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Catholic Relief Services

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1943

🏥 Healthcare

🍽️ Food & Beverage

📦 Logistics

Healthcare • Food & Beverage • Logistics

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

• Coordinate and execute moderately complex to complex procurement activities for services and consultancies, including supplier research, solicitations, bid evaluations, negotiations, awards, and contract or purchase order preparation. • Maintain complete, accurate, audit-ready procurement files throughout the procurement lifecycle. • Review contracts and purchase orders for completeness, accuracy, compliance, risks, supplier concerns, and implementation issues; escalate matters requiring further review. • Coordinate contract administration with requestors, contract owners, suppliers, and other stakeholders, including modifications, implementation issues, supplier performance concerns, and closeout actions. • Review and document proposed changes to scope, pricing, schedules, terms, or supplier obligations and support amendments or purchase order modifications. • Advise requestors, budget holders, and country program colleagues on procurement requirements, sourcing options, lead times, market considerations, documentation, and contractual matters. • Provide remote or in-person procurement support to country programs during workload surges, staffing gaps, recruitment transitions, and other capacity needs. • Support procurement reporting with updates, issue summaries, risk information, and analysis of recurring needs, bottlenecks, documentation gaps, and supplier concerns. • Recommend sourcing strategies such as framework agreements or blanket purchase agreements for repeated or high-effort procurements.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience • Minimum of 5 years of experience in procurement/purchasing management or administration, preferably with an international organization • Proven experience reviewing and negotiating contracts • Experience leading services and consultancy procurements, including statement of work review, evaluation criteria development, consultant or firm selection, cost reasonableness analysis, contract documentation, and procurement risk management • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint • Working knowledge of donor procurement regulations such as USAID, EU, and UN requirements • Working knowledge of international and national procurement regulations and local market conditions • Working knowledge of contract terms, procurement principles, and supplier engagement practices • Ability to identify procurement risks, compliance concerns, and contractual issues • Strong attention to detail and ability to review procurement documentation for completeness, accuracy, audit readiness, and compliance • Strong planning, coordination, analytical, negotiation, communication, and relationship management skills • Ability to interpret procurement requirements and communicate processes, sourcing considerations, contractual implications, and risks to diverse stakeholders • Ethical conduct in accordance with recognized professional and organizational codes of ethics • English required • Willingness and ability to travel up to 30% • Professional certification preferred • Experience with database management systems such as MS Access preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Life insurance • Vision insurance • Generous retirement savings plan • Collaborative, mission-driven work culture