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• Provide commodity accounting support to WFP Supply Chain operations
  and activities, following standard processes and contributing,
  directly/indirectly, to the effective delivery of food assistance;
• Monitor inventory management processes to track trends and account
  for the inventory status;
• Offer support to Gulu warehouse staff for commodity accounting data
  quality and integrity;
• Identify, resolve and/or provide solutions and recommendations on
  queries/requests for commodity accounting support using Logistics
  Execution Support System(LESS) to ensure timely and accurate resolution of
  queries with excellent client service mind-set;
• Identify and provide leadership in continuous LESS data verification
  and reconciliation to ensure excellent data quality required for real time
  reports;
• Collect and compile data, produce and/or contribute to reports (e.g.
  Outstanding delivery Report, MMC report, Physical Inventory Status report,
  Losses report, Warehouse Management report, Consolidated Delivery report)
  and ensure information accuracy in corporate systems to support informed
  decision making;
• Monitor data quality and take corrective measures to rectify wrongly
  captured transactions and ensure downtime is kept to a minimum;
• Participate in the reconciliation of LESS and COMET (a WFP corporate
  database) transactions and ensure accurate and matching postings for both
  data processing systems;
• Assist in the reconciliation and follow up on the monthly physical
  inventories;
• Review and manage the recorded transactions for both warehouse and
  transport planning, ensuring compliance to corporate systems requirements;
• Responsible for conducting reconciliation exercises with warehouses
  to ensure that LESS records are matching with warehouse records;

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations UN World Food Programme
  (WFP) Business Support Assistant (Data) job placement should hold a
  university degree obtained from a recognized 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 five 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;
• Possession of professional qualifications such as CILT is an added
  advantage;
• Previous experience using corporate systems to monitor ongoing
  shipments, pipeline information, insurance claims, and food stock.
• Experience analysing data (on commodities, funds, etc.) and drafting
  reports.
• Experience in measuring service providers’ performance against set
  KPIs.
• Experience in assisting the preparation of contract documentation.
• Experience in providing technical business support in corporate
  systems.
• Proficiency in both oral and written English;

• 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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