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Senior Procurement Officer
2025-12-23T09:45:16+00:00
PATH
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FULL_TIME
 
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Healthcare
Business Operations, Admin & Office, Social Services & Nonprofit, Management
KES
 
MONTH
2025-12-31T17:00:00+00:00
 
 
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ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

PROCUREMENT

  • Effective acquisition of a wide range of goods and services,
  • Responsible for country program compliance with PATH and donor policies in procurement, ensuring no conflicts of interest and ethical practices are observed.
  • Develop and maintain a procurement planning and analysis processes for the timely acquisition of goods, coordinate with other procurement partners as required and provide proactive, rigorous and logical methods to solve procurement related challenges within Country.
  • Lead procurement activities including competitive bidding, supplier selection and justification, issuing purchase orders.
  • Provide guidance to project teams on annual procurement planning.
  • Due diligence on new vendors as well as routine checks on existing vendors
  • Manage vendor relationships (including travel agents and hotels).
  • Review annual supplier contracts in consultation with the legal team
  • Proactively identify issues with day-to-day purchasing processes and resolve and/or communicate the issues to management in a timely manner, as needed.
  • Lead the prequalification of suppliers and service providers
  • Coordinate the update and sharing of procurement tracker for the country program
  • Actively review and update procurement policies/procedures, no less than once annually, and advise management on any changes necessary.

PERFORMANCE MANAGER:

  • Oversee duties and activities of Procurement Officer/s
  • Facilitate individual team member success through communication, coaching, mentoring and performance assessment.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s degree or minimum 5 years’ experience in Business Administration/Management, Procurement, or Finance.
  • Strong problem-solving and excellent decision-making.
  • Experience with ERP systems. Experience with Business World ERP will be an added advantage.
  • Experience working in an international NGO is desirable.
  • Excellent skills in MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access).
  • Experience managing and supervising a team.
  • Work well under pressure and prioritize to meet deadlines.
  • Ability to work independently with a high degree of reliability, accuracy, and productivity.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills; fluency in English is required.
  • Ability to maintain harmonious working relationships and effectively address complex and sensitive administrative issues.
  • Must have legal authorization to work in Kenya. 
  • Effective acquisition of a wide range of goods and services,
  • Responsible for country program compliance with PATH and donor policies in procurement, ensuring no conflicts of interest and ethical practices are observed.
  • Develop and maintain a procurement planning and analysis processes for the timely acquisition of goods, coordinate with other procurement partners as required and provide proactive, rigorous and logical methods to solve procurement related challenges within Country.
  • Lead procurement activities including competitive bidding, supplier selection and justification, issuing purchase orders.
  • Provide guidance to project teams on annual procurement planning.
  • Due diligence on new vendors as well as routine checks on existing vendors
  • Manage vendor relationships (including travel agents and hotels).
  • Review annual supplier contracts in consultation with the legal team
  • Proactively identify issues with day-to-day purchasing processes and resolve and/or communicate the issues to management in a timely manner, as needed.
  • Lead the prequalification of suppliers and service providers
  • Coordinate the update and sharing of procurement tracker for the country program
  • Actively review and update procurement policies/procedures, no less than once annually, and advise management on any changes necessary.
  • Oversee duties and activities of Procurement Officer/s
  • Facilitate individual team member success through communication, coaching, mentoring and performance assessment.
  • Strong problem-solving and excellent decision-making.
  • Experience with ERP systems. Experience with Business World ERP will be an added advantage.
  • Excellent skills in MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access).
  • Experience managing and supervising a team.
  • Work well under pressure and prioritize to meet deadlines.
  • Ability to work independently with a high degree of reliability, accuracy, and productivity.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills; fluency in English is required.
  • Ability to maintain harmonious working relationships and effectively address complex and sensitive administrative issues.
  • Bachelor’s degree or minimum 5 years’ experience in Business Administration/Management, Procurement, or Finance.
  • Experience working in an international NGO is desirable.
  • Must have legal authorization to work in Kenya.
bachelor degree
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Vacancy title:
Senior Procurement Officer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Healthcare, Category: Business Operations, Admin & Office, Social Services & Nonprofit, Management]

Jobs at:
PATH

Deadline of this Job:
Wednesday, December 31 2025

Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, December 23 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

PROCUREMENT

  • Effective acquisition of a wide range of goods and services,
  • Responsible for country program compliance with PATH and donor policies in procurement, ensuring no conflicts of interest and ethical practices are observed.
  • Develop and maintain a procurement planning and analysis processes for the timely acquisition of goods, coordinate with other procurement partners as required and provide proactive, rigorous and logical methods to solve procurement related challenges within Country.
  • Lead procurement activities including competitive bidding, supplier selection and justification, issuing purchase orders.
  • Provide guidance to project teams on annual procurement planning.
  • Due diligence on new vendors as well as routine checks on existing vendors
  • Manage vendor relationships (including travel agents and hotels).
  • Review annual supplier contracts in consultation with the legal team
  • Proactively identify issues with day-to-day purchasing processes and resolve and/or communicate the issues to management in a timely manner, as needed.
  • Lead the prequalification of suppliers and service providers
  • Coordinate the update and sharing of procurement tracker for the country program
  • Actively review and update procurement policies/procedures, no less than once annually, and advise management on any changes necessary.

PERFORMANCE MANAGER:

  • Oversee duties and activities of Procurement Officer/s
  • Facilitate individual team member success through communication, coaching, mentoring and performance assessment.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s degree or minimum 5 years’ experience in Business Administration/Management, Procurement, or Finance.
  • Strong problem-solving and excellent decision-making.
  • Experience with ERP systems. Experience with Business World ERP will be an added advantage.
  • Experience working in an international NGO is desirable.
  • Excellent skills in MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access).
  • Experience managing and supervising a team.
  • Work well under pressure and prioritize to meet deadlines.
  • Ability to work independently with a high degree of reliability, accuracy, and productivity.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills; fluency in English is required.
  • Ability to maintain harmonious working relationships and effectively address complex and sensitive administrative issues.
  • Must have legal authorization to work in Kenya. 

 

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Logistics/ Transportation/ Procurement jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Wednesday, December 31 2025
Duty Station: Nairobi | Nairobi
Posted: 23-12-2025
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 23-12-2025
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 10-10-2076
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