Electromechanical engineering buyer

The Electromechanical engineering buyer oversees the entire procurement process for electromechanical, hydraulics and construction categories in an ICRC's delegation. In his/her capacity, he/she ensures that procurement is carried out in line with standard institutional policies and procedures.

Your task

• Conduct sourcing campaigns for electromechanical, hydraulics and construction categories and provide all information to operational actors
• Identify and manage the resolution of technical and economic constraints related to procurement and importation regarding these supplies
• Manage tendering process, negotiate purchase conditions and purchase all specific goods and services as specified in the requests
• Process specific purchase orders and establish contracts with suppliers, ensures all related information is available in the local database and filing system
• Assure the quality of procured and delivered goods
• Collaborate with relevant units to anticipate the needs and play an active role in planning of material procurement and deliveries linked to construction sites
• Implement and follow-up ICRC purchase strategy for the related product category with the Lead buyer
• Assist procurement officer to clarify problematic orders
• Supervise and train national procurement officers
• Follow-up the procurement process until goods are delivered by the supplier
• Sort out the quality claims and to validate suppliers invoices
• Visit and prospect suppliers, select and evaluate them
• Keep and update the purchase procedures
• Keep and update "tableau de bord": with activities and anomalies indicators (e.g.: purchase orders, purchase values and consolidated volumes of suppliers/families/sites, anomalies etc)
• Maintain good filing system for PO files, suppliers files, products files

Selection requirements

• Prepared to accept unaccompanied postings (i.e. no spouse, partner, children or dependents) during the first 24 months of collaboration
• Engineering degree in mechanic, Electro mechanic, civil engineering, or equivalent and procurement knowledge, management of product portfolio
• Minimum 3 years in construction equipment engineering, electro-mechanical engineering or a relevant field of activity
• 1st experience in procurement, experience in the humanitarian field is an asset
• Written and verbal English mandatory, French an asset
• Good understanding of the supply chain processes
• Additional competency: Diploma in related field such as purchasing, supply chain management, etc.
• Driving license (must cover manual transmission – a license for automatic-transmission vehicles only is not sufficient)

Your profile

• Strongly motivated by humanitarian work
• Open-minded and adaptable, empathic and diplomatic
• Able to work in a team, under pressure in sometimes a dangerous environment
• Ability to take relevant decisions within a given framework
• Good management, administrative and communication skills
• Professionalism, integrity, interpersonal skills, goal focus

Please note that owing to the ICRC's working procedures and principles, in particular the principle of neutrality, we cannot assign personnel to a country of which they are a national.

https://www.icrc.org/en/who-we-are/jobs/opportunity/electromechanical-engineering-buyer