WFP Procurement Officer Jobs 2023 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs

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WFP Procurement Officer Jobs 2023 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs. WFP Ethiopia looking for “Procurement Officer“. Applicants with a degree in Advanced University Degree may apply on or before 15th June 2023.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is United Nations frontline agency in the fight against hunger, WFP is continually responding to emergencies. We save lives by getting food to the hungry fast. But WFP also works to help prevent hunger in the future. We do this through programmes that use food as a means to build assets, spread knowledge and nurture stronger, more dynamic communities. This helps communities become more food secure. On average, WFP aims to bring food assistance to more than 80 million people in 80 countries.

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WFP Procurement Officer Jobs 2023

The WFP has published a job vacancy announcement on 2nd June 2023 for qualified Ethiopians to fill in the vacant post of Procurement Officer to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

WFP Job Vacancy 2023

Accountabilities:

Perform secondary analysis of the country’s main markets’ supply chains to determine functionality and identify main gaps.
Support in defining the overall procurement strategy to support CO programme by identifying structure, capabilities and resourcing required for CBT.
Work with programme and strategic outcome (SO) managers to analyze and map the retailer contracts to support effective and efficient delivery of FFV and other CBT projects.
Participate in the cash working Group and contribute supply chain-procurement inputs and operational planning.
Regardless of the transfer modality (Food, CBT, and NFIs), carry out in-depth market analysis and supply chain network mapping to identify inefficiencies and opportunities to strengthen local markets with objectives to improve customers’ value equation and/or to suggest a change of modality from in-kind to CBT.
Provide support to procurement activities following standard processes and contributing to the effective procurement of goods and services.
Working with CO cross-functional Units (Programme, IT and Finance), participate and contribute to the selection and contracting of appropriate financial service providers (FSP), determine the scope of service for retail selection, participate in evaluation and contracting of retailers to sustainably and efficiently meet the beneficiaries food and /or NFI needs.
Review requests and prepare purchase orders, contracts and any supporting documentation for approval within delegated authority, in order to enable the swift purchase of goods and services.
Contribute to negotiations with new suppliers on terms and conditions of orders, with guidance from head of procurement unit, in order to obtain the best terms and value for money for WFP.
identify and build productive relationships and partnerships with counterparts in UN agencies, NGOs,
Governments and the private sector to share knowledge and resources.
Assist in identification, assessment of potential suppliers, and ensure necessary data/documents are collected to support the selection of suppliers, ensuring standard processes are followed to support vendor management team.
conduct research and analysis on a range of data and produce substantive reports providing insight and recommendations for informed decision-making.
Design, develop and oversee the maintenance of databases and records, to ensure information is accurate, organised, and available for procurement activities, and support reporting requirements.
work in collaboration with units and counterparts, in order to align procurement activities with wider programmes and ensure a coherent approach to meeting food assistant needs.
Provide advice, guidance, and training to procurement staffs to ensure individual and team objectives are delivered in the agreed delivery time.

Position in Organization:

JOB TITLE: Procurement Officer (Cash & Markets) CST level 2
CONTRACT TYPE: Consultant Level II
UNIT/DIVISION: Supply Chain
DUTY STATION: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
DURATION: 11 months
Deadline: 15th June 2023

Qualification & Experience:

Advanced University Degree or First level University Degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business administration, or Social science having certification in the field of Procurement.
Minimum of five or more years of relevant working experience in the field of Procurement or Supply Chain Management in the development/humanitarian sector.
Experience communicating and coordinating with UN agencies/ large international conglomerates.
Experience working with food commodity markets (incl. experience with freight markets) as well as goods and services needed in support of WFP’s Operations and its related market intelligence.
Experience working with vendors.
Has experience with budgeting, pipelines and related issues in WFP Corporate Systems.