Catholic Relief Services
5001 - 10000 employees
Founded 1943
🤲 Charity
🤝 Non-profit
🌍 Social Impact
Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact
Catholic Relief Services is a global humanitarian organization that eases the suffering of and provides development assistance to people in need in over 100 countries. As the official international relief organization of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, CRS focuses on emergency response, health, agriculture, education, and justice and peacebuilding. Their work is guided by Catholic values and the organization aims to serve the poor and vulnerable, regardless of race, religion, or nationality.
Humanitarian Procurement Specialist I
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Catholic Relief Services
5001 - 10000 employees
Founded 1943
🤲 Charity
🤝 Non-profit
🌍 Social Impact
Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact
Catholic Relief Services is a global humanitarian organization that eases the suffering of and provides development assistance to people in need in over 100 countries. As the official international relief organization of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, CRS focuses on emergency response, health, agriculture, education, and justice and peacebuilding. Their work is guided by Catholic values and the organization aims to serve the poor and vulnerable, regardless of race, religion, or nationality.
📋 Description
• Execute fully compliant procurement processes in line with CRS policies, procedures, and donor requirements. • Support procurement planning by gathering requirements, market information, and pricing data, for Cuba-related procurement needs and flagging constraints or risks that may affect sourcing. • Execute or support end-to-end procurement processes, including solicitation preparation, supplier sourcing, bid evaluation support, and documentation. • Coordinate closely with procurement, program, logistics, and finance teams to track procurement actions, monitor progress, escalate issues, impacting delivery. • Proactively communicate with suppliers to monitor order status, resolve issues, and support contract execution. • Verify that goods and services delivered meet required specifications, quantities, timelines, and cost expectations, and follow up on any discrepancies. • Maintain accurate and complete procurement documentation to ensure audit readiness and compliance. • Support supplier identification, market research, market engagement, and due diligence processes for suppliers relevant to Cuba operations. • Provide basic procurement support and guidance to internal stakeholders. • Support procurement reporting and maintain accurate data in ERP systems (e.g., Insight).
🎯 Requirements
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or other relevant degree. • Minimum of two to five years work experience in procurement or purchasing, preferably with an international organization. • Good knowledge of various donor procurement regulations (e.g. Department of State) • Knowledge of international and national procurement regulations and local market conditions in the US, Latin America, and Caribbean region. • Understanding of contract terms, and ability to successfully complete purchase orders against specifications. • Proficient in MS Office package (Outlook, Teams Excel, Word, PowerPoint). Experience with Enterprise Resource Management (ERP) systems highly desirable.
🏖️ Benefits
• Be willing and able to travel up to 30% to CRS and vendor locations in the US, Caribbean, and Latin America
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