UNOPS’ mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure, and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner.

Responsibilities

• Ensure full compliance with assigned procurement activities
• Implement the different steps of the procurement processes
• Implement strategic procurement for projects assigned in the business unit
• Research undertaken and data provided for business unit’s supply market intelligence and analysis
• Monitor and keep the procurement tracking tools updated
• Support completion of reports and data analysis
• Ensure timely and duly prepared procurement plans for projects and monitoring of their implementation
• Establish long term agreements and/or service contracts and other instruments, when necessary, either through standard or emergency procurement procedures in compliance with the procurement policy
• Implement proper monitoring and control of procurement processes
• Ensure awards are recommended based on UNOPS procurement rules and procedures
• Ensure management of procurement contract, analysis of contract performance against agreed benchmarks and pre-established reporting mechanisms
• Ensure advice, remedial actions, or solutions to heads of project unit on procurement issues related to the procurement process and project cycle
• Develop and manage the rosters of suppliers
• Utilise sourcing module in accordance with UNOPS procurement groups’ goals and standards
• Facilitate the engagement and provision of high-quality results and services of the team supervised through effective work planning, performance management, coaching, and promotion of learning and development
• Provide oversight, ensuring compliance by team members with existing policies and best practices
• Organise, facilitate and/or deliver training and learning initiatives for business unit personnel on procurement-related topics
• Contribute to procurement knowledge networks and communities of practice by providing collaborative synthesis of lessons learnt and dissemination of best practices in procurement
• Collect feedback, ideas, and internal knowledge about processes and best practices and utilise productively