Director of Global Procurement

Director Of Global Procurement

Reporting to the General Counsel, the Director will lead TechnoServe's Global Procurement function, ensuring cost-efficiency through competitive bids, compliance with external regulations and internal policy, and effective user-friendly procurement systems. The Director leads a small team of regional Procurement staff, responsible for ensuring local procurements are processed in a compliant and timely manner and develops global tools and processes to provide ongoing support to internal clients managing programs and support departments. Additionally, the Director promotes TechnoServe's organizational culture of compliance and accountability through global education, training, and community-building.

Primary Functions & Responsibilities :

• Ensure that TechnoServe's procurement practices and approaches are consistent with TechnoServe's organizational goals and values, and support high-quality program implementation.
• Design and improve user-friendly systems and processes for procurement, including policies, procedures, templates, and tools to facilitate purchasing and contracting of vendors.
• Structure organizational procurement systems and staffing, prioritizing efficiency, effectiveness and compliance.
• Oversee a process for annual procurement planning for all country offices and major regional projects with the goals of streamlining program delivery and maximizing program impact through cost savings.
• Manage the full lifecycle of our procurement systemsfrom initial design and implementation to ongoing maintenanceto ensure all accurate tracking of procurement data.
• Lead processes and management of external consultants, including contracts and payments.
• With a particular emphasis on fraud detection and prevention, monitor procurement data to proactively raise and address risks, leading investigations around procurement irregularities and / or allegations, as needed.
• Recruit, mentor, and manage an appropriate team to support TechnoServe's procurement efforts around the world.
• Initiate and facilitate a community for technical collaboration and ongoing support / training among TechnoServe's global procurement team.

Basic Qualifications :

Required Languages : Fluency in written and spoken English

Travel : Travel up to 25%

Preferred Qualifications :

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

Supervisory Responsibilities : 3-4 geographically dispersed managers.

Note : We are prioritizing candidates located in a commutable distance to either our US Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, or Nairobi, Kenya. Please only apply to the Director of Global Procurement requisition that is posted in your preferred market. Candidates applying for the position in the US must be eligible for employment in the US at the time of application.

We encourage all qualified individuals who share TechnoServe's vision of improving the lives of others through proven business solutions to apply.

With our commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and affirmative action employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, HIV / AIDS status, protected veteran status, disability and all other protected classes.

We are also proud of our commitment to protecting staff, partners, and beneficiaries from abuse and exploitation and thoroughly vet all final candidates through rigorous background and reference checks.

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