Profession: purchaser medical devices
Job Opportunity Ref. hq-purch-md
Location: Headquarters
(Geneva based/Satigny) (100% with 20 % field visits)
Purpose of the post
- Responsible for the supply strategy and implementation, purchasing and replenishment, for medical devices within the global strategic purchasing unit
- Involved in the early definition of the needs, acts as a technical support to the requesters
- Ensure compliance with policies, strategies and processes.
Main responsibilities
- In charge of the supply strategy, purchasing and replenishment, for medical devices
- Management of a supplier portfolio diverse and international
- In charge of the tendering and contracting
- In charge of the replenishment depending on demand planning, availability and specifications agreed
- Responsible for the administrative treatment of the orders
- In charge of purchases for preventive maintenance and repairs
- Share knowledge in the early definition of the needs with requesters and act as a technical support depending on equipment and products
- Ensure the quality and security of the purchases
- Assist country/regional purchasers and validate local purchases
- Search and share market technological updates and validate new suppliers
- Search and share knowledge on quality & norms from international regulation
- Validate products sourcing per country (2 months/year)
- Interface with health unit and pharmacist.
Selection requirements
- University / master degree or equivalent in medical or pharmaceutical linked to medical devices
- Mandatory experience of medical devices made as buyer or user (nurse)
- Purchasing or supply chain experience expected if no purchasing degree
- Humanitarian operational field experience or strong motivation for it
- English and French, compulsory, German an asset, other languages appreciated
Your profile
- Global, multicultural focus, detailed knowledge of the medical context (regulations, products, environment)
- Very good knowledge of the whole purchasing process
- Knowledge of the supply chain and understanding of the procurement constraints
- Customer and solution oriented, capacity to manage complex activities with various experts and to analyze the relevance of purchase orders
- Administrative and organizational skills
- Computer literate with proficiency in MS Excel
- Team player, collaborative, flexible, interpersonal skills, interested to work in a multicultural environment.
- Availability for possible field assignments following 4-year posting at headquarters.
Length of assignment: 4 years
Application deadline: 27.02.1012
Starting date: 01.05.2012
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