Procurement Intern at World Food Programme (WFP)

JOB PURPOSE

• The Procurement unit would like to harness the business-oriented analysis skills to better achieve its strategic goals of being agile, being reliable & cost efficient, supporting quality & safety, and strengthening national capacities & markets. With the intern on board we look forward to promote end-to-end visibility on procurement function, and leverage advanced analytics and optimization tools.
• Under the direct supervision of the Procurement Officer, the incumbent will be provided with close mentoring, guidance and technical supervision. Performance planning and reviews as well as learning and development discussions will be elemental part of the supervision.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

The tasks to be assigned to the intern include but are not limited to:

• Support on purchase requisitions and data analysis on prices and other key data points
• Ensure that data pipelines are robust and remain healthy to sustain automated analyses
• Support on collation and design of traceability template for deployment in local/regional procurement data collection
• Support progress against project milestones to ensure timely completion of project deliverables
• Leverage optimisation to enhance Procurement unit performance by way of system and process improvements
• Be proactive in liaising with the different FOs to collate analyse and present, in a timely manner, data for various reporting requirements
• Produce dashboards to support the work of Procurement unit
• Any other tasks required to support Procurement operations
• Be a proactive listener to Procurement unit challenges and propose relevant analytical support.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education : Recent graduate from a Bachelors programme (within six months prior to the application to the internship programme) in the field of Business Management or Procurement or a related field.
• Language: Fluency in spoken and written English.