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Posted 2 years ago |
Job Title: Procurement Officer
Location: Ogoja, Cross River
Team/Programme: Procurement Officer
Grade: 4
Contract Length: 1 year
Employee Status: Fixed Term
Child Safeguarding
- Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work on country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
Role Purpose
- The Procurement Officer (Buying) is responsible for purchasing of goods and services in Ogoja based on needs of Save the Children’s programmes, managing orders and relations for a complex portfolio of programmes.
The Procurement Officer will also support the Supply chain Coordinator in:
- Ensuring that the right supplies and services are procured and that there is timely procurement and delivery of goods and services to programmes to deliver outstanding results for children
- Ensuring best value for money is achieved through competitive and transparent procurement processes.
Scope of Role:
- Reports to: Supply Chain Coordinator
- Staff directly reporting to this post:
- Budget responsibility:
Behaviours (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
- High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
- Holds self and others accountable.
Ambition:
- Creating best-in-class EA function
- Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively.
Collaboration:
- Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
- Designing more effective admin systems
- Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.
Qualifications
- BA / B.Sc in Management; Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain Management or related field
- Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS UK) or equivalent Experience
- Master’s Degree in above fields is an added advantage
Experience and Skills:
- Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience working in procurement, preferably in an NGO/and/or development program, with in depth experience in managing procurement processes
- Strong knowledge and experience of implementing procurement processes, driving contract compliance and embedding buying best practice
- Excellent supplier management skills and a strong ability to hold suppliers accountable to deliver on their responsibilities
- Knowledge of NGO/Donor policies and their compliance requirements in respect of Procurement and wider supply chain activity
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to juggle multiple tasks with competing priorities and simultaneously stick to deadlines, whilst maintaining relationships with suppliers and customers
- Excellent reporting skills, particularly the ability to quickly develop clear and concise delivery tracking, scheduling or pricing, donor, monthly KPI reports
- Willingness to undertake field travel as required and work in difficult environments according to travel environments.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills; fluency in spoken and written English;
- Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles
Desirable:
- Procurement system experience
Working Conditions:
- Ability and willingness to travel to projects and stay in basic conditions when necessary.
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Deadline: February 17, 2023
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Job Category | Procurement Officer |