Regional Procurement Assistant

hace 1 mes

Mexico City Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office A tiempo completo
The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow. Job Category Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services) Job Subcategory Procurement Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)

Main Purpose of Job:

Based in Mexico City and reporting to the Regional Procurement Manager, the jobholder will work as part of the Regional Procurement Team that sits within the FCDO Commercial Directorate with responsibility for supporting procurement activities across the regional network including Embassies, High Commissions and Consulates ensuring compliance to FCDO global policy and UK procurement regulations. 

To work as part of the Procurement team; interacting with internal and external customers. Assist the Regional Procurement Team in day-to-day transactional delivery with specific tasks and activities

FCDO Commercial takes responsibility for the acquisition of all goods and services required by the organisation whether bought at home in the UK or at one of our 260 office locations around the world. We do this by directly managing high value procurement activities, creating, and implementing the policies and procedures for everything else.

The FCDO has a regional structure for Finance, Procurement and HR across the whole network, realising cost reductions and global spend savings, whilst keeping quality high by reforming the way we manage procurement across the network.

The Procurement Operating Model requires procurement expertise in the regional organisation structure. Providing expert service to our global network of locations whilst retaining the ability to deliver efficiently on behalf of several locations and maintain links with the central procurement function in the UK. Procurement is a delivery partner to the FCDO business, providing advice and expertise to the business across the procurement lifecycle though to a shared responsibility for the successful delivery of larger procurement projects.

The Regional Procurement Assistant will support the Regional Procurement Team in Mexico delivering transactional activities that support the procurement services across the regional network of office locations, with tasks such as control and monitoring of mailboxes, leading on the supplier set up and amendments process. In addition, the position will be responsible for assisting in the pre-stages of procurement processes by helping with supplier identification locally or in the region for the different services requested, ensuring that documents and online projects are ready for the Procurement Leads to publish the tender and perform additional activities to support the procurement process.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Processing new supplier set-ups and assisting in supplier optimisation projects: To review and submit stakeholders supplier set-up requests and amendments acting as the first point of contact of this process to ensure information received is according to the guidance. Government credit card controls. Assisting in preparation of the tender pack documents and creation of tender projects in the e-procurement platform. Preparation of spend reports and market research Providing customer support and guidance to the clients within the network for low value requests (below £25K); Any other administrative activity as deemed by procurement manager. Regional Procurement support for Micro missions and small Posts: Acting as key contact carrying out end-to-end procurement process. RFQ/RFP process of various procurement/contract-related goods, services or work projects, including sourcing of suppliers, input and agreement of specification, preparation of tender documentation, liaison and coordination with suppliers to clarify requirements, coordination and evaluation of bids, seeking appropriate approvals, negotiations, agreement of contracts and closure of contracts. Ensuring all processes and contracts meet legal and audit requirements. Assist stakeholders with CAPEX purchases: To liaise with stakeholders at the beginning of the Fiscal Year in order to start the purchase of CAPEX items such as vehicles, generators, furniture, etc. Identify Potential Suppliers in the Region: To assists the Regional Procurement Team in performing a market research where needed to identify potential suppliers that could be invited to the tender processes for the different opportunities available. Support Regional Procurement Leads and Manager: To work closely with the Regional Procurement Team, helping them to create the set of documents for each tender process, having the information updated in the corresponding folders as well as creating the Project in the e-procurement platform. Make sure that the project tracker is up to date according to the procurement stage of each project. The jobholder will be self-starter, proactive, requiring emotional intelligence with a solution orientated mind-set. Assist in the elaboration of the Agenda for the annual meetings with stakeholders, where the Procurement Leads will review pipelines an projects for the current Fiscal Year. Essential qualifications, skills and experience Strong interpersonal and customer service skills: responsibility, positive attitude; resilient to adapt to changing environments. Problem solving, teamwork, emotional intelligence. Organisational skills, record and time management, research analysis and interpretation of data, attention to detail. Ability to work under pressure and communicate clearly. Ability to follow standard operating procedures and written processes, working with minimal supervision, prioritising workloads. Fluent oral and written English skills. Good Microsoft office suite skills. Desirable qualifications, skills and experience University Degree or equivalent qualification in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business, Economics, Finance or similar; Procurement knowledge; Administrative skills. Required behaviours Changing and Improving, Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Managing a Quality Service, Working Together Application deadline 2 June 2024 Grade Administrative Officer (AO) Type of Position Full-time, Permanent Working hours per week 38 Region Latin America and Spanish speaking Caribbean Country/Territory Mexico Location (City) Mexico City Type of Post British Embassy Number of vacancies 1 Salary Currency MXN Salary $21,762.00 MXN Start Date 22 July 2024 Other benefits and conditions of employment

Learning and Development Opportunities:

Continual professional development

Foundation Level Contract Management Training - Government Commercial Office

Working Patterns:

There may be requirement from time to time for early start times to ensure effective engagement with UK teams and other Hub teams on different time zones. Flexible working can be considered, a mix between office/home-based working is currently practice but increased presence in the office will be expected.

Staff members are expected to attend the office 3 days per week.

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