EAII Advisors Sr Manager Procurement and Contracts Management

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About the Organization

Evidence Action is a global nonprofit organization with an approach distinctive in international development – we exclusively scale interventions that are backed by strong evidence and can be delivered with exceptional cost-effectiveness. Since our founding in 2013, we have reached over 515 million people globally with our interventions. We deliver high impact for every dollar spent, as recognized by GiveWell, The Life You Can Save, and Charity Navigator.

Job Description

EAII Advisors is seeking Sr. Manager, Procurement and Contracts with project management skills to join its Operations Team. Reporting to the Deputy Director, Operations, the Sr. Manager will be adept at learning the needs of program teams and other user-departments, translating those needs into efficient procurement plans while anticipating and troubleshooting for any challenges. you will need to coach staff through the procurement process, and ultimately ensure procurements and contracts are meticulously executed. 

You will work across program, finance, and operations teams to help ensure sustainable systems are in place to manage all operational and financial resources.  This position will manage two staff members.

Job Responsibilities

Procurement and Contracts Management

• Ensure implementation of comprehensive control systems for all procurements and contracts specifically for the India Safe Water Now program, along with other ongoing programs.
• Establish procurement processes in all new locations to support program expansion and ensure compliance with procurement policies, performance measurement of vendors / agencies at field, with support from the Deputy Director, Operations.
• Develop RFPs (Request for Proposal) in collaboration with the user department, manage the complete procurement process, including indication of desired timelines to all involved, address queries, suggest solutions/ideas and documenting, at various stages.
• Act as point of contact for vendors and lead on any troubleshooting, escalating issues as required.
• Provide guidance on invoices from different vendors and will work as a functional bridge with vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Map, review, and update procurement and contracting timelines, anticipating bottlenecks during planning stages and offer potential solutions.
• Track deliverables, management of all vendors/agencies on board, and compile the expenses inputs to have cost effectiveness.

Project Management

• Facilitate cross-departmental communication to ensure all user departments understand the procurement and contracting process prior to creation of statements of work;
• Analysing financial information to keep projects on track, and collaborating with different departments to ensure all leads and involved team members understand where a project is in the development process and its status.
• Review and refine all procurement policies, procedures and tools and ensure they are meeting company standards, adhere to budgets and meet deadlines.
• Effective documentation for project / process creation, development and execution as well as the project’s scope budget and justifications

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

Essential

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field with 10+ years of relevant work experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Previous experience managing a team.
• Comfortable in proactive and open communicating and understanding project management
• Demonstrated strong procurement and operational skills.
• Advanced literacy in Excel.
• Ability to multitask and track multiple projects and deadlines.
• Power Point Presentation Skills
• Open to Travel as and when needed (estimated of 10% of the time)

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