• Manage UNICEF warehouse facilities and operations in line with UNICEF policies and procedures. Assess warehousing capacity including facilities, conditions of equipment, manpower, and processes. Propose corrective actions to the supervisor. Assess new warehouse facilities when required. If necessary, implement and organize new warehouse facilities which may include installation and assembly of temporary warehouse structures (e.g.Wiik-Halls/Rub Halls).
• Maintain appropriate warehousing and inventory management processes in support of the country programme implementation. Ensure accurate and complete accounting, reporting, and internal control systems are in place, and relevant records are properly maintained.
• Assess the availability of space and prepare stacking and storage plans to ensure appropriate storage and optimize the use of space.
• Supervise receipt of consignments and dispatch of supplies.
• Carry out regular physical counts of inventory in the warehouse. Prepare documentation for commodity disposal through the Property Survey Board committee.
• Assess the availability of space and prepare stacking/storage plans prior to UNICEF programming/contingency commodities arrivals.

Management of dispatch and rental transport:

• Prepare dispatch schedule on the basis of distribution plans and consignee details provided by program sections and/or release order marking for every warehouse stock item on a regular basis.
• Coordinate with the contracted transport company on the need for types and numbers of truck requirements to distribute supplies as per dispatch scheduled on a timely basis.
• Organize and handle a monitoring system for the collection of government receipts (Model 19s) and provide quarterly reports on a regular basis.
• Vision inventory database is accurate, maintained properly, and updated regularly.
• Supervise the performance of Daily Laborers and the security guards and provide guidance on how to handle incoming and outgoing supplies and persons during and after working hours. Report on irregularities when observed.
• Minimum Requirements:
  • Education: Completion of secondary education is required, preferably supplemented by technical or university courses
  • related to supply chain, business administration, contract/commercial law, or another relevant technical field.
  • Experience: A minimum of 5 years of relevant administrative experience in supply chain management or a commercial
  • context is required. Understanding development and humanitarian work is an advantage.
  • Language Requirements: Fluency in English and the local language of the duty station is required.