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Job Title:   Senior Procurement Officer, Market Research Planning & Sourcing  

Organisation: Watoto Child Care Ministries

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Watoto Church Ministries and Community Care has experienced exponential growth in the past couple of years composed of multiple Celebration Centres (Campuses) and diverse Community care initiatives that include; Child Care, Community and Neighbourhood, Education and FM Radio amongst others. In all of this, Watoto remains a local church, committed to celebrating Christ and caring for community.

Job Summary: Watoto is seeking to recruit a Senior Procurement Officer to ensure that procurement planning for Watoto Ministries is undertaken based on market research and implemented in accordance with the operational plans.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Market Research and Procurement Planning

• To manage market research on prices for goods and services and ensures value for money for Watoto procurements.
• To develop, maintain and update an annual Master Procurement Plan based on any changes to the budget as approved by the Church Council.
• To manage prequalification of service providers based on the established policies and guidelines.
• To establish procurement performance indicators and milestones to be used in monitoring and assessing progress in the implementation of the Annual Master Procurement Plan.
• To ensure that market structure and commodity variances are continuously monitored and verified with appropriate stake holders.

Procurement Processes

• To develop quarterly procurement work plans and ensure that all procurement operations are carried out in accordance with the procurement plan as approved by the Church Council.
• To ensure compliance to the procurement and disposal policy and standard operating procedures.
• To support senior and line managers by providing them with expert guidance to understand and implement procurement policy effectively.
• Ensures that the procurement calendar is respected and there is timely delivery on planned activities.
• To coordinate negotiation processes where necessary and continually source for cost-effective supplies.
• Participates in contracts evaluations and ensures they have clear terms of reference.

Human Resource Management and Development

• To ensure that new staff in the department are properly oriented and performance standards well explained.
• To train, coach and mentor’ staff under your supervision in the department and campuses to deliver high performance.

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience.

• The applicant for the role should hold at least a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Business Administration (Procurement), Economics or other relevant discipline.
• At least a minimum of five years’ working experience in a busy and large organisation.
• Membership in a professional procurement body.
• Computer literacy in MS office, MS project and database management

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates can apply by visiting our website;

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• Go to Apply for a job section
• Under that, view the Job Role and click on the link that reads; Apply
• Fill out the form that will be open and submit after all sections have been filled.
• Submit your CV, academic and professional documents, and a cell/pastor’s recommendation letter to careers@watotochurch.com (Subject Line: Job Title First Name, Last Name)

Deadline: 21^st May 2024

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