About Plan International
Plan International is an independent non-profit organization that advances children’s well-being and equality for girls. Working in building powerful partnerships for children for over 75 years and present in 70 countries, Plan International strives for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children while working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners. Plan International Ethiopia is looking for a Procurement Officer to be based at SNNPR PA, Hawassa.
The Role
The Procurement Officer pro-actively supports the program activities at the Country Office by organizing adequate acquisition of goods and services. Her/his responsibilities include the intake and follow up of purchase requisitions, tender/quotation procedures in coordination with the Logistics Coordinator, order processing, collecting quotations and other purchasing activities, invoicing and delivery of goods. S/he is also the primary responsible for sourcing, specification and standardization. S/he takes care of clear communications about delivery lead times and replies to any other inquiries of requestors.
The Procurement Officer receives requisitions, collects quotes and routes them to the Logistics Coordinator to prepare purchase orders and monitor/ follows up on the delivery of the goods/services. S/he pro-actively informs requestors about the status of their requests and prepares regular (weekly) reports about requisitions processed and outstanding. The Procurement Officer will closely work with the Logistics Coordinator, Head of Logistics and Administration and other program staff. Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to Plan’s core values and humanitarian principles.
The Person
To be successful, applicants need to have an advanced Diploma or a BA degree Business Administration, Management, Purchasing and Supplies Management, Supply Chain Management or related field of studies with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience in a Corporate, UN or NGO environment involving in the procurement activities in emergency and development programs.
Skills & Behaviors
Knowledge
Plan also provides a number of capacity development opportunities to its employees including Talent Management Programme.