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Procurement Manager
About this role
Role based in Abuja for CHAI Nigeria. The Procurement Manager will lead the end-to-end procurement cycle, manage a small procurement team, and oversee supplier relationships for the office, ensuring all purchases align with CHAI policy, budgets, and Nigerian law. The position is a back-office role with no grant management, donor reporting, or business development responsibilities, reporting to the Country Director. The role involves setting quality standards, risk management, and enabling ethical, compliant procurement to support government-oriented health initiatives. CHAI focuses on strengthening national capacity and works at the invitation of governments.
What you would do
- Own the full procurement cycle from annual plan to close-out
- Lead sourcing activities from specification to tendering, evaluation and contracting
- Coordinate periodic procurement reviews and report KPIs monthly
- Ensure compliance with CHAI policy and delegated thresholds for all actions
- Maintain audit-ready documentation and manage supplier, quality, pricing and delivery risks
- Embed ethical and sustainable sourcing and anti-corruption checks
- Act as point of contact for program teams on specs, timelines and service expectations
- Negotiate and manage framework agreements and lead supplier performance reviews
- Collaborate with Finance, Legal, IT and Administration to align purchase-to-pay and contracting
- Develop and maintain vendor database and manage prequalification of new vendors
What they are asking for
- Bachelor degree in supply chain management, procurement, business, engineering or related field
- Master's degree or professional certification (CIPS, CPSM, CSCP) is advantageous
- At least 7 years of progressive procurement or supply chain experience with sourcing and contracting responsibilities
- Experience running competitive tenders and serving on evaluation committees
- Line management experience with objective setting and performance reviews
- Experience procuring for nonprofit, international, or multi-country environments
- Advanced Excel and ERP system skills
- Strong knowledge of Nigerian import, customs and tax exemption processes
- Willingness to learn new technologies to improve procurement processes
- Excellent English communication, negotiation and supplier relationship skills
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