFID)
• Experience fostering relationships with Government representatives
  at various levels, and developing a network with key stakeholders for
  collaboration and implementation of program activities
• Experience coordinating and facilitating stakeholder engagements,
  workshops, forums, etc.
• Experience presenting on programmatic and technical topics to external
  audiences
• Extensive knowledge of the context and peculiarities of the Uganda
  health supply chain management systems
• Deep understanding of family planning supply chain and commodities,
  and challenges unique to the Uganda context
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Ability to effectively execute day-to-day activities while
  maintaining focus on big-picture strategy
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills
• Detail-oriented
• 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;
• Experience working with supply chain information systems;
• Experience in troubleshooting and solving operational issues.
• Languages: Fluency
  (level C) in English. Proficiency in local language(s) is desired.

• Supply Chain Strategy: Demonstrates understanding of supply chain strategies and corporate
  frameworks. Supports analytical and conceptual work on supply chain
  strategy and implementation.
• Supply Chain & Networks Management: Demonstrates robust understanding of
  end-to-end supply chain management. Supports the design and implementation
  of supply chain, retail and partnership networks. Supports the design and
  integrated delivery of supply chain services.
• Supply Chain Capacity Strengthening: Demonstrates robust understanding of
  supply chain capacity strengthening in operational contexts. Implements
  capacity development initiatives in own area of responsibility.
• Supply Chain Performance & Development: Supports integrated supply chain
  information management and conducts advanced Supply Chain and performance
  analytics. Contributes to supply chain improvement and innovation
  initiatives.
• Supply Chain Planning: Demonstrates robust understanding of supply chain planning in
  operational contexts. Designs plans and operational scenarios in
  collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders. Leverages
  expert intelligence and system data to conduct planning analytics.

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