Lead - Procurement - Agriculture Firm

Procurement Lead

The organization is working with the Agriculture Department of a state in realising the vision and mission of transforming the agricultural economy. Adopting a data-driven approach, our strategic and implementation support will broadly focus on the following key areas:

- Ensuring high quality materials and inputs for crops, horticulture, sericulture, livestock, fish and poultry

- Promoting the state's comparative advantage by designing roadmaps for promoting unique and niche crops

- Securing livelihoods through enhanced jobs and income generation by diversification of agriculture and integrated livelihood systems.

- Promoting secondary agriculture and developing the agri-value chain and marketing opportunities

Required competencies for Procurement Lead :

- Minimum 4 years of demonstrated experience in the preparation and management of winning bids for national clients.

- Experience of developing bids / BOQs and submitting on eProcurement portals/ GEM portal for state governments and national departments.

- Detail-oriented, flexible, and able to handle multiple concurrent tasks.

- Strong management skills, both in planning, scheduling, and managing multiple tasks and people.

Responsibilities :

- Support the Agriculture Department in procurement of goods, services and works for the implementation of the project

- Support the department officials in preparing Request for Proposals (RFPs), Request for Quotations (RFQs), Expression of Interests (EOIs), Notice Inviting Tenders (NIT), etc. as per requirement

- Support the department in complete procurement life cycle including invitation of bids, organising pre-bid meetings, issuing clarifications, bid opening, bid evaluation, selection of eligible responsive bids, preparing contract agreements, executing contracts with selected bidders, etc.

- Undertake comprehensive contract management of all procurements under this project

- Ensure that all procurements are carried out as per General Financial Rules/ other applicable guidelines

Alignment with values :

a. Alignment with our core values of putting the mission first; acting with high

b. Standards of integrity; pursuing excellence; collaborating to succeed innovating to disrupt; and holding ourselves accountable

c. Willingness to work with senior stakeholders in the government and impact-oriented organisations

Fit within culture :

a. Passionate about creating impact

b. Self-driven with an entrepreneurial mindset and a high degree of ownership

c. Highest level of respect and empathy for internal and external stakeholders

Location: You will be based at the client location with occasional travel to it's headquarters in New Delhi