Procurement Officer

Major Responsibilities:

• Develops and maintains the strategic role of procurement in provision of cost effective and efficient supply and service solutions that contribute to achievement of broader section, division and organizational objectives.
• Acts as principal adviser on procurement to units within FA
• Develops tools and guidelines to organize procurement activities.
• Ensures that risk assessments are undertaken as needed particularly for large value procurement in consultation with the General Manager.
• Secures compliance with Financial Rules & Regulations, General Terms & Conditions, and Auditor's recommendations/observations in all procurement activities.
• Is responsible for final clearance of all Invitations to Bid, Requests for Proposal, Contracts, and Long Term Agreements (LTAs) related to contracting for goods and services.
• Directs negotiations with suppliers on major contracts.
• Undertakes procurement activities directly.
• Is responsible for development and implementation of the procurement division’s workplan.
• Analyses procurement related work processes, systems and contract arrangements to continuously simplify, improve efficiency and reduce complexity.
• Develops and maintains appropriate supplier performance management system, including processes and controls to ensure that records are kept updated, and results of supplier performance evaluations are monitored and information is used to continuously improve sourcing and supplier relationship management.
• Responsible for long term commercial relationship with LTA suppliers, ensures that prices and rates are adhered to, and remain competitive over the lifetime of the contract, and that suppliers achieve a high level of invoicing accuracy

Job Requirements:

Academic Qualification

• Postgraduate degree (Master's) in Business Administration, Management, Economics, International Development, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, and Procurement, Purchasing, Contract/Commercial Law or a directly-related technical field is required.
• A valid professional certification (CSCP; SCCM; CPSM; SCMP; etc.) from an accredited supply management institution, in conjunction with a relevant first-level university degree (Bachelor's), may be taken in lieu of an advanced university degree.

Professional Experience

• A minimum of two (2) years of relevant experience, at the national and international levels, in supply, logistics, procurement, purchasing, contracting and/or other related technical fields is required.
• Previous experience in a supervisory/managerial post is required.
• Experience in report writing.

Skills

• Spoken and written fluency in English and Arabic. (French is a plus)
• Excellent writing skills.
• Highly organized.
• Capacity to work in teams and flexibility to take on new tasks.
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills.
• Excellent negotiation and persuasion skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Dynamic leader with creative problem solving skills, particularly in challenging situations.
• Strong oral and written communications skills.

Others

• Able to establish and maintain effective working relations with people of different cultural backgrounds.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to-detail.
• Knowledge of contextual diversity of various areas of Tripoli, Lebanon.