Date : 2008-07-23

Title : Director for Procurement

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Description :

Director for Procurement

A fast-paced world-class-standard organization based in Peshawar is ungently seeking a Director for Procurement.

Applications received will be assessed on a daily basis.

Serious candidates should immediately send their curriculum vitae, along with cover letter, to the HR Dept. by no later than 24th July, 2008, addressed to Post Box No. 366 GPO Peshawar, or email: hr.ldp.fata@gmail.com

The Director for Procurement will ensure the compilation and publication of timely and adequately specified requests for tenders and proposals (RFPs), Terms of References (TORs) and Scopes of Work (SOWs) for large civil construction works as well as the acquisition, installation and commissioning of technical equipment and systems, transportation systems and vehicle fleets. The Director for Procurement will Chair Bid Evaluation Committees and will prepare rationalized recommendations for the organization, Aos large purchases.

Specifically, the Director for Procurement, in coordination with the Manager for Logistics, will:

• Strategically plan for, prepare, process and obtain all necessary import tax exemption certificates for duty free imports of vehicles, equipment and materials;
• Assure exemptions from value-added taxes in line with the provisions of bilateral treaties between the Government of Pakistan and other sovereign governments;
• Advise on the full range of documentation required for contracts in compliance with the Laws of Pakistan and in accordance with international best practices;
• Provide technical inputs, justifications and oversight in generation large-value purchase orders;
• Be accountable for confirming the quality and capacity of equipment or items sought in reference to technical specifications, requirements, terms and conditions; and
• Perform other tasks assigned from time-to-time by the Director General, particularly tasks that may be relevant to procurements, contacts, inventory management and asset dispositions.

All candidates must have excellent hands-on computer skills; possess a Master's Degree level of education; be fluent in Pashto as well as Urdu and English languages; and have a minimum f 10 years professional work experience in a large commercial for-profit organization such as a transportation shipping line, a general construction contractor or a large manufacturing company.

This full-time, long-term, permanent career position is based in  Peshawar.