Overview
The Procurement Officer is responsible for planning, developing, and managing all procurement and contractual aspects of complex projects for peace operations and offices away from Headquarters.
Key Responsibilities
- Plans, develops and manages all procurement and contractual aspects of projects.
- Advises requisitioning units and recipient entities on procurement issues.
- Prepares/oversees preparation and distribution of invitations to tender and manages/conducts bid/proposal evaluations.
- Formulates strategies and designs innovative solutions for complex procurement projects.
- Establishes and maintains work program and schedule for ongoing and planned contracts.
- Participates in negotiations with senior supplier representatives and signs procurement orders.
- Conducts market research to keep abreast of market developments.
- Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns.
- Identifies new technologies, products/services, evaluates and recommends potential supply sources.
- Oversees adherence to contractual agreements, recommends amendments and extensions.
- Prepares a variety of procurement-related documents, contracts, communications, guidelines, instructions.
- Provides guidance to, and may supervise, new/junior staff.
Required Experience
- A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in procurement, contract management, contract administration or logistics and supply chain management or related area is required.
- A minimum of two consecutive years of experience in conducting international tender exercises to award contracts for procurement of complex goods and services during the last five years is required.
- Experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as SAP or similar system and/or working with e-tendering systems such as Ariba or similar system is desirable.
- Experience working in procurement process and procedures in support of a field operation (inclusive of peacekeeping operations, special political missions, agencies, funds and programmes), or other similar international organizations is desirable.
- Experience in supervising and supporting procurement teams is desirable.
- Experience working with business intelligence systems and data analysis is desirable.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent degree) in business administration, public administration, commerce, engineering, law or a related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
- Professional certification in supply chain such as Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply certification (CIPS level 4) or equivalent is required.
