Procurement Officer at International Potato Center (CIP)

The Procurement Officer will be responsible for supporting the Senior Procurement Officer to support CIP Regional office to offer effective and efficient procurement and logistics services.

Duties and Accountabilities:

• Identify new suppliers and derivative products by constant market follow up, call for bids and acquire the best suppliers that will guarantee an optimum supply chain;
• Identify and implement alternatives for purchase sources, to minimize costs, time, and warehouse inventory levels;
• Determine purchase strategies to secure a cost-effective long term supply chain;
• Prepare and conduct contract negotiations for medium and large volumes;
• Monitor and control agreements with suppliers, and keep in touch with key contacts;
• Organize and monitor acquisitions, following standard processes and track product flow from origin to final delivery;
• Create and maintain contact with internal customers, in-order-to assist them with technical queries/ requests, agreed standards and deadlines;
• Process documentation for execution of logistics operations, taking appropriate actions to resolve operational issues;
• Register and maintain logistic database in corporate system for successfully tracking of information;
• Work capacity under pressure;
• Interpret data on logistics elements (supply chain management, strategic sourcing or distribution) for decision making.