Procurement Analyst

Procurement Analyst


  • Job Identification
    22103
  • Posting Date
    2024-11-12, 07:21 p.m.
  • Apply Before
    2024-12-04, 07:59 a.m.
  • Job Schedule
    Full time
  • Locations





    Port-au-Prince, Haiti





  • Agency
    UNDP
  • Grade
    NOB
  • Vacancy Type
    Fixed Term
  • Practice Area
    Management
  • Bureau
    Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Contract Duration
    2 Year with Possibility for extension
  • Education & Work Experience
    Master’s Degree – 2 yr(s) expertise OR Bachelor’s Degree – 4 yr(s) expertise
  • Required Languages
    Proficiency in Oral & written French and Creole languages
  • Desired Languages
    Working Knowledge of English Language
  • Vacancy Timeline
    3 Weeks
  • Mobility required/no mobility
    no mobility required

  • Job Description

    Background

     
    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are core ideas at UNDP:  we worth variety as an expression of the multiplicity of countries and cultures the place we function, we foster inclusion as a manner of guaranteeing all personnel are empowered to contribute to our mission, and we guarantee fairness and equity in all our actions. Taking a ‘leave no one behind’ method to our variety efforts means growing illustration of underserved populations. People who establish as belonging to marginalized or excluded populations are strongly inspired to apply. Learn extra about working at UNDP together with our values and inspiring stories.

     
    UNDP doesn’t tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any sort of harassment, together with sexual harassment, and discrimination. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, endure rigorous reference and background checks.

    The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has been working in Haiti since June 28, 1973. The UNDP is a part of the United Nations system together with 17 different companies additionally current within the nation. Its presence is outlined by a fundamental settlement with the Government of Haiti, which units out the essential circumstances beneath which this system will assist the Government within the implementation of its growth initiatives.

    UNDP helps the Government of Haiti in its long-term method to sustainable growth by supporting capability constructing of nationwide establishments, the native personal sector and communities in Haiti to raised put together the nation’s future and construct a robust and resilient nation.

    UNDP interventions are based mostly on a Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan is grounded in UNDP’s ongoing dedication to eradicating poverty, assist international locations of their pathways in direction of the SDGs and dealing in direction of the Paris Agreement. It envisions daring objectives, making a distinction to thousands and thousands of lives, together with via tackling multidimensional poverty, vitality entry, elections participation and growth financing. It explains how UNDP will develop our six signature options – powered by digitalization, innovation and growth financing – for higher affect. 

    UNDP is striving to make sure its procurement perform and practices are an integral a part of UNDP’s aggressive benefit as a growth accomplice of selection. This requires inserting extra consideration on strategically integrating procurement on the undertaking design state, stimulating innovation in specs and applied sciences, and adopting extra sustainable manufacturing and consumption practices that align with UNDPs sustainable growth objectives.  Sustainable procurement means ensuring merchandise, providers, and purchases are as sustainable as attainable with the bottom environmental affect and most optimistic social outcomes. In implementing UNDP strategic procurement priorities, Country places of work will try to make use of versatile strategies for high-value/low-risk and well timed supply that meet the wants of its shoppers and key stakeholders.

    Position Purpose

    The Procurement Analyst will work beneath the strategic steerage and direct supervision of Operations Manager. The Procurement Analyst supervises CO Procurement Unit liable for efficient supply of procurement providers to acquire greatest worth for cash in massive places of work. S/he analyzes and interprets monetary outcomes and laws, and supplies options to a large spectrum of advanced points associated to procurement.  The procurement analyst promotes a collaborative and client-focused, high quality and results-oriented method within the Unit. 

    The Procurement Analyst works in shut collaboration with Operations, Programme and undertaking groups within the Country Office, Region, and UNDP HQ in addition to with distributors and Government officers, to efficiently ship procurement providers, present options to advanced procurement points, and supply advisory assist. 

    UNDP adopts a portfolio method to accommodate altering enterprise wants and leverage linkages throughout interventions to attain its strategic objectives. Therefore, UNDP personnel are anticipated to work throughout models, capabilities, groups, and initiatives in multidisciplinary groups with the intention to improve and allow horizontal collaboration.
     

    Duties and Responsibilities

    1.) Elaborate and handle implementation of modern and sustainable procurement methods and insurance policies which can be in alignment with ideas of equity, integrity and transparency to attain greatest worth for cash.

    • Ensure full compliance of procurement actions with UN/UNDP guidelines, laws, insurance policies, and strategic priorities via efficient inside controls and correctly used consumer –oriented procurement administration system. 
    • Elaborate/set up inside procurement Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), map CO procurement enterprise processes, and handle workflows in Procurement Unit.
    • Discuss procurement methods and plans with initiatives and different stakeholders and donors to make sure mutual alignment. 
    • Conceptualizes, elaborates and implements strategic procurement within the CO together with sourcing technique, provider choice and analysis, high quality contract administration, contract administration, contract appraisal, value discount methods, buyer relationship administration, e-procurement, and efficiency measurement.

    2.) Manage and information procurement processes for CO, initiatives, and different UN Agencies.

    • Ensure well timed and duly preparation of procurement plans for the workplace and initiatives, and monitor their implementation.
    • Manage implementation of correct monitoring programs, mechanisms and controls for procurement processes that cowl RFQ, ITB or RFP, receipt of quotations, bids or proposals, and negotiation of sure circumstances of contracts in full compliance with UNDP guidelines and laws. 
    • Review and certify submission of paperwork to inside procurement overview committees (CAP, RACP and ACP). 
    • Ensure administration of procurement contracts and carry out delegated duties in e-procurement for Purchase Orders approval.  Implement the inner management system that ensures buy orders are duly ready, dispatched, and corrected on a well timed foundation when there are errors or different issues. 
    • Implement harmonized procurement providers and analyze new alternatives for joint procurement for UN companies in keeping with the UN reform.

    3.)  Introduce and implement strategic sourcing technique and e-procurement instruments to search out greatest values in market and align buying technique to undertaking and CO objectives.

    • Develop and handle rosters of suppliers. 
    • Elaborate provider choice and analysis standards, and high quality and efficiency measurement mechanisms.
    • Develop Long-Term Agreements/Frameworks Agreements for extra environment friendly class administration. 
    • Manage and implement e-procurement system in CO.

    4.) Facilitates procurement information constructing and information sharing in CO, Region, UNDP and UN.

    • Organize procurement coaching for the operations and undertaking workers.
    • Organize procurement coaching for distributors on e-procurement modules.
    • Synthesize classes realized and greatest practices in procurement.
    • Make sound contributions to information networks and communities of apply.
    • Participate in Operations Management Team (OMT) to share data on cross-cutting areas and collaboration alternatives to attain higher economies of scale.
    The incumbent performs different duties inside their practical profile as deemed essential for the environment friendly functioning of the Office and the Organization 

    Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities: Supervise assist workers in Procurement Unit.

     
    Competencies
    Core Competencies

    Achieve Results-LEVEL 2:  Scale up options and simplifies processes, balances velocity and accuracy in doing work

    Think Innovatively-LEVEL 2:  Offer new concepts/open to new approaches, exhibit systemic/built-in considering

    Learn Continuously-LEVEL 2:  Go exterior consolation zone, study from others and assist their studying

    Adapt with Agility-LEVEL 2: Adapt processes/approaches to new conditions, contain others in change course of

    Act with Determination-LEVEL 2: Able to persevere and take care of a number of sources of strain concurrently

    Engage and Partner-LEVEL 2:  Is facilitator/integrator, carry individuals collectively, construct/keep coalitions/partnerships

    Enable Diversity and Inclusion-LEVEL 2:  Facilitate conversations to bridge variations, considers in choice making

     

    People Management

    UNDP People Management Competencies could be discovered within the devoted site. 
     

    Cross-Functional & Technical competencies 

    Procurement-Strategic Sourcing:  Knowledge of strategic sourcing ideas, ideas and strategies, and talent to apply this to strategic and/or sensible conditions 
    Procurement-Contract Management:  Knowledge of contract administration ideas, ideas and strategies, and talent to apply this to strategic and/or sensible conditions 
    Procurement-Data Analysis:  Ability to extract, analyze and visualize procurement knowledge to type significant insights and support efficient enterprise choice making 
    Procurement-Stakeholder Management:  Ability to work with incomplete data and steadiness competing pursuits to create worth for all stakeholders 
    Business Direction & Strategy-System Thinking:  Ability to make use of goal downside evaluation and judgement to know how interrelated parts coexist inside an total course of or system, and to contemplate how altering one component can affect on different elements of the system
    Business Management-Portfolio Management:  Ability to pick out, prioritise and management the group’s programmes and initiatives, in keeping with its strategic goals and capability; potential to steadiness the implementation of change initiatives and the upkeep of business-as-usual, whereas optimising return on funding
    Business Management-Risk Management:  Ability to establish and arrange motion round mitigating and proactively managing dangers

    Required Skills and Experience 
    Education:
    • Advanced college diploma (grasp’s diploma or equal) in Business Administration, Public Administration, Economics, Finance, or associated subject is required or 
    • A primary-level college diploma (bachelor’s diploma) together with an extra two years of qualifying expertise will probably be given due consideration in lieu of the superior college diploma 
    • CIPS stage 3 is a requirement for this place. If certification will not be out there on the time of recruitment, it must be obtained inside one yr. CIPS stage 2 is a requirement on the time of the recruitment.
    • CIPS above stage 3 is an asset. 
    Experience:
    • Minimum of two years (with grasp’s diploma) or 4 years (with bachelor’s diploma) of related expertise on the nationwide or worldwide stage in public sector procurement administration.
    • Experience in the usage of computer systems and workplace software program packages (MS Word, Excel, and many others) and superior information of web-based administration programs akin to ERP.
    • Knowledges in procurement strategies (RFQ, ITB, RFP) is an asset
    • Experience in growing and implementing Procurement Policies is fascinating
    • Working expertise in UNDP is an asset.

    Language:

    • Fluency in French and Creole.
    • Working Knowledge of English is fascinating.

    Note : Please add copies of your educational {qualifications}, CIPS Certificate and three newest Performance Evaluations (if relevant).

    Please observe that continuance of appointment past the preliminary 12 months is contingent upon the profitable completion of a probationary interval.

     
    Disclaimer

     

     
    Under US immigration legislation, acceptance of a workers place with UNDP, a world group, might have important implications for US Permanent Residents. UNDP advises candidates for all skilled stage posts that they need to relinquish their US Permanent Resident standing and settle for a G-4 visa, or have submitted a legitimate utility for US citizenship previous to graduation of employment. 

     
    UNDP will not be ready to supply recommendation or help on making use of for US citizenship and due to this fact candidates are suggested to hunt the recommendation of competent immigration legal professionals concerning any purposes.

     
    Applicant details about UNDP rosters

     
    Note: UNDP reserves the fitting to pick out a number of candidates from this emptiness announcement.  We may additionally retain purposes and contemplate candidates making use of to this publish for different comparable positions with UNDP on the identical grade stage and with comparable job description, expertise and academic necessities.

     
    Non-discrimination

     
    UNDP has a zero-tolerance coverage in direction of sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and will probably be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas.  

     
    UNDP is an equal alternative and inclusive employer that doesn’t discriminate based mostly on race, intercourse, gender identification, faith, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, incapacity, being pregnant, age, language, social origin or different standing.

     
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