Analyst - Procurement

Responsibilities

• KEY ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Makes recommendations regarding any activity in the procurement process and contributes to the framework design, effectiveness and ongoing improvement of the process.
• Facilitates procurement activities and makes recommendations in relation to alignment.
• Prepares tendering documents and channels them for approvals.
• Implements category specific procurement approaches in alignment with Sidra’s approved policies and procedures.
• Supports the Specialists by proposing alternative approaches to the end-users for improved functionality, quality, or price.
• Liaises with end-user departments and other stakeholders during the pre-tendering stage to assist them in defining required specifications and in producing budgetary estimates.
• Acts as a resource to end-user departments and facilitates communication between the procurement staff for issues related to the assigned category.
• Supports market research to ensure availability of required products and services and develops sourcing plans accordingly.
• Works with relevant staff on maintaining Sidra’s item master.
• Prepares purchase orders and updates them if needed.
• Expedites purchase orders if requested and required.
• Reviews requisitions for completeness, correctness and clarity.
• Supports the development of procurement (tendering) documents for the selected products.
• Actively supports the activities and objectives of the relevant Sidra standardization and product evaluation committees.
• Participates in technical and/or commercial evaluations of suppliers’ offers.
• Reviews technical and commercial evaluation reports before submitting them for approval in accordance with authority matrix.
• Participates in negotiation activities with selected suppliers.
• Actively supports all processes that ensure that procurement transactions are processed in the best interest of Sidra, using best value-for-money principle.
• Participates in selected procurements of high-value and/or high-risk, as directed.
• Prepares purchase orders and updates them, if needed.
• Resolves issues pertaining to delivery, payment, discrepancies in issued orders etc.
• Prepares reports using ERP and other resources and performs required analysis.
• Prepares analysis of quotations and product offerings.
• Where required and appropriate, performs direct cash or credit card purchases.
• Assists with additional departmental duties assigned.
• Adheres to Sidra’s confidentiality and Privacy of information policies.
• Performs other duties as assigned from time to time by procurement and contracts management.
• Adheres to Sidra’s standards as they appear in the Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest policies
• Adheres to and promotes Sidra’s Values

Qualifications

• QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Education

Experience

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