Procurment Officer Cst-ii, Port-au-prince, Haiti

Organizational Context

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives and building a pathway to peace and prosperity. WFP operates in diverse and challenging environments, utilizing food assistance to support recovery from conflict, disasters, and climate change impacts. The organization values integrity, collaboration, commitment, humanity, and inclusion, striving for a skilled, high-performing, and diverse workforce.

Job Purpose

The Procurement Officer will play a crucial role in strengthening WFP's supplier enablement and engagement strategies, ensuring optimal value for money while upholding fairness, integrity, and transparency. This position involves supporting the registration, onboarding, and participation of suppliers in WFP's procurement processes, with a strong emphasis on enhancing competition and managing supplier performance. The Officer will also contribute to the implementation and continuous improvement of digital procurement solutions across the entire procurement lifecycle, from sourcing to contract management and payment. Key responsibilities include facilitating supplier interaction with digital platforms, identifying and proposing process improvements, ensuring compliance with WFP standards, and supporting the end-to-end procurement cycle to meet operational and strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

The Procurement Officer role at the World Food Programme (WFP) is pivotal in ensuring optimal value for money in all procurement activities, maintaining high standards of fairness, integrity, and transparency. This position focuses on strengthening supplier enablement and engagement, making WFP's procurement processes more accessible and competitive. Key responsibilities include improving supplier registration, onboarding, and participation in sourcing activities, alongside effective supplier performance management. The role also involves advancing the implementation and maturation of digital procurement solutions across the entire lifecycle, from supplier relationship management (SRM) to sourcing-to-contracting (S2C) and purchase-to-goods-receipt (P2GR). The Procurement Officer will support the development of procurement plans, facilitate supplier enablement on digital platforms, and act as a liaison for supplier engagement on these tools. They will identify and propose improvements for digital procurement workflows, assess potential suppliers, and support sourcing activities. Operational coordination, administrative support for procurement projects, and monitoring supplier performance are also crucial. The role requires ensuring compliance with WFP standards, contributing to reporting and decision-making through data analysis, and supporting audit processes. Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, training staff and suppliers on procurement systems, and guiding junior staff are also integral aspects of this position. Furthermore, the officer will support emergency preparedness and response procurement efforts.

Work Experience

The role requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in managing end-to-end procurement processes, including sourcing, contracting, and supplier performance management. Proven experience in supplier onboarding, market engagement, and driving supplier participation is essential. Hands-on experience with digital procurement systems (SRM, S2C, P2GR) and supporting their implementation or optimization is also required.

Skills

Procurement Process Management, Supplier Enablement and Engagement, Digital Procurement Solutions (SRM, S2C, P2GR), Contract Management, Supplier Performance Monitoring, Market Analysis and Supplier Identification, Data Analysis and Reporting, Emergency Procurement, Cross-functional Collaboration, Training and Capacity Building

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