Logistics And Supply Chain Officer

About Samaritan's Purse

Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine. Samaritan’s Purse is privileged to be part of the humanitarian effort in Ethiopia and legally registered as foreign charity to work in Ethiopia since October 08, 2018.

Open Position: 1

Duration of Contract: December 31, 2025

JOB SUMMARY

The Logistics and Supply Chain Officer is responsible for the overall oversight of the commodities and operation of warehouses in selected woredas, maintaining daily physical counts of commodities in the warehouses and completing / submitting timely reports to the GFD Coordinator and Program Manager. He/She will be expected to perform all of these responsibilities with a generous and serving spirit, always maintaining Samaritan Purse values to the communities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervise the receipt and storage of all the WFP food commodities
• Maintain and organize paper records of the quantity, quality and balance of commodities, including daily updates of stack cards and warehouse ledgers, as well as WFP reception waybills.
• Ensure that quantities dispatched match the requester’s order
• Separate damaged commodities from the rest of the stock
• Weigh and make record for incomplete bags used at the distribution
• Oversee the maintenance of clean and pest-free storing conditions
• Ensure good warehousing practices according to WFP standards are adhered to at all times
• Supervise the offloading and stacking of the commodities
• Liaise with GFD Coordinator regarding warehouse capacity and timing for receiving additional commodity from WFP
• Control incoming goods both food by such methods as physical counts, random weight checks, rejection of any spoiled commodity, reconditioning of underweight bags, etc.
• Issue waybills of received and dispatched cargo
• Deliver goods on request against official and approved documentation
• Keep updated records on stack cards, and paper inventory lists
• Complete bi-monthly physical inventory checks with Program Coordinator
• Liaise with Distribution Officers regarding food dispatches for distributions and returns from distributions
• Report on and, in consultation with others, take appropriate action for the disposal of spoilt commodities
• Provide overall supervision and training casual labor
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Coordinator / Program Manager.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE NEEDED

• Degree in Business administration, logistics, accounting and/or related field.
• At least 3 years’ experience in inventory keeping or warehousing in logistic/transport operation.

LANGUAGE

• Amharic and English (spoken and written required)
• Afar regional languages strongly desired

SKILLS REQUIRED

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be willing to abide by Samaritan’s Purse’s code of conduct and understand the principals of Samaritan’s Purse’s statement of faith, as well as be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Attention to detail, anticipation and follow up are core values of the job function while maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality regarding contracts and salaries.
• Possesses strong organizational and problem-solving skills within a fast-paced environment.
• Must be a self-starter and internally driven to success and hard work.
• Possesses strong cross-cultural communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Must be a humble team player.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable, taking on additional responsibilities as needed.
• Knowledge of computer systems and its applications such as Outlook, Word, and Excel including formulas/formatting.
• Must have analytical and report writing skills.
• High level of integrity and stewardship.
• Committed to the SP values and ethics.
• Above average mathematic skills

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk and run; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be exposed to loud noises around the maintenance and construction workshops.
• May travel in country with exposure to communicable diseases, hot and humid weather conditions.
• Work in a security context that is fluid

SAFEGUARDING COMMITMENT

The employee is required to carry out his/her duties in accordance with Samaritan’s Purse Safeguarding policy and Code of conduct.

Employee should remain alert and responsive to any child and adult safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills, which will enable him/her to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child and adult safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct his/herself in a manner consistent with the Safeguarding Policy.

Skills Required:

• Accounting / Finance
• Logistics / Supply / Chain
• Sales / Marketing / Business / Management