Great Plains Superuser/Warehouse Technician

Special Service Agreement for duration of 3 months with possibility of extension. The first three months considered as a probation period.

The incumbent shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

 Receive all the FITTEST commodities;
 Report on the quality, quantity of the received commodities;
 Maintain clean and pest-free storing conditions;
 Ensure good warehousing practices;
 Supervise the off loading and stacking of the commodities;
 Ensure that assistants assigned to the various stores keep records of the FITTEST stock offloaded/loaded at the warehouses, adhering to the WFP systems Great Plains;
 Control incoming goods Non-food commodities by such methods as physical counts, random weight checks, rejection of any spoiled commodity, reconditioning of underweight bags, etc. Update Great Plains;
 Sign waybills of received cargo;
 Deliver goods on request against official and approved documentation;
 Keep updated records on Great Plains;
 Make periodic physical inventory checks. Using Great Pains and Panatracker WMS solutions;
 Liaise with field monitors and others on matters pertaining to logistics;
 Report on and, in consultation with others, take appropriate action for the disposal of spoilt commodities;
 Provide overall supervision and training of other storekeepers and casual labor in use of Panatracker;
 Maintain system data in Great Plains. Entering new item codes and details upon receipt. Update details as might be required into Great Plains;
 Provide monthly reports of stocks, and transactions to stock owners. From Great Plains;
 Managing, maintaining, refurbishing & assessing of stock items In Great Plains;
 Tracking of items procured & dispatched for warranty purpose in Great Plains;
 Organize and supervise repairing/installing of ICT equipments in FITTEST, and any other stocks as might be required;
 Train staff as might be required on usage of handling material and Panatracker system;
 Perform other related duties as required.

Academic Qualifications/ Experience/ Language required:

 Education: Completion of secondary school education.
 Experience: At least four years of progressively responsible support experience in warehouse/logistics or other related field.
 Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English.

Required Competencies and Knowledge:

 General knowledge of UN system policies, rules and regulation will be an advantage;
 Practical knowledge of Microsoft Great Plains software is essential and SAP ERP system is highly desirable;
 Prioritizes team activities based on urgencies, time constraints;
 Ensures that internal clients’ needs are properly met (e.g., follows up with clients); Customer focused;
 Ability to extract, interpret, analyze and format data;
 To work effectively with people of different national and cultural backgrounds;
 Ability to work with accuracy under time constraints and pressure and to deal patiently and tactfully with staff members and others and to have a high sense of confidentiality, initiative and good judgment.

Entry on Duty: Immediately

How to apply:

The United Nations World Food Programme is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest Humanitarian organization: each year, we give food to an average of 90 million poor people to meet their nutritional needs, including 58 million hungry children, in at least 80 of the world's poorest countries.

The WFP Office in Dubai provides support to all WFP operations in terms of ICT, Procurement and Logistics.

 Candidates are required to declare in their CV if they have close relatives (parents, children, siblings) working as Staff Members within WFP.
 It is highly recommended that candidates have access to own transport.
 Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
 Only those candidates shortlisted for interview will be notified.

Qualified candidates may submit their application, including a letter of interest and complete Curriculum Vitae via e-mail to hr.dubai@wfp.org . Kindly indicate Ref: 045 as the vacancy number along with the post title when applying (in the subject line by e-mail).

Application deadline date is: 05th October 2013