The Fred Hollows Foundation is an international development organisation working to prevent blindness and restore sight, is seeking a Procurement Intern in Nairobi.
You will be reporting to the Procurement & Operations Manager and supporting the Fred Hollows Foundation Kenya Procurement & Operations department with procurement and logistics tasks while gaining hands on experience.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Receive Intent to purchase from requesters and ensure they are fully approved.
- Assist in the solicitation of quotations, proposals, and tendering process.
- Assist with analysing quotations received.
- Assist in managing vendor database.
- Assist with sending communication to vendors including Local Purchase Orders.
- Support the implementation, monitoring and reporting of the annual Procurement plan, monitor progress and assist to make suggestions for overcoming bottlenecks.
- Assist with the preparation of documents and implementation of the document/file management system.
- Assist with asset inventory management.
- Implement best practices throughout the procurement cycle.
- Participating in team meetings.
- Assist in the preparation of reports.
- Any other duty that may be assigned from time to time by your line manager.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
- Bachelor’s degree in Procurement/ Logistics
- Proficient in Ms Office Suite, MS Excel and MS Word.
- Basic understanding of Procurement cycle
- A team player who is ready to learn new concepts.
- A self-starter with resilience, pace, interpersonal flexibility, ready succeed within an evolving and sometimes demanding culture.
- Time management skills including the ability to prioritize and multi-task work.
- Excellent command of English (both written and spoken).