English speaking vacancies in Holland: VACANCY: TACTICAL PROCUREMENT OFFICER at Médecins Sans Frontières in Amsterdam

Tuesday 7 August 2012

VACANCY: TACTICAL PROCUREMENT OFFICER at Médecins Sans Frontières in Amsterdam

Artsen zonder Grenzen (Médecins Sans Frontières) is an independent, international organization, which offers humanitarian medical aid to victims of emergency and chronic crises and speaks out for their cause. The Logistics department plays a key role in ensuring logistic performance for the benefit of the programs conducted in the various project countries. The department consists of the Procurement Unit and the Field Support Unit.

The Procurement Unit is responsible for processing the orders from some 25 project countries and delivering a wide assortment of medical and non-medical goods to the projects within the required timeframe.

The Unit consists of a Coordinator, five Operational Procurement Officers, two Order Expeditors, three Tactical Procurement Officers, a Tactical Operational Procurement Officer, a Procurement Process Officer, a Procurement Administrator, a Stock Manager, a Pharmacist and a Medical Devices Specialist.

Due to maternity leave cover Artsen zonder Grenzen has a vacancy for a:

TACTICAL PROCUREMENT OFFICER (100%)

(from the 15th of October 2012 till the 15^th of March 2013)

based in Amsterdam

POSITION

Tactical Procurement is a group with challenging targets, the achievement of which are important improvements to the humanitarian supply chain. Project work alternates with tactical work involving the management of part of the (non-) medical assortment and the relevant suppliers and manufacturers, concluding and managing contracts and /or other written agreements, vendor-rating, etc. Part of the workload involves the direct support to the daily requirements of the operational procurement process, the primary process (sourcing of non-standard articles, solving issues around constraint items, emergencies). The challenges the humanitarian supply line is faced with are on the increase and vision, curiosity and resourcefulness are required. The candidate should be prepared to take on operational tasks when requested; all this to meet the specific demands of our field projects.

PROFILE

We are looking for a highly motivated person with an HBO-level education in a logistical or commercial direction, preferably with a (medical) purchase background and/or (medical) supply chain management experience. In addition you have at least two years relevant working experience. Good communication skills and fluency in English (speaking and writing) are essential. You should be able to draw up unambiguous written agreements in English. Understanding the Dutch language is an asset. Your way of working is organised. You are a good team player, but can work independently as well and have a problem-solving attitude. You are furthermore service-oriented, accurate, demonstrate initiative, and have a good follow-up attitude. The work environment is at times hectic and unpredictable, which make flexibility, thinking out-of-the-box and eagerness to learn, important qualities. To do it well, you should be prepared to teach yourself everything that is relevant. You are furthermore prepared to occasionally work outside office hours, when required. Familiarity with automated order processing systems (we work with Oracle) is an asset.

You should be a keen negotiator and able to expand your market knowledge effectively. In the framework of cooperation with the other operational MSF sections, you will occasionally attend international meetings on procurement and products.

WE OFFER

A contract for five months.
The Tactical Procurement Officer is in scale 6 with a gross monthly salary between € 2.533 and
€ 3.619 depending upon relevant professional experience and based upon a 40-hour working week.
A premium free pension and 30 holidays per year based on a 40-hour work week.
A challenging position in a stimulating, professional an international working environment.

INFORMATION & APPLICATION

For more information about this position, please contact Roel Zaat, Co-ordinator Procurement Unit on phone 020-5208016.

If you are interested in this position and believe that you fit the profile, please email your letter of application and Curriculum Vitae before 1 September 2012 in English to Amanda van Hoorn (personnel officer) to: officejobs@amsterdam.msf.org. Please mention “Tactical Procurement Officer” in the subject line.

Found here: http://www.artsenzondergrenzen.nl/werk-voor-ons/vacatures/tactical-procurement-officer.aspx

No comments:

Post a Comment

Introduction of the ‘European Blue Card’

As from 19 June 2011 the Netherlands has a new purpose of stay: the European Blue Card. The European Blue Card is a separate purpose of stay in addition to the existing National Highly Skilled Migrant Programme. The EU Blue Card Council Directive is intended for highly skilled foreign nationals who do not have EU, EEA or Swiss nationality, and who wish to work in one of the member states of the EU. The Directive is also meant to make it easier to settle in another EU member state. A residence permit will always be required in that other member state, however. To obtain this residence permit the employee must comply with the conditions applicable in that member state.

The conditions for residence in the Netherlands as an EU Blue Card holder are stricter than those for residence as a Highly Skilled Migrant. The employee must have a contract for highly qualified employment for at least one year, earning at least EUR 60,000 gross (in 2011). The employee must have completed a course of higher education lasting at least three years. The employee must prove this by having his diploma assessed by Nuffic. For a regulated profession, a competent authority will take decisions about the admission to that profession.

Advantages
One of the advantages of the EU Blue Card is that it is easier for an EU Blue Card holder and his family members to settle in another EU member state at a later date. After eighteen months foreign nationals who have an EU Blue Card are exempted from the provisional residence permit (MVV) requirement, if they want to work in another EU member State. In this second member state the employee must submit an application for a residence permit as a holder of an EU Blue Card. Each member state may implement the directive in slightly different ways. If someone holds a Blue Card in the Netherlands, this does not mean that the requirements are also met in other member states.

Another advantage is that after having stayed lawfully with the EU Blue Card holder in the Netherlands for two years, the family members may apply for a residence permit for ‘continued residence’. For other purposes of stay this is only possible after having stayed lawfully in the Netherlands for three years. The family members must have resided legally and continuously within the territory of an EU member state for at least five years, however. An employee who has stayed legally in the Netherlands as an EU Blue Card holder for two years may apply for the status of ‘long-term resident as a non-EU member country national’. He must have resided legally and continuously within EU territory for five years and must comply with the other conditions for this purpose of stay.

Highly skilled migrants from outside of the EU

A highly skilled migrant is a migrant who comes to the Netherlands to be employed, and has a gross annual income of at least €47,565, or €34,881 if he/she is under thirty. This income requirement does not apply if the employee enters service for certain functions in an educational or research institution. For information on the specific functions to which this clause applies, you can inquire at the IND office for labour and highly skilled migrants. When a foreign national has been granted residence in the Netherlands as a highly skilled migrant, the employer of the highly skilled migrant is not required to be in possession of a work permit for that foreign national.

Professional soccer players, ministers of religion, teachers of religion and prostitutes are not eligible for a residency as highly skilled migrant.

Important!
The amounts stated above will be indexed every year as of 1 January.