Vacancy: PROCUREMENT SUPERVISOR @ Medecins Sans Frontieres Belgium Closing: 23/Nov/2023

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PROCUREMENT SUPERVISOR
Medecins Sans Frontieres Belgium

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) translates to Doctors without Borders. We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - bound together by our charter. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of impartiality, independence and neutrality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

MSF was founded in 1971 in Paris by a group of journalists and doctors. Today, we are a worldwide movement of nearly 65,000 people.

www.msf.org/belgium

Gross Monthly Salary: 968.45 USD

Section/Unit: Logistics and Supply

Grade Level: Level 6

Supervisor: Supply Chain Team Coordinator / Supply Manager (if any) or Logistics Manager / Supply Chain Officer

No. of Post: 1

Duty Station: Madani

Duration: 6 months renewable subject to performance and budget

Closing Date: 23 Nov 2023

Background:

Main Purpose

Planning and supervising the procurement activities for goods, transport, subcontracted works and services for the project and capital according to MSF standards and protocols in order to ensure a transparent and efficient procurement and supplier performance

Duties and responsibilities:

Accountabilities

Planning and supervising the day to day procurement activities ensuring an efficient implementation of the procurement procedures in the project or capital, ensuring compliance to MSF standards and protocols, including but not limited to the following:
- Regularly assessing the market for new suppliers to supply the recurrent needs of the mission and seeking products/services that offer the best value for money within the shortest timeframes. Negotiating prices and proposing new suppliers to be validated. Developing and maintaining relations with different suppliers in order to ensure a stable supply of goods or services. Submitting and collecting quotations and tenders following the MSF purchasing policy
- Submitting and collecting quotations and tenders following the MSF purchasing policy and providing updates on "item-supplier" data: price, availability, quality, lead time
- Together with the Supply Chain Officer determining the purchase planning according to the incoming requests / orders, product availability (shortages/surpluses), delivery times, budgets and other relevant factors
- Coordinating and supervising the purchasers' activity, managing the purchasing budget, and settling advances with the Finance Department
Coordinating and leading the team under his/her responsibility including the definition of each person's tasks (daily supervision and checking the quality of their work); drawing up working schedule and organizing and leading team meetings
Supervising, in close coordination with the HR department, the associated processes (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, development and communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required
Performing delegated tasks according to his her speciality and as specified in his/her job description

Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:

Requirements

Education

Essential technical diploma in supply chain

Experience

1 year in MSF Logistics Department, previous experience in supply chain activities related jobs

Language

Knowledge

Excellent command of English (at least B2) and Arabic
Computer literacy (word, excel, power point, outlook…)
Essential: excellent skills with Microsoft Excel

Application Requirements:

Interested candidates are requested to send the applications with documents; (Updated CV, Educational certificates, work experience certificates, previous employers’ references and copy of their national ID) to:

To apply online here at the following link:

Sudanjob.net

Via hand delivery of the application through Labour Office, Wad Madani

NOTE: Please note that MSF will Only accept applications and CV submitted in English language. Only shortlisted candidates will be called.

Opening date: 14. November 2023 Closing date: 23.November 2023