Logistics Officer

This position is located in the Enabling and Outreach Service (EOS), Office of Supply Chain Management (OSCM), in the Department of Operational Support (DOS) at the United Nations Headquarters (UNHQ) in New York. The Department of Operational Support was established to provide operational advisory services to operating entities across the Secretariat, including other departments, Offices Away from Headquarters, field missions, and regional commissions. The Office of Supply Chain Management includes the Office of the Assistant Secretary-General for Supply Chain Management, the Logistics Division, the Procurement Division, the Uniformed Capabilities Support Division, Global Service Centre, Aviation Safety Section and the Enabling and Outreach Service. The Enabling and Outreach Service supports supply chain operations through the provision of operational reporting, business intelligence, supplier diversity and performance management. The Logistics Officer reports to the Team Leader of the Performance Management Team.

Responsibilities

Within limits of delegated authority, the Logistics Officer, will be responsible for the following duties:

• Prepares and provides advice and technical assistance to the Chief of Service and supply chain management stakeholders on all matters related to the DOS Supply Chain Performance Management Framework. Develops and implements methodologies and tools to enable collection of data enabling performance analysis.
• Formulates Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for measuring the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for the end-to-end supply chain management (SCM) processes through application of matrices for process diagnostics, identifies root causes for underperformance and proposes corrective actions for process improvement.
• Develops dashboards for Business Intelligence (BI) and ensures integration and automation of data flow to the designed SCM dashboards for entities across the Secretariat, including other departments, Offices Away from Headquarters, field missions, and other regional commissions.
• Ensures that supervised staff are adequately trained, cross trained; identifies additional training needs to achieve high working standards.
• Provides support to ongoing operations though business performance analysis, develops and interprets information that assists supply chain management stakeholders with decision making, policy formulation and/or other management functions through solutions that save time, costs, or improve processes.
• Ensures that logistics requirements take into account gender-specific needs.
• Coordinates business process improvement activities with other key stake holders in the UNHQ, and field missions.
• Prepares ad hoc performance reports and analysis on the effectiveness of operational logistics issues based on supply chain performance.
• Participates in technical assistance missions and performance reviews.
• Ensures that accurate and complete accounting, reporting, and internal control systems are functioning and that all relevant records are maintained.
• Coordinates joint projects and facilitates gaining synergies in the SCM with other United Nations agencies, military and other organisations in the field.
• Guides and supervises new/junior staff.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent degree) in supply chain management, business administration, public administration, or other relevant field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Job – Specific Qualification

• Certification in Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR-P) or equivalent is desirable. Certification in business intelligence tools (Web intelligence, MS Power BI, Analytics workspace or equivalent) is desirable.

Work Experience

• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in logistics, supply chain management or a related field is required
• Experience in business performance management is required.
• Experience in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System/Systems Applications and Products (SAP) in the business area of Source to Acquire and/or Supply Chain Management is required.
• Experience in developing analytical tools and data pipelines, data modeling, and visualization applications (MS Power BI, Qlik, Tableau or similar), or business intelligence tools (SAP Analysis Cloud, SAP Business Objects, etc.) for management reporting and performance metrics is required.
• Experience with database or programming languages (SQL, Python, R) is desirable.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another United Nations official language is desirable.

Source: https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/232654?language=en