Senior Manager, Procurement; Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme

Job Description

Title: Senior Manager, Procurement; Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's or Bachelor's in any discipline from any recognised University or Institution.
∎ Applicants having professional degree/ certification in procurement/ supply chain management will get preference

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 7 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Develop and communicate procurement strategy, business plan; establish, communicate and implement long-term goals in order to promote effectiveness and efficiency.
∎ Creation and improvement of best-practice based processes (e.g., the leadership of high-value/strategic sourcing efforts).
∎ Management of business process outsourcing activities.
∎ Identification and realisation of cost-saving and cost-reduction opportunities.
∎ Selection and management of procurement systems.
∎ Lead the team for taking challenges of procurement in humanitarian and emergency situation.
∎ Ensure maximum satisfaction of the stakeholders by providing right products at the right time at the right place at right cost.
∎ Ongoing supplier contract & relationship management including monitoring of SLAs and liaison with internal and external stakeholders.
∎ Management of procurement staff in (and across) sourcing, contracting, transactional purchasing, supplier management, and miscellaneous internal procurement support activities.
∎ Managing the skills and competency development of procurement staff, including training development and knowledge management capabilities.
∎ Leadership of cross-functional teaming across other business functions and initiatives.
∎ Budget management for categories under management - and for procurement itself.
∎ Development of benchmarks and scorecards to be used for continuous improvement.
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme's goals on safeguarding implementation.
∎ Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 07 years of experience in the relevant field.
∎ Team player at executive levels to collaborate with business units and functional partners like IT, finance, HR, legal, etc.
∎ Solid operational management and general business skills.
∎ Working knowledge of finance and/or accounting in terms of budgeting, cost management, financial accounting, treasury, risk management, etc.
∎ Ability to "sell" procurement's value and to run procurement as a services business.
∎ In-depth knowledge of sourcing and procurement principles and best practices, but doesn't have to come from within the procurement ranks.
∎ Strong negotiation skills to use for large deals.
∎ Experience with modern sourcing and procurement systems.
∎ Familiarity with relevant legislative and regulatory requirements, as well as understanding of standard contractual terms and conditions to mitigate legal risk.
∎ Strategic mindset and problem-solving skills.
∎ Change management skills and self-awareness to take varying approaches with a dynamic set of stakeholders (e.g., expert model vs. facilitative model).

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ As per organisation policy

Application Deadline: May 20, 2020

Company Information:
∎ BRAC

Category: NGO/Development

Read Before Apply: You may apply through careers.brac.net or bdjobs.com or send your updated CV to [email protected] mentioning the name of the position "Senior Manager, Procurement; Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme" in subject line.