Procurement Officer

Job Description

Title: Procurement Officer

Company Name: Plan International Bangladesh

Vacancy: Undefined

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ At least Bachelor's Degree, preferably in accounting, management or MBA.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ The role: Based in Cox`s Bazar, (with frequent movement to Ukhiya & Teknaf ) this position is responsible for providing timely, consistent and quality support for operational services for Cox`s Bazar programme which includes purchase and procurement activities, manage suppliers and assist to provide logistic support to programs.
∎ Duration of the position is 12 months.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ The incumbent needs ensure purchase project materials as per procurement plan following Operational Manual, ensuring quality and value for money
∎ The incumbent needs to maintain frequent communications with Plan's logistics team in Cox's Bazar office, Ukhiya office
∎ Make Plans and ensures operational supports and services to staff, programmes and projects at Cox's Bazar
∎ Ensures procurement activities of Cox's Bazar project office in time for smooth implementation of projects/programmes.
∎ The incumbent needs managing vendors and Suppliers
∎ Assist to Provides logistic support to Cox's Bazar Project office
∎ The incumbent may sometimes, under the instruction of Log & Procurement Manager

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least three (3) years' work experience in procurement and logistics preferably in INGO.
∎ Working experience in emergency is preferable.
∎ Understands the role of Plan and context in which Plan work
∎ Cultivates an environment where people are confident to take the initiative, be innovative and learn new ways of working
∎ Manage resources (staff, budgets and work) to deliver results to agreed quality standards; able to apply planning-leading-organizing-controlling skills
∎ Adopts a team style which adds value to work and reinforces good working practices :
∎ Knowledge in administrative planning for program and projects
∎ Understanding on general administrative policy and procedure including purchase and procurement of goods and services;
∎ Ability to apply holistic approach by analysing the relationship between the facts.
∎ Ability to conceptualize and present in an organized way and clearly.
∎ Understand the need of the programs and management and ability to serve as per their need.
∎ Ability to involvement team members in decision making and consensus building.
∎ Establishing good relationship with all the stakeholders and maintain networks with government and non-government agencies.
∎ Effectively handles discussions with a focus on both groups and individuals to enrich participants' understanding of particular subjects or situations, understands process and can diagnose group needs and intervenes accordingly
∎ Ability to handle PC, software for data analysis, presentation in multimedia and use of internet.

Salary:
∎ Competitive salary and benefits package will be offered to the deserving candidate

Application Deadline: April 23, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Plan International Bangladesh
∎ Business : Founded 80 years ago, Plan International is one of the oldest and largest children`s development organisations in the world. We work in 52 countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty. In 2015, Plan International worked with 100 million children in 85,282 communities. Plan International is independent, with no religious, political or governmental affiliations but having a vision of a world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that respect people`s rights and dignity.
Plan International has been operating in Bangladesh since 1994. Plan International seeks to ensure the rights of children to education, health, safe water and sanitation, protection, youth social and economic empowerment and climate change, environmental degradation and natural or man-made disaster hazards throughout the country.

Category: Commercial/Supply Chain