Global Procurement Manager Job at Program for Appropriate Technology in Health

• Manage the global procurement team, assigning, reviewing, and evaluating work and work schedules.
• Maintain staff by recruiting, selecting, orientating, and training employees.
• Develops growth opportunities through coaching and mentorship globally. Identify and develop strategic opportunities for the department with a view of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Supporting local procurement planning and management that meet PATH’s standards of performance.
• Active review of the global and local policy, procedure, standards, and guidelines
• Lead annual procurement planning process, consolidate procurement plans received from various team (programs, program support and offices) and update periodically through the year.
• Lead continuous improvement of PATH’s procurement function to bring efficiency and effectiveness.
• Develop and deliver capacity building plan based on Program and Country specific procurement assessments and inputs from PATH’s audit, management and compliance program and risk assessments.
• Prepare and submit quarterly procurement and supply chain management report. Identify key procurement data metrics for reporting.
• Ensure data is analyzed timely and is useful for accurate and informed decision making and to inform workflow process improvement.
• Provide proactive, rigorous, and logical methods to solve procurement related challenges faced by teams across PATH.
• Analyze industry trends and evolving technology to proactively identify supply-based issues, minimize risks and ensure continuity of supply; and identify emerging vendors in the markets.
• Maintain market information for effective use of costs/prices for proposal development and day to day operation.
• Develop differentiated purchasing strategies for goods and services.
• Lead the identification of vendors (vendor pre-qualification), periodic evaluation /assessment for effective deliver so that PATH has effective/optimal mix of vendors, mentor implementation of similar activities across PATH’s offices.

Required Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (Business Administration, Procurement and Purchasing, Logistics) and/or related field, or equivalent industry experience.
  Ideal candidate will have a relevant professional qualification in Procurement and/or
• Supply Chain Management, such as CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply).
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience of relevant procurement management experience, 3 + years’ experience in management or leadership role with increasing levels of responsibility required.
• Ideally with 2 years in an international organization in a similar role dealing with both local and international procurement.
• Ideal candidate will be familiar with working with government contracting and/or donor award-based organizations and understand how those policies and requirements affect procurement.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems, procurement technology and the ability to lead teams utilizing those systems.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with persons from diverse educational, economic, and cultural backgrounds.
• Demonstrated ability in leading systematic change through strategic planning and developing and managing systems, tools, and processes.

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Application Deadline: 22nd August 2022.