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• Plans, develops and manages the
  procurement activities of the Procurement Section involving multi-million
  dollar expenditures for worldwide procurement of a broad range of commodities
  and services.
• Acts as a principal advisor to senior
  officials; provides authoritative technical and policy advice and support
  on all aspects of procurement;
• Develops and disseminates best practices
  and ensures the highest levels of quality and accuracy of the Procurement
  Section’s work.
• Takes lead and guides the RPO’s
  Procurement Section; plans and allocates work assignments; coaches,
  mentors, and evaluates staff; participates in recruitment and selection of
  new staff and in the development of training programs.
• Analyzes unusually complex and/or critical
  procurement proposals of significant financial or operational impact;
  determines appropriate strategy/approach to best serve institutional
  interests, and ensures implementation, including the authorization of
  exceptions to established rules, practices and procedures, as necessary.
• Directs, manages and conducts planning,
  solicitation, negotiation, and, if necessary, termination of contractual
  and procurement action.
• Authorizes up to approve limit, or recommends
  authorization of procurement contracts/purchase orders.
• Develops proposals on revisions to
  procurement policies and procedures; develops and recommends strategy for
  the effective implementation of procurement policies, reforms and internal
  controls.
• Represents the organization in key
  meetings with senior officials internally and government officials, and in
  negotiations with senior executives of various commercial organizations
  for the purpose of concluding major contracts.
• Ensures that Acquisition Plans are in
  place in advance of the procurement cycle and ensure that they are
  properly laid out in order to carry out successful procurement activities
  in a timely and efficient manner in accordance with all financial and
  procurement guidelines.
• Performs programmatic/managerial tasks
  necessary for the functioning of the Procurement Section including budget
  preparation and staffing actions.
• Performs other duties as required.

• The Chief of Section, Procurement should
  possess an advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in
  business administration, public administration, commerce, engineering, law
  or related area. A first-level university degree in combination with a
  relevant combination of academic qualifications and experience may be
  accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Certification in the Management
  Development Program or an equivalent Management Development course is
  desirable.
• The applicant should possess at least ten
  years’ progressively responsible experience in procurement, or related
  functions such as contracting, logistics and/or supply chain management in
  multicultural institutions is required, of which at least five years
  should be directly related to recent first hand purchasing experience at
  the international level.
• Significant experience in the
  implementation and use of eCommerce tools such as eSourcing, eProcurement,
  eCatalogs, eInvoicing is desirable.
• Practical experience in conducting
  procurement at the international level for an inter-governmental
  organization(s), governmental organization(s), or large multi-national
  organizations(s) is desirable”

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