VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT IN WIDOWS AND ORPHANS EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION (WEWE) – PROCUREMENT MANAGER

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT IN WIDOWS AND ORPHANS EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION (WEWE)

PROCUREMENT MANAGER

Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE) is soliciting experienced and qualified professionals to join its management team.

Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE), is a strong, upcoming faith-based local NGO, that is expanding its operations and workforce in Nigeria in line with its new five-year strategic plan and to align with international donor localization initiatives such as the Foreign Commonwealth Development Organization (FCDO) working with Women’s Rights Organizations (WROs), USAID localization strategy, and the European Union’s interest in engaging more local organizations. 

WEWE is compiling a list of qualified and experienced professionals who will be on standby to be engaged if WEWE secures any grants this year 2024 and early next year 2025. If your application is successful, WEWE will reach out to you first when we win a new award.

Are you interested in joining a local organization, especially now that international donors are allocating more funds to local organizations?

Is your internationally donor-funded project ending, and as a result, will you be out of work in a few months?

Are you working in an insecure part of Nigeria and looking to relocate to the South-South or South West, where you are more familiar with the terrain?

Do you currently work far from your family and wish to move closer to them, perhaps to the South-South or Southwest? Then come and join the WEWE family.

Position:         Procurement Manager

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• S/he will oversee the sourcing of quotes on the submission of approved purchase requests.
• S/he will supervise the procurement selection process
• S/he will supervise justification analysis for selecting particular vendors/consultants.
• S/he will carry out daily procurement activities
• S/he will be in charge of full compliance of procurement activities with WEWE rules, regulations, policies, and strategies
• S/he will be in charge of the preparation of procurement plans and their implementation /monitoring
• S/he will organize procurement meetings
• S/he will conduct RFQs or RFPs and receive quotations, bids, or proposals.
• S/he will be responsible for raising the Purchase Request form for all request
• S/he will ensure that the products and supplies are high quality
• S/he will work with procurement team members to complete duties as needed
• S/he will review and analyze all vendors/suppliers, supply, and price options
• S/he will create and maintain good relationships with vendors/suppliers
• S/he will maintain records of vendors’ databases and other important data
• S/he will be responsible for the inventory tracking and update
• S/he will perform administrative activities
• S/he will assist staff as when needed in creating clear and understandable purchase requests and other documentation.
• S/he will ensure that all supplies, services, and equipment required are delivered on time
• S/he will supervise sentinel checks for every procurement
• S/he will supervise the contracting of vendors to supply items
• S/he will supervise the payment for supplies and services
• S/he will ensure that all supplies, services, and equipment required are delivered on time
• S/he will oversee updates of vendors’ databases and other important data
• S/he will oversee the review and analysis of all vendors/suppliers, supply, and price options
• S/he will oversee procurement meeting processes including preparation and receipt of quotations, bids, or proposals.
• S/he will oversee the market survey
• Carry out any other duties or tasks as assigned by the supervisor

 Qualification Requirements

• Graduate with a Bachelor’s degree or Higher National Diploma (HND) degree in a relevant course such as Purchasing and Logistics, Purchasing and Supply, Business Studies, Supply Chain Management, Marketing, Business administration, or any social or management science course.

 Required Experience:

• Minimum of 4-5 years of working experience as a procurement officer or any related field
• Ability to negotiate contracts
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
• Excellent communication skills
• Accurate attention to detail
• Goal-oriented, organized team player
• Ability to work well with management and staff at all levels
• Excellent report-writing skills.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Ability to work long hours when needed.
• Strong analytical and research skills.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified individual should send their comprehensive curriculum and cover letter in ONLY one attachment (MS Word document) explaining their suitability for the job to: procurementmanager2024@weweng.org on or before Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

Kindly Note: WEWE reserves the right to conclude this recruitment process when a suitable individual is selected. While WEWE thanks all for showing interest, only shortlisted individuals will be contacted.

“WEWE is an equal opportunity employer, which promotes diversity and does not discriminate based on tribe, state of origin within Nigeria, religion, age, sex, race or on different physical ability”.

“WEWE’s organizational culture promotes the principles of safeguarding and high moral values. WEWE’s Safeguarding Policy 2022 promotes an environment where no staff, associates, volunteers, case workers, consultants, board members, and partners engage in a sexual relationship, harass, or exploit anyone under the age of 18 or vulnerable adult, especially our beneficiaries”.

“WEWE’s organizational culture also has zero tolerance for corrupt practices. Therefore, for any of our job vacancies, we advise that applicants do not offer or accept any request for money, favors, or gifts from anyone to facilitate an employment opportunity with WEWE. Applicants found engaging in such practices could jeopardize their chances of being selected. If anyone contacts, you with such an offer please report this immediately to WEWE management on this WhatsApp line 09037811024”.

“WEWE’s Vision, Mission and Ideologies ”

Organization Vision:  A society without vulnerable persons

Organization Mission: Empowering communities, vulnerable persons, and local  organizations to be resilient by faith

WEWE’s Organizational Ideologies

1. To beat global standards of excellence in all we do
2. To improve the lives of vulnerable people
3. To be statutorily and financially compliant at all times. We want to strengthen the capacity of other local NGOs to be statutorily and financially compliant equally, thereby contributing to increasing the number of compliant NGOs in Nigeria and Africa.
4. To consistently deliver superior and ever-improving programs and services than any other local and international organization.
5. To be better than the rest and be better than the best in all we do