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JOB TITLE: Procurement Officer
JOB LOCATION: Maiduguri, Borno
Duration of contract: Till 31st December 2022 (Renewable)
Category: Logistics
Reporting line: Logistics Team Leader, Maiduguri
Supervision of: Procurement Assistants
Grade: 5 in NRC’s grading structure
Travel: 30%
JOB DETAILS:
- We are looking for people who are passionate about helping refugees and people forced to flee.
- The purpose of the Procurement Officer position is to establish and implement NRC’s day-to-day procurement functions, systems, and procedures.
- To be successful in this role you will be a Procurement professional with good negotiation skills, a confident communicator with excellent relationship-building skills, and capable of establishing strong relationships with stakeholders and vendors at all levels while supporting new initiatives and learning projects across the area.
- If you are a highly organized individual, comfortable with working in a remote environment, and have previous experience in Procurement, we would love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Ensure that all procurements and done in accordance with NRC logistics policies, procedures, and donor guidelines
- Conduct market surveys and assessments and maintain a vendor database system
- Participate in the identification of suitable and reliable suppliers and service providers and ensure that NRC’s interest is protected in relation to pricing, quality, and timely delivery.
- Prepare Request for Quotations (RFQs), Invitation to Tender Bids (ITBs), and other procurement-related documents
- Prepare documentation for bids committee meetings and ensure bid committee minutes are properly recorded and are signed by bid committee members
- Prepare Local Purchase Orders and draft contracts as required and ensure that they are approved by the budget holders
- Follow up with supplies and organize for delivery of materials
- Ensure that the procurement tracker is updated on regular basis and submitted on time to all departments
- Submit invoices from suppliers and the relevant procurement documents to finance as per the procurement checklist
- Train and supervise the procurement assistants
Qualifications
We are looking for:
- Proven record of accomplishment of professional experience in procurement in a humanitarian/recovery context
- Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Good negotiation skills
- Confident communicator with the ability to build and maintain relationships with multiple stakeholders and vendors at all levels, and challenge with humility when necessary
- Intuitive and empathetic, able to relate to others, and build report
- Highly organized, capable of managing multiple priorities successfully
- Experience in working within a team, meeting workload requirements, and being as effective through delivery as possible.
- Excellent communication skills – written and spoken – in English required.
- Computer literacy in word processing and spreadsheets is required
- Fluency in English, both written & verbal, and other local languages is an added advantage.
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Note
- This position is open to National candidates only. We invite applications from all qualified and interested candidates.
- Candidates are encouraged to apply early, as applications may be screened prior to the vacancy deadline.
- Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply and to join a work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.
Deadline: October 12, 2022
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