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International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Jobs 2024 – India International Jobs. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics looking for “ Executive – Purchase & Stores”. Applicants with a  bachelor’s degree may apply on or before 14-Jul-24.

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Executive – Purchase & Stores Jobs 2024

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics has published a job vacancy announcement on 24/06/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Executive – Purchase & Stores to be based in , India.

Company Name: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

Job Title: Executive – Purchase & Stores

Duty Station: , India

Country: India

Application Deadline: 14-Jul-24

About the Company:

ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi- arid or dryland tropics has over 2 billion people and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these disadvantaged populations to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded environment through better agricultural production systems.

ICRISAT is headquartered at Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and eight country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT envisions a prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropics. Its mission is to reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics. ICRISAT conducts research on its mandate crops of chickpea, pigeonpea, groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet in the arid and semi-arid tropics. The Institute focuses its work on the drylands and in protecting the environment. Tropical dryland areas are usually seen as resource-poor and perennially beset by shocks such as drought, thereby trapping dryland communities in poverty and hunger and making them dependent on external aid. Please visit ? www.icrisat.org .

Job Summary: ICRISAT seeks applications from dynamic professionals for the position of Executive – Purchase & Stores to aim to build a network of vendors for the organization by seeking quotations, negotiations, preparing purchase orders, tracking the orders, making, and renewing contracts, inviting bids, scheduling, procuring materials. This position will be based at ICRISAT?s Headquarters in Patancheru, Hyderabad, India.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be responsible for –

• To Collect and execute purchase requests in a timely manner.
• Prepare comparative statement by collecting quotations from the market.
• Prepare Purchase Orders as per set policies.
• Having knowledge in end-to-end Procurement procedures.
• Administer and monitor purchase activities according to set policies.
• To issue and reconcile purchase orders, receipts, invoices, and packing slips.
• Evaluate equipment, tools, materials for quality, price, support, and service
• Experience in handling logistics.
• Adhering to the specification of the Purchase and Stores manuals.
• Follow the instructions and safety rules at work.
• Preparing request for purchase for stock replenishment.
• Liaise with purchase department for timely procurement of materials and avoid stock out situation.
• Maintaining all relevant files of store according to standard filing system
• Coordination with user departments
• Maintaining all relevant files of store according to standard filing system.
• Coordination with user departments.
• Carry out physical verification of stocks on a regular basis.
• Stock audit reconciliations.
• To carry out tasks assigned by the supervisors.

Qualification:

The ideal candidate will have most, if not all, of the following skills, knowledge, experience, and personal characteristics:

• Any Graduate (preferably Commerce, Engineering and Management disciplines.
• Preferably to have any Diploma or PG Diploma in Materials Management.
• Minimum 4-6 years of experience in Purchase and Stores activities.
• Knowledge of working on ERP/SAP and proficiency in using MS Office packages.
• Should have excellent oral and writing communication skills in English.

General:

This is Contractual position initially for a period of three years (36 months) renewable based on the performance of the incumbent and the institute?s continuing need for the position.

How to apply:

Applicants should apply on or before 14 July 2024, with the latest Resume, and the names and contact information of three references that are knowledgeable about their professional qualifications and work experience. All applications will be acknowledged; however only short listed candidates will be contacted.

ICRISAT is an equal opportunity employer.