Procurement Officer (Project Post) At United Nations Office At Nairobi (Unon)

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Responsibilities
Serves as a senior procurement and contracting expert with responsibility for the world-wide procurement of a wide variety of supplies and services associated with highly complex (technically and legally) contracts and procurement activities. May lead procurement work for a segment of a central or large peace-keeping program.
Provides technical advice on procurement activities to officials of substantive units during all phases of the procurement cycle.
Analyzes and evaluates procurement requests and ensures appropriateness of technical specifications.
Develops and prepares highly complex contracts for procurement of non-routine and technologically advanced commodities or long-range services. Issues international tender invitations. Evaluates responses to tender and makes recommendations for finalization of purchases and award of contracts. Signs procurement orders up to the authorized limit and in cases where the amount exceeds authorized signature authority, prepares submissions to the Contracts Committee for review and subsequent approval by the authorized official.
Develops new tactical approaches to contracts, as well as new methods for their application, based on market research.
Contributes to development of institutional procurement policies and procedures. Develops standards and criteria for the evaluation of goods, services, supplier capacity, etc.
Maintains under constant examination production patterns in exporting countries and evaluates the productive capacities and performance of manufacturers to identify supply sources.
Establishes approaches for negotiations and conducts or coordinates all phases of negotiations with all concerned parties, including the negotiation of disputes arising from contracts.
May carry out consultancy missions to the field.
Provides direction and guidance to more junior staff.
Perform other relevant duties as required.

Education
Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in business administration, public administration, commerce, engineering, law or a related field is required.
A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Supplementary courses or additional training in procurement, contract administration, contract management or construction management functions is desirable.

Work Experience
A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in procurement, contract management, administration or related area is required.
Experience in handling procurement of construction services for building, facilities and capital improvement or infrastructure projects or related scope is desirable.
Direct experience in supervising a procurement team that manages the acquisition of goods and services is desirable.
Experience working with a Systems, Application and Products (SAP) system or another Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is desirable.
Two (2) years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.


Nominal Salary: To be agreed

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