Senior Officer, Procurement

## **Organizational Context**

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 191-member National Societies (NSs). The overall aim of IFRC is “to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by NSs with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.” IFRC works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises.

IFRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (Movement), together with its member National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The work of IFRC is guided by the following fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality.

IFRC is led by its Secretary General, and has its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The Headquarters are organized into four main Divisions: (i) National Society Development and Coordination; (ii) Humanitarian Diplomacy and Digitalization; (iii) Management and Accountability; and (iv) People and Strategy.

IFRC has five regional offices in Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and the Americas. IFRC also has country cluster delegations and country delegations throughout the world. Together, the Geneva Headquarters and the field structure (regional, cluster and country) comprise the IFRC Secretariat.

IFRC has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and other forms of harassment, abuse of authority, discrimination, and lack of integrity (including but not limited to financial misconduct). IFRC also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles.

## **Job Purpose**

The Senior Procurement Officer shall contribute to the success of the procurement activities in the Dubai Logistics Hub by ensuring effective operational and tactical procurement of goods and services.
The incumbent is accountable to drive procurement with the support of the Lead Global Procurement and Global Sourcing and Global procurement team.
The incumbent will lead and drive the regional procurement team to ensure the successful development and execution of procurement in a challenging and complex supply chain environment.

The incumbent will be accountable for procurement performance against set objectives and KPI`s.

The incumbent will oversee the execution of procurement (which includes sourcing, procurement planning, procurement strategies, procurement execution and vendor management) The incumbent ensures value for money objectives are achieved. The incumbent will have to develop a robust supplier base and manage the value chain complexity and risks in an uncertain environment to release total value contribution of procurement.
The incumbent will ensure effective execution of procurement, support tendering for the region as required, ensuring best value for money objectives are achieved.

## **Job Duties and Responsibilities**

**Key areas of influence and key internal relationships include:**
Carry out operational and tactical procurement in strong coordination with the strategic sourcing team, Global fleet hub, regional and country-based procurement staff. This role carries accountability for ensuing compliance with IFRC supply chain standards globally.

**Procurement**

- Implement the overall procurement strategy in close cooperation with the global procurement team.
- Ensure that the regional procurement supports and delivers all regional programmatic objectives including long term programmes and emergency responses.
- Ensure that the procurement unit delivers a procurement service that understands and meets the needs of the IFRC, partners and services users, balancing service quality against service cost/commercial implications.
- Accountable to achieve value for money.
- Support procurement planning with operational colleagues based on the needs of the operational plan.
- Identifying cost reduction opportunities in procurement and sourcing.

**Sourcing**

- Develop a robust supplier base within the region and manage the value chain complexity and risks in an uncertain environment to release total value contribution of procurement
- Develop a sourcing plan in line with global sourcing strategy and regional needs.
- Negotiate and implement Frame Agreements as per short- and long-term operation needs and efficiencies.
- Implement vendor performance management to ensure high performance of IFRC vendors.
- Provide consultation to regional and country general management to ensure support for sourcing strategy implementation.

**Compliance**

- Collaborate closely with na