Procurement Officer

Job Description

Title: Procurement Officer

Company Name: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Vacancy: Undefined

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Advanced University degree in Economics, Commerce, Business Administration, Engineering, Legal or Accounting or other relevant field, or First University degree with an additional relevant work experience and/or training/courses.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 10 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ TYPE AND LEVEL OF CONTRACT: Fixed Term, NOB
∎ DURATION:1 year, renewable

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Contribute towards the development of procurement plans and processes ensuring compliance with wider procurement policies and WFP standards.
∎ Support or manage procurement programs and operational activities, (e.g. issue tenders, evaluate offers and negotiate/award contracts), following standard processes to contributing to successful procurement of food and non-food commodities or services.
∎ Track and analyse data to provide recommendations for process improvement.
∎ Collate data and contribute to preparation of accurate and timely reports of procurement activities, to contribute to a WFP wide view that enables informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders, leading to performance optimization.
∎ Collate information and draft appropriate responses to recommendations to support auditing of procurement activities and ensure conformity with compliance rules.
∎ Work in close collaboration with internal counterparts and external partners including suppliers, superintendents, companies, etc to align procurement activities with wider programmes and ensure a coherent approach to meeting food assistance needs.
∎ Support training of WFP staff to take a strategic and proactive approach to the procurement of food and non-food commodities and services, for example designing and reviewing training materials.
∎ Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries.
∎ Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy food and needed goods and services to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.
∎ Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency food assistance needs.
∎ Other as required.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Have at least 10 years of experience in Procurement field, including minimum 3 years in managerial role.
∎ Good command over spoken and written English and Bangla

Salary:
∎ As per UN Salary Scale of NOB

Application Deadline: May 11, 2019

Company Information:
∎ United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Category: NGO/Development