Sourcing Specialist – Grants, PNS & Corporate Partnerships
Project Management / Program Management
About the Employer
Job Description
World Vision
World Vision is a Christian, relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
We work through our main sectors - education, health and nutrition, water and sanitation, economic development, and child protection - serving all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. Our work is always child-focused, participatory, and community-driven.
World Vision has been in Sri Lanka since 1977 and currently serves in 28 locations in 13 Districts across the country through development programs. In 2020, we directly impacted the lives of nearly 100,000 most vulnerable children and their families.
Sourcing Specialist - Grants, PNS & Corporate Partnerships
Location: Colombo
Job Profile
- To effectively manage the Supply Chain function in line with World Vision's procedures in order to support timely implementation of World Vision Programs/Projects / Grants that will have the greatest impact on process improvement, simplification, standardization, and cost containment thus ensuring the achievement of the Child Well Being Outcomes and donor expectation.
Major Responsibilities
- Participate in developing functional strategy through understanding and capturing donor requirements
- Engage with Partners / International Resource Development & Management (IRDM) team in procurement planning process
- Execute the market assessment and supplier pre-qualification process as per the set guidelines and supervise assessments at the national level
- Monitor and complete contract close-out, extension or renewal, as appropriate for the assigned commodities
- Ensure day to day procurement operations are managed smoothly, in compliance with policies and procedures
- Monitor performance of key indicators (provision spent, spent through contracts, on-time payment, and saving %), conduct root cause analysis of low-performing areas, and develop plans to improve those indicators
- Adherence to process, procedure, and policy in fulfilling procurement needs
- Ensure procurement-related risks are identified, recorded, and mitigation measures are taken Coordinate, participate in, and/or train other department staff on WVI procurement policies, processes, systems, and donor requirements
- Prepare general and detailed guidelines for the required systems
Required qualifications, experience & competencies
- At least 5 years' experience in sourcing and contract management
- Familiar with modern purchasing methods & procedures, category profiling, supply market assessments, supplier relationship management, price analysis (bundling and unbundling), etc.
- Knowledge of procurement guidelines for grants and current and latest trends
- Experience in working for a grant-funded project and experience with partner management
- Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or any related field
- Part professional qualification in Accounting, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management from a reputed professional body
- Ability to read, write & speak in English, Sinhala and knowledge of Tamil will be an added advantage
- The position requires the ability and willingness to travel domestically up to 25% of the time
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Email to: [email protected] (Please mention the designation in the subject and the salary expectation in the email body)
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