KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (not all-inclusive, nor exhaustive):

• Maintain efficient warehouse, transporters, and Clearing and Forwarding service providers shortlist for WFP Ethiopia operations and carry out shortlist review regularly and as and when required.
• Monitoring the local transport market, logistics infrastructures, port situations, major corridors, and security situation in the country.
• Ensure efficient and effective logistics service contracts are in place for WFP’s humanitarian operation and administer the contracts.
• Evaluate offers received and prepare recommendations to the LCC.
• Organize an LCC and coordinate for the approvals.
• Award contracts to winning companies and monitor implementation and performance of concluded contracts.
• Prepare quarterly Transport Market Highlights and submit to the CSC.
• Follow changes in the transport market, seasonal market trends and other related areas that may impact in local transport markets.
• Participate in logistics and transport related meeting and workshops.
• Monitor performance of contracted transporters and ensure they are providing the required level of services for WFP’s humanitarian operation.
• Monitoring local logistics infrastructures, transport market, port and corridor conditions.
• Follow up payment processing to transporters in collaboration with LU invoice processing and Finance units.
• Coordinate establishment of storage facilities (permanent warehouses and Mobile Storage Units)
• Conduct logistics assessment, identify challenges, and advise interventions when required. 
• Provide any other logistics supports as and when required for WFP humanitarian operation.
• Establish and maintain good working relations with all shortlisted/contracted logistics service providers. Build service providers understanding of their contractual obligations (RFQ terms and conditions) and how WFP business process works.

Skills

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

• A bachelor's degree in a related field and a technical mindset capable of handling technical issues in large operations.
• Strong knowledge of contracting, warehousing, transportation modules, writing, reporting, and Business Management or other related field, additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
• Advanced IT application and strong data management skills including Microsoft office, especially Microsoft Excel.
• 5 years of experience working in logistics preferably humanitarian logistics and/or in the Fleet Management operations.

Languages:

• Fluency (Level C) in oral and written communication in English and in Arabic.
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