31 October 2024-23:59-GMT+05:00 Pakistan Standard Time (Karachi)

• 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).

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters, and the impact of climate change. Supply chain management is at the core of WFP’s humanitarian response and therefore an area of constant strategic focus. Over 4.500 supply chain staff work around the clock to deliver food assistance to people facing food insecurity in some of the most complex environments.

This position will be based in WFP Offices in Islamabad and reports directly to Head of Supply Chain.

With growing humanitarian needs far outpacing increases in funding, better planning is critical to improve WFP’s efficiency and ability to operate in an environment with frequent supply chain disruptions. As part of these efforts, the Supply Chain Officer (Planning & Optimization) will contribute to increased efficiency of operations in Pakistan, applying best practices in supply chain management and advanced analytics to develop integrated sourcing and delivery plans, provide operational foresight in support of data-driven decision-making, and optimize operations design, both for WFP operations and those of its partners. In support of these tasks, staff will use the digital solutions developed to support risk-informed, data-driven supply chain decision-making (e.g, Optimus, Prisma, GUP)

• Periodic sourcing and delivery plans for operations in Pakistan, ensuring timely availability of inventory to meet funded demand.
• Provision of recommendations to Supply Chain management in support of risk-informed, data driven decision-making to increase efficiency of supply chain operations.
• Periodic strategic overview of the status of operations in Pakistan, including alerts and issues to be addressed.
• Identification of supply chain cost inefficiencies in operations in the Pakistan and proposition of models to achieve cost savings.
• Co-development of the tools to support supply chain decision making.
• Support CO management in the design of their concept of operations as required.
• Conduct supply chain visibility and optimization analysis in support of government operations

• Experience in SC-related industry (e.g. supporting S&OP-type processes, material planning, distribution planning, procurement, shipping, etc.) is required.
• Experience in using analytics to support operations management (e.g. planning, optimizing supply chain networks, development of KPIs and visualization dashboards, etc.) is required.
• Experience with consultancy-type activities (e.g. business analysis, process mapping, data transformation and analysis, presenting conclusions to senior management, etc.) is required.
• Experience working with government or humanitarian agencies (e.g. UN, NGOs, etc.) is preferred, in particular in the areas of humanitarian and health logistics.
• Experience with developing analytical solutions (e.g. dashboards, optimization models, data transformation pipelines) is preferred.
• Highly numerate, able to rapidly analyze and interpret data.
• Problem-solving attitude, able to structure ambiguous problems and solve them through a mix of quantitative and qualitative analyses.
• Highly developed communication skills, able to use written and verbal mediums to communicate recommendations and influence outcomes.
• Strong time management skills with an ability to plan ahead and anticipate requirements, problems, and obstacles.
• Self-motivated and proactive, able to take initiative and work autonomously to achieve objectives.
• Ability to juggle competing priorities successfully while working under (sometimes) tight deadlines.
• Effective people skills, able to work both individually and in a team in a multicultural environment.
• Ability to interact with senior leaders and a wide range of stakeholders with credibility and tact.
• Proficiency in object-oriented programming language (with a strong preference for Python) is an added value.

• We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
• Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
• Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
• Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
• Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
• Please contact us at

  global.hrerecruitment@wfp.org

  in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified