Position Title: | Procurement & Logistics Officer |
Reports to: | Executive Director |
Work schedule: | Mondays-Saturdays (48 hours) |
Duty Station: | Montserrado, with frequent travels to counties of operation |
Opening date: | January 24, 2024 |
Closing date: | February 7, 2024 |
Send applications to: info@keeplib.org or keepliberia@gmail.com
Background on KEEP: KEEP is a registered and accredited national Non-profit Organization that works at the grassroots level in 4 counties in Liberia (Grand Gedeh, Gbarpolu, Rivercess & Montserrado) and focuses on providing various support in the education sector, particularly at the primary school level. KEEP also engages in women & girls’ empowerment, economic livelihood, access to justice, promotion of rights in schools, strengthening youth education through computer and reading literacy programmes, child sponsorship and advocacy.
Job Summary:
With supervision of the Executive Director, the Procurement & Logistics Officer has oversight responsibilities of the Procurement & Logistics unit of the organization. This role entails oversight of managing and tracking of KEEP’s assets and various inventories and supplies.
Main Duties And Responsibilities
- Manage the organization’s assets and keeps an up to date database on assets across the various County offices.
- Leads on the procurement of goods and services of the organization, keeping in accordance with internal policies and best practices.
- Provide supervision of the Logistics Assistant and oversight supervision of the chauffeurs.
- Ensure updated tracking of vehicle logs, storeroom reports, and registration/insurance renewals.
- Develop and maintain an updated vendors listing and advice management on cost saving measures.
- Provide monthly procurement reports.
- Conduct annual preferred vendor database assessment and evaluations.
- Track of the procurement budget and promote a long-term procurement cost cutting mentality.
- review existing contracts with vendors and suppliers to ensure their continued viability
- monitor supplier performance and ensure contractual obligations are met.
- Manage the vehicle and equipment fleet of the organization.
- Perform any other duty as may be required.
Requirements
- High school diploma.
- Must have a certificate in Procurement management from a recognized institution.
- Must have at least 2 years’ working experience in procurement and logistics.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office particularly Word & Excel.
- Must know how to drive a vehicle (standard) and ride a motorcycle.
- Good communication skills. Both written and spoken.
- Ability to multitask and deal with stressful situations and problem solve.
- Ability to work in a fast pace environment and a team setting.
- Available to work at flexible schedule that includes evenings and sometimes weekends and or holidays.