Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Title: Procurement Planning Officer (1 Position) Reporting to: Forecasting & Quantification Specialist. .

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
• Work within a team of procurement officers to ensure timely and cost-effective procurement services for increased availability of lab and other program commodities in country;
• Provide timely notifications of expected shipments for each month/quarter to procurement partners to ensure necessary preparations made for incoming commodities;
• Monitor supply of commodities that are procured centrally for malaria, reproductive health, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS national programs using Pipeline software;
• Monitor various consumption patterns and take corrective steps on a periodic basis;
• Execute team annual work plans and budgets based on project resources available and intended annual and life of project targets set according to Government of Zambia and USG priorities;
• Exhibit Chemonics values and build culture of “Living our Values” within the team;
• Verify that USAID regulations, Chemonics policies, and quality management best practices are enforced consistently;
• Carry out additional responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time in consultation with supervisor of record.

Job Skills: Not Specified

Minimum Qualifications, Experience and Competencies:
• Diploma in laboratory sciences;
• Minimum two (2) years of experience working in supply chain management or program procurement required;
• Thorough knowledge of USAID funding and its contractual and reporting requirements required; experience working on USAID-funded health programs strongly preferred;
• Strong written and oral communication skills;
• Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills;
• Written and spoken English proficiency.
Location of Assignment
• The location of assignment is Lusaka, Zambia with intermittent travel throughout the country.

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Experience Requirements: 2 YEARS

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Job application procedure
To Apply:
Send electronic submissions of your CV, cover letter and the highest necessary qualifications to
PSMZambiaRecruitment@ghsc-psm.org by 12pm on Tuesday July 30, 2019. Please include clearly the position in the subject line of the email. No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted.

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