Purchaser

  Médecins Sans Frontières - Belgium is an International Civil Society Organization. MSF provides independent, impartial assistance to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. MSF provides independent, neutral and impartial assistance to those most in need. MSF also reserves the right to speak out to bring attention to neglected crises, challenge inadequacies or abuse of the aid system, and to advocate for improved medical treatments and protocols. Main Purpose Carry out purchases of Beirut office analyzing market sources, and competitive pricing conditions among different local suppliers in order to ensure an ongoing supply of all sorts of goods ,  while guaranteeing best quality and pricing for MSF goods and commodities..   Accountabilities  - Carries out the purchases of Beirut office and Shatila project on the basis of purchase documents issued by Beirut Supply Officer - Manages the administrative and accounting procedures related to purchasing. : complete purchase orders, check delivery notes (against orders), etc. - Constantly assesses Beirut local market, seeks products and suppliers that offer the best value for money, negotiates prices and possible needed quantities of desired items for the future - Execute the medical purchases as per request of the medical team. - Establish and maintain good contacts with different suppliers and avoid purchasing from very limited number of suppliers without checking prices, quality, guarantees and services on a regular basis. - Suggest possible changes in purchase order using previous experience and possible information from Beirut market, i.e. big quantity of specific item purchased recently, better quality or better prices of specific item arriving soon to local market, when not urgent. - At the request of the Supply Team Leader/Supply Co, obtains different quotations from suppliers (medical or logistics) according to the MSF Purchasing policy -Place purchase orders to pre-selected suppliers with whom prices have been agreed. - Request invoices or receipts, without delay, for all purchases, check they are correctly filled and translate into English the information written in local language before approval. - Regularly updates the supplier-item-price data (price list) on the supply office. - Manages and justifies the advances issued by Beirut Finance Department. -Assists in reception control process with the storekeeper and logco assistant as per request -Update information on purchase lists after purchases are made. - Is responsible of the three monthly purchase of cleaning materials, stationary, tea break of Beirut office and the guest houses   Requirements Education:   Essential, secondary education; commerce related studies desirable. Experience:  At least two years in supply chain related jobs. Languages:   Essential, local language; mission working language   Competences: Initiative: learning capacity / eagerness. Teamwork (with the medical team, with local staff and international staff) Cross-cultural awareness Organized and able to set priorities