Procurement Officer

Job Title: Procurement Officer
Job Location: Damascus
Closing Date: 13 October 2025
Job Type: Full time
Minimum Education Level: Bachelor/ License Degree

Responsibilities:

Managing and coordinating all aspects related to purchases efficiently and effectively, including supervising department staff.

Ensuring that all purchases are made efficiently and in accordance with purchasing policy and in line with requirements of relevant donor organizations.

Setting goals and purchasing plan in collaboration with project managers to develop procurement plan for projects and in coordination with financial manager to develop Caritas Syria’s purchase plan.

Coordinating with finance department to disburse value of purchase contracts at agreed upon times with suppliers.

Reviewing list of approved suppliers and ensuring eligibility of new suppliers added to list of approved suppliers.

Supervising preparation and maintenance of supplier records and evaluating their performance based on criteria set by Caritas Syria.

Providing periodic reports to executive management and other departments.

Ensuring that all purchasing procedures are governed by highest ethical standards, taking precautions against fraud and working to prevent misconduct.

Proposing any new ideas that may improve purchasing efficiency to update Joint Charitable Committee's (Caritas Syria) purchasing manual and presenting them to Executive Director.

Overseeing logistics services, warehouses, transportation and delivery of services to beneficiaries.

Working and coordinating with other departments to integrate logistics services with Organization's procedures and operations.

Ensuring that employees comply with security and safety rules and regulations in distribution and storage.

Qualifications:

Educational Degree: Bachelor's degree in one of following majors: Commerce and Economics - Business Administration or equivalent.

Experience: At least 5 years in field of procurement management, preferably previous Experience with non-Profit Organization.

Negotiation skills - Communication skills - Leadership skills - Time Management - Analytical, problem-solving and organizational capabilities.

Fluent in Arabic & English, both speaking and writing.

Very good Command of MS Word and Excel.