Global Indirect Strategic Buyer

Location: Any MSF office*

Contract: Fixed-term contract at 100%

Duration: 12 months

Starting date: 01st of September 2025

Deadline to apply: 22nd of June 2025

Compensation and benefits: MSF practice is to offer the conditions current in the MSF entity establishing the contract.

*By default, the successful candidate will be offered a contract in the MSF office of their country of residence at the time of application.

I. MSF INTERNATIONAL

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural disasters. MSF offers assistance to people based only on need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation.

MSF International is the legal entity that binds MSF’s 24 sections, 6 operational entities, 27 associations and 18 branch offices together. MSF International provides political oversight, coordination, information and support to the MSF Movement, as well as implementing international projects and initiatives as requested.

I. CONTEXT

Procurement of products and services is a critical activity for MSF operations and represents approximately half of MSF’s expenses. Therefore, MSF has undertaken significant efforts in recent years to strengthen and re-organize its procurement function, which have led to the creation of the Global Procurement Unit (GPU). The primary aim of the GPU is to streamline procurement activities and increase compliance, efficiency, and risk management.

Situated within MSF International Office, the role of the Global Procurement Unit is to lead global procurement strategies, to coordinate procurement efforts in the organization and to support the development of the procurement function across all MSF entities to efficiently contribute to MSF's social mission.

As part of the Global Procurement Unit, the Global Indirect Strategic Buyer will:

• Report hierarchically to the Head of the Global Indirect Procurement.

• Work closely with MSF’s platforms, Heads of departments and budget holders requesting advice or delegating the performance of the procurement activity to the buyer, and with the Global Indirect team and the HQ / Indirect buyer community throughout MSF.

• Interact with other stakeholders within the MSF movement: International Legal department (ILD), Data protection coordinator, Sustainability team and Supply chain analytics team.

II. PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The overall objective of this position is to perform global procurement activities in line with the needs of the HQs and the Global Indirect procurement action plan, to manage and optimize the procurement spend of their scope of work, to ensure that they are pertinent, efficient and respond to the global needs of MSF.

III. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Build a comprehensive analysis of the scope of work and a strategy that responds to the needs of MSF entities and that is in line with the strategic objectives of the Global Procurement Unit.

• Build a global picture of the scope of work to provide an analysis on current situation and priorities.

• Establish the right channels of communication and processes to capture the needs from the different entities.

• Based on the above and on the strategic objectives of the GPU, formulate the strategic priorities for the scope.

• Operationalise these strategic priorities into an action plan. Anticipate risks, resources and stakeholders to be engaged.

2. Perform procurement activities in line with the needs of the HQs and the Global Indirect procurement action plan.

• Gather the needs from the HQs and align information required to perform supplier selection process (specifications…).

• Analyze spend and identify strategic suppliers and categories.

• Participate in the definition of the priority categories, plan procurement activity and ensure availability of the concerned teams in the entities.

• Lead tenders according to the priorities defined in the Global Indirect Procurement action plan.

• Define, in collaboration with the requesting departments and the other indirect buyers, the best procurement strategy.

• Guide the requesting departments in the needs analysis: volumes and technical specifications.

• Guide the requesting departments in the sourcing of potential suppliers.

• Launch tenders, lead the analysis of the offers and the negotiations with suppliers.