Job Title: Senior Procurement
Officer
Officer
Organisation: Uganda
Printing and Publishing Corporation (UPPC)
Printing and Publishing Corporation (UPPC)
Duty Station: Entebbe,
Uganda
Uganda
Reports to: Procurement
Manager
Manager
About US:
Uganda Printing and Publishing
Corporation (UPPC) is a body corporate established by the UPPC Act 1992 Cap.30
as a leading Government printer mandated to provide printing and publishing
facilities to the government ministries, departments, and parastatal bodies
.private companies, individuals and organizations. The corporation prints and
publishes all government legislation and documents and undertakes security
printing works.
Corporation (UPPC) is a body corporate established by the UPPC Act 1992 Cap.30
as a leading Government printer mandated to provide printing and publishing
facilities to the government ministries, departments, and parastatal bodies
.private companies, individuals and organizations. The corporation prints and
publishes all government legislation and documents and undertakes security
printing works.
Job Summary: The Senior
Procurement Officer will initiate, plan, implement, monitor and manage the
procurement function of the Corporation as provided by the PPDA procurement
guidelines; aiming at strengthening the effectiveness and efficiency in
delivering services to its stakeholders.
Procurement Officer will initiate, plan, implement, monitor and manage the
procurement function of the Corporation as provided by the PPDA procurement
guidelines; aiming at strengthening the effectiveness and efficiency in
delivering services to its stakeholders.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Tasked with the development of the corporation
procurement strategy
through a process of reviewing and analyzing the corporation’s; - Ensure that the Corporation follows the
appropriate procurement process for every procurement made as provided for
in the PPDA Act; - Maintain and archive records of the procurement
and disposal process; - Prepare monthly reports for the Contracts
Committee and such other reports as may be required from time to time for
submission to the relevant offices; - Liaise with HR on issues concerning procurement
training for PDU staff and the rest of the stakeholders of the corporation; - Identify risk areas and coming up with ways of
handling risks relating to procurement and disposal within the
corporation. - Direct and coordinate activities of PDU
personnel through participation in interviewing and hiring of PDU staff, and overseeing
their training. - Manage all procurement or disposal activities
of the corporation except adjudication and the award of contracts; - Support functioning of the Contracts Committee;
- Implement decisions of the Contracts Committee;
- Co-ordinate the procurement and disposal
activities of all the departments of the corporation; - Ensure compliance with the PPDA Act,
Regulations and guidelines made under this act, and best practice; - Control purchasing department budgets.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
ideal candidate should preferably hold a Bachelor’s Degree in
Procurement or Business Administration or Statistics of Computing or
Marketing or Finance or Accounting or Economics or any other degree in a related degree; - Possession of Master degree in Procurement or
Business Administration or Marketing or Finance or Accounting or Economics
will be of added advantage. - Possession of a Professional Qualification in
Procurement (MCIPS) is a MUST; - Five
years of managing the procurement function in public organizations
or private reputable organization.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and
interested candidates are encouraged to send their applications and updated CVs
with CERTIFIED copies of academic transcripts and certificates, postal,
telephone, and Email address to:
interested candidates are encouraged to send their applications and updated CVs
with CERTIFIED copies of academic transcripts and certificates, postal,
telephone, and Email address to:
Chairman, Board of Directors,
Uganda Printing and Publishing
Corporation
Corporation
P.O. Box 33, Entebbe, Uganda.
NB: Please mark the
envelope with the job applied for in CAPITAL LETTERS and include applicant
names and three professional referees.
envelope with the job applied for in CAPITAL LETTERS and include applicant
names and three professional referees.
Deadline: 29th January 2018 by 5:00pm
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