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Director, Global Procurement
Major Responsibilities
- In collaboration with the GSC Risk and Compliance Unit, streamline, revise, update, and implement effective Global Procurement systems, business processes, policies, and procedures required for all aspects of procurement compliance that are responsive to the organization’s domestic and overseas programmatic needs and minimizes organization risk.
- Oversee the development of sourcing strategies, along with a clear procurement framework and roles and responsibilities, for IRC’s major procurement categories.
- Drive cost savings for global contracts; support resettlement and overseas program offices in driving cost savings for local procurements.
- Develop and implement a reliable organization-wide market intelligence mechanism for selected goods and services. Ensure strong supplier performance and contract management mechanisms are in place for efficiency and value for money.
- For procurements being managed by the Global Procurement Unit, oversee the purchasing process, from the needs-analysis up through the purchase contract and delivery, to ensure efficient, cost-effective, and compliant procurement lifecycles.
- Participate in the creation of learning materials and guidance documentation, and its distribution and use in resettlement and overseas program offices, as well as for emergency response.
- Lead the establishment of key performance indicators (KPIs) to capture, evaluate, and report on the performance of all procurement activities across the organization. Ensure that KPIs are used for continuous improvement and for strategic decision-making.
- Ensure that best practices, ethics, industry standards, as well as relevant compliance requirements are understood and adhered to by all staff undertaking procurement activities across the organization, as well as all internal stakeholders.
- Represent Procurement at the leadership level on cross-functional initiatives. Engage regularly with the Finance, Compliance, Legal, Internal Audit, and Program teams to ensure strong and effective collaboration.
- Lead and mentor a team of procurement professionals, fostering a culture of professional excellence, compliance, accountability, and collaboration while promoting these values across all stakeholders, ensuring adherence to correct processes, policies, and ethical standards in every procurement interaction.
- Represent IRC in relevant external settings.
- Make recommendations and report key issues and opportunities to the Chief Global Supply Chain Officer (CGSCO), especially on enhancing procurement performance, complying to donor regulations, enacting cost savings, and accomplishing other strategic objectives.
- Other responsibilities as assigned.
Key Working Relationships:
- Position Reports to: Chief Global Supply Chain Officer (CGSCO)
- Position directly supervises:Global Procurement Unit (5 Procurement Managers)
- Other Internal and/or external contacts:
- Internal:GSC Leadership Team, Global Finance, IT, Regional Operations Leadership, Office Procurement Teams
- External:Suppliers, INGO procurement consortiums (IAPG)
Job Requirements:
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s in supply chain management or other relevant field required; professional certification (e.g. CIPS) or master’s preferred. Additional experience is a substitute for master’s/certification.
- Minimum of 8 years’ work experience in procurement management with increasing responsibility, preferably with an international organization.
- Strong knowledge of various donor procurement regulations (e.g. USAID, ECHO, FCDO, UN agencies) required.
- Professional humanitarian experience / evidence of having worked in humanitarian or conflict settings preferred.
- Strong knowledge of contract management.
- Staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment.
Global Supply Chain Transformation Manager
General:
- Write and maintain the GSC Strategy and annual workplan sections for which they are responsible.
- Collaborate effectively with other GSC members and IRC departments on joint initiatives for shared achievement, most commonly Global Finance. Coordinate closely with members of the GSC department and key collaborator groups to negotiate ambitious priorities within GSC’s workplan objectives.
Knowledge Management, Learning, and Communications Responsibilities:
- With the engagement of supply chain subject matter experts, lead the development and deployment of evidence-based, practical policies and standards that promote best practices and compliance. Oversee the promotion and adoption of policies and procedures in collaboration with key collaborators.
- Oversee the supply chain learning strategy for supply chain and non-supply chain staff, from orientation to continuous learning across policies and regulations, systems and data, risk, etc. Work with finance, programming, and other relevant departments to ensure mutual inclusion in each other’s policies, procedures, guidance and learning materials, and events as relevant.
- Support regional supply chain staff to provide learning (training) support to CRRD and RAI offices on supply chain system changes, new policies, procedures, guidance and ways of working.
- Support the mapping and definition of competency frameworks and associated learning pathways for supply chain staff, as well as other relevant staff. Develop corresponding change management strategy to roll out the adoption of these promotional and learning pathways.
- Ensure the structure and content of IRC’s intranet meet staff needs for access to job tools, guidance and processes, virtual collaboration and sharing, and professional development. Work with the GSC Department Manager to keep sites updated per agreed structure.
- Working with the Chief Global Supply Chain Officer (CGSCO) to design and run global supply chain meetings.
- Coordinate, supervise and be responsible for communications and change management plans.
- Use IRC’s communication channels to regularly share information with all staff.
- Create visually impactful content to reinforce core messages.
- Track and analyze success metrics and provide regular updates on status and progress.
- Document key learning and use this to improve knowledge management and revise change management plans.
- Perform other duties related to Global Supply Chain Learning and Development as assigned.
Job Requirements
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, adult education, organization development or a related field is required. Equivalent experience will also be considered. Master’s or relevant certification preferred. Equivalent experience is acceptable.
- At least three years’ experience in supply chain, preferably for an international development and/or humanitarian aid organization. Preference for demonstrated cross-functional work with finance, IT, and programming teams.
- Deep demonstrated knowledge of adult learning theory, instructional design, and interactive learning methods.
- Strong familiarity with conventional channels of knowledge bring together and transfer, as well as technology-assisted learning applications.
Method of Application
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