Supply Chain Officer - Planning (International Consultant)

About the role

The World Food Programme (WFP) DRC is looking for an International Consultant, Supply Chain Officer - Planning, based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. The assignment lasts 11 months and strengthens integrated supply chain planning and optimization, building a shared operational pipeline, developing sourcing and delivery scenarios and improving corridor and capacity planning. The role also institutionalizes planning routines, tools and skills within the Country Office and field operations.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional supply planning task force and maintain a rolling six-month operational food pipeline with a twelve-month outlook, consolidating programme requirements against stocks, incoming supplies, purchase orders, call-forwards, in-transit quantities, ETAs and lead times.
• Develop and update sourcing and delivery strategies for local, regional and international procurement, GCMF options and in-kind contributions, and run what-if analyses on demand, funding, access and corridor disruption.
• Analyse corridors, transport and storage capacity, landed costs and bottlenecks, and support preparedness and pre-positioning plans.
• Use PRISMA and other WFP systems to produce monthly management reports and dashboards, and present findings to senior management.
• Document the planning process, coach focal points and set up handover arrangements so WFP DRC staff can maintain the routines after the consultancy.

Required profile

• Advanced university degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Data Science, Business Analytics, Economics or a related field.
• At least five years of postgraduate professional experience in supply chain planning, S&OP, material or distribution planning, procurement, logistics, network optimization or humanitarian operations; experience in complex emergency settings is highly desirable.
• Fluency in English and French (level C), oral and written.

Required skills

• Strong quantitative analysis, scenario modelling, pipeline management and visualization.
• Experience with PRISMA or comparable planning tools, advanced Excel and BI tools is desirable.

Applications are submitted only through the WFP online recruiting system, with a CV and cover letter; additional documents may be requested later. The deadline for applications is 24 November 2026.