Supply Chain Team Leader - Procurement at Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Location: Maiduguri, Borno 

Contract type: National contract
Band: NM-H Step 1
Start date: As soon as possible.
Contract length: 12 Months with possibility of extension.

The Position

• The Procurement Team Leader reports directly to the Area Manager. She / He must be able to ensure rapid procurement of all program supplies, services and equipment, whilst ensuring best practices and maintaining audit-compliant records.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

• Maintain standard DRC procurement policies and procedures and ensure that procurement (from a single quote to Request for Quotation threshold) is conducted in a fair and transparent manner, is fully documented and is in full compliance with DRC policies and any relevant donor policies
• Do the local procurement ensuring accountable and efficient procurement service providers to program and support departments.
• Ensure that the lead-time for ordering and delivery of goods is followed up and achieved.
• Ensure that the procurement tracking is regularly shared with the different requestors
• Respect and maintain the filing system from the receiving of the purchase request to the payment
• Assist the Procurement Specialist in the tendering process
• Manage the Officers and Assistants

To be successful in this role we expect you to be honest, able to manage a team, strongly motivated by humanitarian work, disciplined and team-oriented.

Key Requirements
Essentials:

• 2-5 years’ work experience in progressively responsible experience in Procurement
• Knowledge & experience of dealing with service providers and contractors’ management.
• Experience of building and developing the capacity of staffs
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel).

Desirables:

• Flexible & willing to work in a remote setting & to travel to other field locations.
• Understanding of warehousing, supply chain, fleet management & inventory.
• Experience in DRC standard procurement procedures
• Understanding of Local Languages (Hausa & Kanuri)

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to our values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

We Offer

• Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Expatriates; please refer to drc.ngo under Vacancies