Vacancy: Purchasing Officer @ Medecins Sans Frontieres Belgium Closing: 14/Sept/2024

- Job closed -

Purchasing Officer
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

Section/Unit: Logistics and Supply

Grade Level: Level 5 (base salary of 986.26 USD per month)

Supervisor: Supply Chain Team Leader / Project Supply Chain Manager

No. of Post: 1

Duty Station: Port Sudan

Duration: 6 Months with 3 months trial period

Closing Date: 14 Sept 2024

Background:

Performing the day to day purchasing activities in a particular supply office (coordination or project level) according to MSF protocols and standards in order to ensure an optimal running of the mission/ project

Duties and responsibilities:

Performing on a day to day basis the purchasing activities of a supply office, analyzing market sources and competitive pricing conditions among different suppliers in order to ensure an ongoing supply of goods, following the procurement procedures and according to MSF standards and protocols. Including the following activities:
- Constantly assessing the local market, seeking products and suppliers that offer the best value for money and negotiating prices in order to guarantee the best quality and pricing for MSF goods and commodities. Regularly updating the supplier-item-price data on the supply office and informing the Supply (Activity) Supervisor / Logistics Supervisor of all information or modifications to the data i.e. price, address, items available
- At the request of the line manager, obtaining different quotations from suppliers according to the MSF Purchasing policy and placing purchase orders to pre-selected suppliers with whom prices have been agreed
- Requesting invoices or receipts, without delay, for all purchases, checking they are correctly filled and translating information written in local language before approval
- Managing the administrative and accounting procedures related to purchases: completing purchase orders, checking delivery notes (against orders), managing advances issued by the Finance Department, etc. Updating information on purchase lists after purchases are made
- Assisting in reception control process with the storekeeper
- Performing delegated tasks according to his / her activity and as specified in his/her job description

Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:

Essential, secondary education; commerce related studies desirable

At least 2 years' experience in supply chain related jobs

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 in HAC, Port Sudan, Almtar Area

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

Opening date: 08 September 2024 Closing date: 14 September 2024

Signed: Administration

MSF BELGIUM

MSF is a civil society initiative that brings together individuals committed to the assistance of other human beings in crisis. As such MSF is by choice an association.
Each individual working with MSF does it out of conviction and is ready to uphold the values and principles of MSF.