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Senior Officer, Procurement
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Dubai, UAE
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Senior
Onsite
3 weeks ago
ProcurementSourcingVendor ManagementNegotiationERP SystemsRisk Management
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About the Role
IFRC is seeking a Senior Procurement Officer to lead procurement activities at the Dubai Logistics Hub, ensuring effective operational and tactical procurement of goods and services.
Key Skills for This Role
ProcurementSourcingVendor ManagementNegotiationERP SystemsRisk Management
Responsibilities
- Implement the overall procurement strategy in close cooperation with the global procurement team
- Ensure that the regional procurement supports and delivers all regional programmatic objectives including long term programmes and emergency responses
- Develop a robust supplier base within the region and manage the value chain complexity and risks
- Negotiate and implement Frame Agreements as per short and long term operation needs and efficiencies
- Manage, hire, train and retain a team of world class procurement professionals
- Ensure compliance with IFRC procurement policies and manage procurement risks
Requirements
- Required university degree in Business, economics, Engineering, IT or other relevant area or proven professional experience
- Required minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in managing complex procurement operations including high volume in procurement, of which minimum 3 years at international level
- Required in depth grasp of international procurement practices including legal aspects
- Required fluently spoken and written English and good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish or Arabic)
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Organizational Context
- The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 191 member National Societies.
- IFRC works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Implement the overall procurement strategy in close cooperation with the global procurement team.
- Ensure that the regional procurement supports and delivers all regional programmatic objectives including long term programmes and emergency responses.
- Ensure that the procurement unit delivers a procurement service that understands and meets the needs of the IFRC, partners and services users.
- Accountable to achieve value for money.
- Support procurement planning with operational colleagues based on the needs of the operational plan.
- Identifying cost reduction opportunities in procurement and sourcing.
- Develop a robust supplier base within the region and manage the value chain complexity and risks.
- Develop a sourcing plan in line with global sourcing strategy and regional needs.
- Negotiate and implement Frame Agreements as per short and long term operation needs and efficiencies.
- Implement vendor performance management to ensure high performance of IFRC vendors.
- Provide consultation to regional and country general management to ensure support for sourcing strategy implementation.
- Collaborate closely with national societies procurement focal points to ensure compliance with IFRC procurement policies.
Education
- Required university degree in Business, economics, Engineering, IT or other relevant area or proven professional experience in the area of expertise.
- Professional Procurement Qualification highly preferred
Experience
- Required minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in managing complex procurement operations including high volume in procurement, of which minimum 3 years at international level.
- Required experience of managing and integrating tactical and operational procurement
- Preferred experience within the commercial sector
- Preferred Red Cross/Red Crescent knowledge and experience
Knowledge, Skills and Languages
- Required in depth grasp of international procurement practices including legal aspects
- Required problem solving skills
- Required demonstrated ability to analyse operational procurement impact
- Required commercial acumen and Proven negotiating skills.
- Required ability to work to tight deadlines and handle multiple tasks.
- Required ability to work in matrix environment.
- Required ability to work in a cross cultural and cross functional environment, strong interpersonal skills.
- Required ability to deliver efficient operational procurement in a challenging environment.
- Required ability to synthesise and analyse complex data.
- Preferred a broad understanding of humanitarian issues, disaster recovery and related organization.
- Required experience working with ERP systems.
- Required fluently spoken and written English and good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish or Arabic).
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