Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international humanitarian medical organization established in 1971, provides medical assistance to populations whose survival is threatened by crises, primarily armed conflicts, but also epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from care. The French section is present in about thirty countries.
MSF is looking for a : REGIONAL PROCUREMENT REFERENT East Africa
Mission :
As first line support to the coordination offices in the countries in his/her region (East Africa: 6 countries/9M€), the regional procurement referent monitors and evaluates the proper enforcement of the MSF local purchasing procedure through adequate awareness-raising measures, training and monitoring.
He/she is also responsible for the identification of possible purchasing synergies within the missions of his region and for leading directly these purchases.
Main responsibilities :
Support to the logistics, supply and pharma coordinators of the missions:
- He/she is responsible to spread the purchasing good practices defined by the supply department and to train and coach the teams in their proper implementation.
- He advises and coaches the coordinators responsible of the supply chain in his countries in building the mission procurement strategy (analysis of the purchasing volume, prioritization, purchasing strategy for each commodity, localization etc).
- He brings direct support to the field on specific purchases with high stakes at the request of the coordination.
- He assesses the local purchasing situation of the countries, sets up a mid-term improvement plan and coaches the teams in its implementation.
- He advises the coordinators on the clarification of roles and responsibilities in the purchasing organization of their mission.
- He takes part in the continuous training of the teams
- At the request of the coordination, he/she may participate in the recruitment or the assessment of the technical level of the teams involved in the purchasing process and contributes to the definition of the personalized training program or proposes specific training.
Regional visibility :
- He ensures a continuous monitoring and recording of the suppliers in a position to fulfill the inter-mission needs (strategic suppliers).
- He builds a regional visibility on the purchasing volumes, highlights the potential synergies, defines the adequate strategy and leads directly these purchases.
- He can be mobilized for any emergency in his regional geographic location.
- He analyses his activity for all his countries at least once a year.
- He prepares visit reports and yearly activity reports.
INTERFACES :
With the regional technical coordinators:**
- He records, keeps up to date and sends regularly to the fields the validated sources of the region.
- He can bring support to the regional technical coordinators during the market assessment with his commercial skills.
- Based on his knowledge of the missions’ contexts and purchasing stakes, he/she can advise the regional technical coordinators on the market assessments priorities.
With the MSF buyers network:
- He communicates with MSF Logistique’s (supply center based in Bordeaux) buyers for the purchases that impact international suppliers.
- He builds and maintains regular contacts with the other MSF teams involved in purchases in the region.
With the supply department:**
- For any matter related to other supply topics (transportation, customs, stock), he/she refers to the supply department referents.
- As a preferred intermediary between the supply department and the field, he/she gives to the supply department all relevant information from the field linked to local purchase.
Qualifications
Education :
· Masters level or equivalent : business, procurement, supply or equivalent
Experience :
- Significant experience in the humanitarian sector (2 years minimum) on the field in a logistics or supply coordination position is required.
· Significant experience (2 years minimum) in a buyer position or equivalent in another line of business is required.
Skills :
- Financial analysis
- Purchase contracts
- Negotiations
- Management
- Proficient use of Excel
Aptitudes :
- Very good analytical and synthetical skills
- Networking and team spirit. Ability to work with a lot of interfaces
- Conscientiousness and accuracy
- Pedagogy
Languages :
Fluency in French and English is required
Status :
1 year contract, renewable
Salary according to the MSF salary grid and your previous relevant experience
Family position accepted (with perdiem, housing, and partial coverage for education fees)
Work place: Kampala for East Africa with regular travel on the field
Position to be filled : As soon as possible.
HOW TO APPLY:
Kindly send your application (motivation letter & resume)
until the 10th of April 2016 online : http://msf.fr/recrutement/travailler-sur-terrain/offres
Please note that only selected candidates will be contacted
