Deadline: ongoing
Abt Associates is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Administration Manager / Procurement Manager in Mozambique.
The Administration Manager / Procurement Manager will be responsible for handle all local purchasing and international commodity procurement for the PMI Africa Indoor Residual Spraying Mozambique program.
Abt Associates’s mission is to improve the quality of life and economic well-being of people worldwide.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Administration Manager / Procurement Manager will perform the following functions-
- Handles all local procurements of goods and services; coordinates international procurement with home office procurement department. In coordination with Operations Manager, following all relevant USAID and Abt Associates policies, procedures, and procurement regulations.
- Acts as the Property Manager for all project assets.
- Consolidate all requests for procured or purchased items. Prepare and/or supervise the preparation of all purchase requisitions.
- Oversee the development and finalization of all specifications for all commodities. Estimate costs and solicit quotations according to FAR and AIDAR regulations.
- Manage and maintain records of all procurements and purchases against existing source and origin waivers for the project.
- Quality control and receipt of delivered goods, and the processing of customs clearance as needed.
- Gather market data relative to suppliers and prices; ensure updated database on due diligence of suppliers.
- Maintain procurement reference materials including agency regulations and instructions which may be used as precedents.
- Responsible for determining acceptability of delivery of all purchased or procured items.
- Manage all returns, warranty and defect issues for procured items.
- Manage all insurance claims for all damaged or defective items.
- Supervises local distribution on-site delivery and all formal documentation of receipt and transfer.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or other similar field.
- Minimum 4 years of relevant professional experience with significant experience in procurement and logistics of commodities.
- Bachelor’s Degree and 4 years of experience.
- At least 2 years of USAID-funded development programs, and thorough knowledge of Federal and AID Acquisition Regulations (FARs and AIDARs) required.
- Demonstrated project management experience including warehouse and store management.
- Excellent management, supervisory, writing, computer and organizational skills in both Portuguese and English.
- Professional interpersonal skills with the ability to work in multidisciplinary teams.
- Well-organized, responsible, independent, efficient and able to multitask under pressure.
- Experience in working in collaboration with national and international Partners.
- Demonstrated experience in Microsoft Office, especially Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.
- Portuguese and English language required.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications through online process.
For more information, please visit Abt.
