Overview

The Procurement Officer plans and manages technically and legally complex procurement operations, ensuring efficient delivery and disposition of quality goods/services at maximum cost efficiency and in accordance with UN procurement policy and practices.

Tasks Summary

• Serves as a senior procurement and contracting expert with responsibility for the procurement of a wide variety of supplies and services associated with complex contracts and procurement activities;
• Provides technical advice on procurement activities to officials of substantive units during all phases of the procurement cycle;
• Analyzes and evaluates procurement requests and ensures appropriateness of technical specifications;
• Develops and prepares highly complex contracts for procurement of non-routine and technologically advanced commodities or services, particularly in the area of Engineering, Facilities Management and Construction; issues international tender invitations; evaluates responses to tender, and makes recommendations for finalization of purchases and award of contracts;
• Develops tactical approaches to contracts, as well as methods for their application, based on market research;
• Contributes to development of institutional procurement policies and procedures; develops standards and criteria for the evaluation of goods, services, supplier capacity, etc.;
• Maintains under constant examination production patterns in exporting countries; evaluates the productive capacities and performance of manufacturers to identify supply sources;
• Conducts or coordinates all phases of negotiations with all concerned parties, including the negotiation of disputes arising from contracts;
• Provides direction and guidance to more junior staff.

Experience Requirements

• A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in procurement, contract management, contract administration or logistics and supply chain management or related area is required.
• A minimum of two consecutive years of experience within the last five years conducting international tender exercises to award contracts for procurement of complex goods and services is required.
• A minimum of two consecutive years of experience in conducting international tender exercises to award contracts for procurement in the area of Engineering, Facilities Management and Construction is required.
• Experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as SAP or similar system and/or working with e-tendering systems such as Ariba or similar system is desirable.
• Experience in managing a multicultural team at country or global level is desirable.
• Experience in the United Nations system or a comparable international organization is desirable.
• Experience in sourcing, cleaning and preparing data, selection and developing visualization/ metrics in procurement, and/ or supply chain management is desirable.

Qualification Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent degree) in business administration, public administration, commerce, engineering, law or a related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Professional certification in supply chain such as Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply certification (CIPS Level 4) or another equivalent is required.

Other Details

Languages Required: English is required.

Languages Preferred: French is desirable.

Contract Duration: until 30 June 2026

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