Deadline: 31 March, 2021
Location: Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
Save the Children International (SCI) is seeking to fill the role of Procurement Manager.
The organisation works to ensure children around the world get health care, food and shelter as well as learning and child protection services.
Responsibilities
- Ensure all Save the Children goods and services are procured in accordance with the timescales set and agreed with staff and SCI’s systems, policies and procedures
- Ensure ‘value for money’ is achieved through competitive and transparent procurement processes
- Provide technical and strategic support to national/area/field offices to increase procurement capacity and achieve the operational goals of the country supply chain team
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Logistics Management or a related background with focus on humanitarian delivery
- Significant experience in procurement and contract management, including ability to review procurement demands and trends, and develop procurement strategies
- Five years, minimum, of relevant experience working in logistics or procurement
- Sector experience in NGO/UN system is preferred
- Strong commercial sector candidate with a demonstrable interest and passion for the NGO sector will be considered
- Experience with strategic sourcing, developing category strategies and running complex tenders
- Strong experience in handling supply chain, construction, humanitarian goods, education supplies, medicines
- Willingness to undertake field travel, as required, and work in difficult environments
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Fluency in spoken and written English
- Procurement system experience (desirable)
- Work experience in the area of medical logistics in humanitarian settings
- Experience working in a multidisciplinary, multi-cultural team
- Ability to motivate and support team in stressful situations
- Ability to work in stressful situation
- Good capacity of adaptation
- Excellent Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) skills
To apply and for more information, click here.
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