Description

Officer - Procurement supply & disposal

ICRISAT is seeking applications for the position of Procurement Officer. As part of the Center’s Procurement, Supplies and Disposal Unit (PSDS), the Procurement Officer will procure all goods and services to support country research operations, in due compliance of the PSDS manual of procedures and manage the warehouse. The position will be based at ICRISAT, Bamako (Samanko), Mali with responsibilities in all target countries.

ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi- arid or dryland tropics has over 2 billion people and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these disadvantaged populations to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded environment through better agricultural production systems.

ICRISAT is headquartered at Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and eight country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT envisions a prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropics. Its mission is to reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics. ICRISAT conducts research on its mandate crops of chickpea, pigeonpea, groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet in the arid and semi-arid tropics. The Institute focuses its work on the drylands and in protecting the environment. Tropical dryland areas are usually seen as resource-poor and perennially beset by shocks such as drought, thereby trapping dryland communities in poverty and hunger and making them dependent on external aid. Please visit – www.icrisat.org

Roles and Responsibilities

The Procurement Officer will perform the following tasks under the direction of the ICRISAT’s Regional Administrative Manager for West and Central Africa:

Spearhead the purchasing process for selecting suppliers and providing guidance on procurement processes.

Implement cost-effective purchases of all goods and services from local and overseas suppliers.

Ensure quality control and adhere to ICRISAT PSDS manual of procedures.

Develop a baseline of Center’s year-round procurement habits and trends

Develop a directory of local suppliers of goods and services for reference.

Manage the stocks of fuel, lubricants, office and field supplies, and the petty cash impress.

Establish a list of profitable suppliers for business and organization partnerships

Receive and process requests for operational and capital purchases.

Finalize purchase details: tender review/recommendations/pre-order and order approvals (local/international orders) and deliveries.

Collaborate with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications, expectations of the requisitioner and conformity with Center standards.

Take annual inventory of assets and: manage assets and ensure alignment between physical location and records.

Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses, improve effectiveness and dispose obsolete items off.

Develop and circulate quarterly procurement status reports to requisitioners.

Log expenses on the procurement system.

Quality, cost effectiveness, delivery time factor and maintenance are key

Well organized documentarist, good bookkeeper, with analytical and reporting capacities will be the successful Procurement officer we are looking for.

Requirements

At least a BSc degree in supply chain management, logistics or business administration

Proven working experience as a Procurement Manager or Procurement Officer

Knowledge of sourcing and procurement techniques—presented in ICRISAT PSDS manual of procedures

Experience in collecting and analyzing data

Aptitude in decision-making, analyzing and advising requisitions

Good leadership capabilities

Knowledge of Sun System or any procure to pay software would be an asset.

Ability to speak and write in English

The initial contract will be for 2 years with a possibility of renewal based on satisfactory performance, need for the position and availability of funds.

How to apply:

Applicants should apply on or before 20 April 2023 on Icrisat.mli@icrisat.org, with a letter of motivation, latest curriculum vitae and the names and contact information of three references that are knowledgeable about your professional qualifications and work experience. All applications will be acknowledged; however only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

ICRISAT is an equal opportunity employer