Job Summary:
Under the supervision of Supply and Logistics Officer, the Procurement Assistant will undertake the procurement processes upon receipt of complete Mission Requests (MR). One of the most important duties of a Procurement Assistant is to assist the Supply and Logistics Officer in overall procurement activities.
Responsibilities:
- Verifies MRs by comparing items requested; clarifying unclear items; recommending alternatives
- Process and respond to MRs in a timely manner
- Ensure all MdM policies and procedures are followed for the procurement process
- Prepare procurement documents as per standard threshold requirements.
- Verify MRs for its completeness, output specifications and price; obtaining recommendations.
- Closely coordinate with the requester on quality aspects as well as lead-time, substitute items and secure approvals accordingly before PO level.
- Obtains purchased items by forwarding orders to suppliers; monitoring and expediting orders.
- Verifies and Prepare Delivery Notes for receipt of items by comparing items received to items ordered; resolves shipments in error with suppliers.
- Preparing documents for payment for purchases by forwarding receiving documentation.
- Maintain Purchase Follow-up and other procurement trackers online.
- Ensure that the MdM procurement is aligned with standard purchase procedures.
- Ensure that vendor files are maintained per the MdM standardised filing system
- Ensure that all payment invoices are reviewed and signed by the relevant staff and submitted to the finance department, recorded in the register book, and that finance signs a confirmation of receipt.
- Act as focal person for flight bookings and reconciling of invoices.