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PATH is an international organization that drives trans-formative innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health.

PATH is seeking to recruit a Procurement Associate who will ensure that goods and services are competitively procured and in compliance with the donor(s), PATH and statutory regulations. The specialist will at all times seek maximum value for the project and ensure that goods and services are procured in time and deliveries made according to agreed terms and conditions. He/she will be responsible for maintenance of accurate, up to date and complete records in required formats for all procurement transactions. In addition, the specialist will be responsible for ensuring that all invoices are properly supported and reviewed before submitting to the Project Administrator for payment consideration. Further, this position will ensure that accurate procurement reports are prepared to support management decision making processes. The Procurement Associate will be based in Nairobi.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Prepare and implement annual procurement plan in line with the approved budgets and work closely with budget holders.
  • Ensure that procurement processes are conducted in line with the PATH laid down policies as well as donor regulations and the laws of the land.
  • Prepare formal invitations for bids and requests for quotations, including required special terms and conditions, performance, and technical criteria
  • Act as a custodian of the procurement policy and ensure compliance with the same.
  • Prepare weekly management procurement reports and any other ad hoc reports as may be required from time to time by the project management.
  • Act as the lead custodian of the supplies/vendors data base.
  • Ensure that all the vendors that PATH does business with are properly registered and are subjected to proper due diligence processes including Bridger checks.
  • Identify opportunities and implement actions aimed at achieving efficiencies in procurement processes.
  • Ensure that invoices are properly supported before payment consideration
  • Facilitate good business relationships with suppliers/vendors.
  • Track orders and confirm system lead times, delivery dates, and costs.
  • Prepare, update, and maintain purchase orders until they are closed.

Required Skills

Required Experience

  • A Bachelor’s Degree in any business related field with a specialization /bias in procurement, CIPS qualification and KISM membership will be an added advantage.
  • At least 2 years progressive relevant on job experience, preferably in a busy NGO setting.
  • Familiarity with USAID Rules and Regulations and Kenyan procurement laws.
  • Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written).
  • Strong attention to detail, sound technical and analytical skills.
  • High standards of integrity.
  • Good time management skills and the ability to prioritize.
  • Ability to take self-initiatives and solve problems.
  • Ability to handle multiple and conflicting priorities, and work under strict deadlines.

Interested candidates must currently have legal authorization to work in Kenya.

PATH is dedicated to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.

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PATH envisions a world where innovation ensures that health is within reach for everyone.

We dare to believe that innovation can change the world

PATH is the leader in global health innovation. An international nonprofit organization, we save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health.

Our commitment

PATH is driven by an unshakeable commitment to health equity and a bold belief in the power of innovation to improve health and save lives. For nearly 40 years, PATH has been a pioneer in translating bold ideas into breakthrough health solutions, with a focus on child survival, maternal and reproductive health, and infectious diseases.

Our annual report viewed on an iPad and iPhone.

Follow our journey from innovation to impact in our 2015 online annual report. Photo: PATH/Dave Simpson.

Our expertise

PATH brings innovative solutions to bear wherever they are needed—in the laboratory or the factory, government halls or communities. We specialize in overcoming the barriers that can keep a bright idea from reaching widespread impact, especially those that arise in the middle of the journey of innovation. This is where promising projects often fail, during steps like testing and refining, gaining approvals, commercializing a product, and introducing new approaches. Through experience, creativity, and tenacity, we accelerate the pace at which innovations are transferred into the hands of the people who need them.

Our innovation platforms

PATH takes a multidimensional approach to solving health challenges. Our work spans five platforms, which we deploy strategically for greatest impact:

Vaccines to give children a healthy start in life.

Drugs to treat diseases more effectively and at lower cost.

Diagnostics to detect and track diseases.

Devices like household water filters and prefilled, nonreusable syringes.

And system and service innovations to ensure that all these tools reach the people who need them.

Our partnerships

PATH mobilizes cross-sector partnerships that radically extend our reach, making powerful tools and strategies accessible at a massive scale. We start with a country’s needs, partnering with government and civil-society institutions to develop and introduce health solutions that address the country’s highest priorities. Corporations, foundations, social entrepreneurs, individuals, as well as governments and multilateral institutions provide complementary strengths and capabilities.

 

Our impact

From devices like the vaccine vial monitor, which alerts health workers when a vaccine has been damaged by heat, to the newest science and strategies for eliminating malaria, our innovations have reached billions of people around the world.

By accelerating innovation, PATH and our partners are transforming the lives of the world’s most vulnerable women and children and helping to create thriving, self-reliant communities.

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0 USD CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week PATH

PATH is an international organization that drives trans-formative innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health.

PATH is seeking to recruit a Procurement Associate who will ensure that goods and services are competitively procured and in compliance with the donor(s), PATH and statutory regulations. The specialist will at all times seek maximum value for the project and ensure that goods and services are procured in time and deliveries made according to agreed terms and conditions. He/she will be responsible for maintenance of accurate, up to date and complete records in required formats for all procurement transactions. In addition, the specialist will be responsible for ensuring that all invoices are properly supported and reviewed before submitting to the Project Administrator for payment consideration. Further, this position will ensure that accurate procurement reports are prepared to support management decision making processes. The Procurement Associate will be based in Nairobi.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Prepare and implement annual procurement plan in line with the approved budgets and work closely with budget holders.
  • Ensure that procurement processes are conducted in line with the PATH laid down policies as well as donor regulations and the laws of the land.
  • Prepare formal invitations for bids and requests for quotations, including required special terms and conditions, performance, and technical criteria
  • Act as a custodian of the procurement policy and ensure compliance with the same.
  • Prepare weekly management procurement reports and any other ad hoc reports as may be required from time to time by the project management.
  • Act as the lead custodian of the supplies/vendors data base.
  • Ensure that all the vendors that PATH does business with are properly registered and are subjected to proper due diligence processes including Bridger checks.
  • Identify opportunities and implement actions aimed at achieving efficiencies in procurement processes.
  • Ensure that invoices are properly supported before payment consideration
  • Facilitate good business relationships with suppliers/vendors.
  • Track orders and confirm system lead times, delivery dates, and costs.
  • Prepare, update, and maintain purchase orders until they are closed.

Required Skills

Required Experience

  • A Bachelor’s Degree in any business related field with a specialization /bias in procurement, CIPS qualification and KISM membership will be an added advantage.
  • At least 2 years progressive relevant on job experience, preferably in a busy NGO setting.
  • Familiarity with USAID Rules and Regulations and Kenyan procurement laws.
  • Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written).
  • Strong attention to detail, sound technical and analytical skills.
  • High standards of integrity.
  • Good time management skills and the ability to prioritize.
  • Ability to take self-initiatives and solve problems.
  • Ability to handle multiple and conflicting priorities, and work under strict deadlines.

Interested candidates must currently have legal authorization to work in Kenya.

PATH is dedicated to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.

2017-02-06

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