DEPUTY MANAGER (PROCUREMENT) – Ministry of Health

Mandate: Ministry of Health exists to promote and provide integrated, holistic and sustainable preventative, cura-tive, rehabilitative quality health service to the nation.

EXTERNAL ADVERTISEMENT

 

CIRCULAR NO. 1 OF 2023

VACANCY: DEPUTY MANAGER (PROCUREMENT)

VACANCY CODE: 111400671.1.2

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the above position in the Ministry of Health, tenable at Central Medical Stores.

SALARY: D1 (P350, 904 – P386, 976 per annum)

BENEFITS:

a) Optional contributory Medical Aid Scheme (Government pays 50%, Employee pays 50%).

b) Contributory Pension (Government contributes 15% and employee contributes 5% of basic salary.

LEAVE: 30 working days per annum.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Degree in Strategic Supply Chain Management or Business Administration or any other related field.

EXPERIENCE:

At least twelve (12) years experience in Purchasing, Supply and Materials Management, two (2) years of which should have been served as Principal Procurement Officer I at D2 salary scale or equivalent.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

To coordinate procurement of supplies, services and works as well as disposal of assets for the Ministry in a timely and efficient manner.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

• Give advice on procurement matters requiring policy action and guide on all technical matters for effective procurement of goods, works and services.
• Provides technical advice in the preparation of the tender documentation, administration of the tendering and evaluation of bids for contract awards.
• Identify and source suitable supplies, services and works and negotiate and agree prices in accordance with delegated authority.
• Manage contracts with contractors to ensure expected deliverables.
• Coordinate compilation of data contained in quotations/proposals/bids to determine the best supplier in terms of quality, delivery time, discounts, and transportation costs among others and submits the analysis to PPADB or MTC.
• Draw up specifications for the stock range to promote quality assurance and maintenance of high performance standards.
• Monitor compliance with government reservation and price preference schemes during tender evaluation and promote standardization of procurement of supplies.
• Reduce the risk of deterioration, obsolescence and unserviceability by ensuring that stocks are issued on first -in-first-out basis.

COMPETENCIES:

• Decision Quality
• Strategic Agility
• Customer Focus
• Negotiating
• Ethics and Values
• Integrity and Trust
• Timely Decision Making
• Planning
• Organizational Agility
• Delegation