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Including the following activities: \n\nConstantly assessing the local market, seeking products and suppliers that offer the best value for money and negotiating prices in order to guarantee the best quality and pricing for MSF goods and commodities. Regularly updating the supplier-item-price data on the supply office and informing the Supply (Activity) Supervisor / Logistics Supervisor of all information or modifications to the data i.e. price, address, items available\n\nAt the request of the line manager, obtaining different quotations from suppliers according to the MSF Purchasing policy and placing purchase orders to pre-selected suppliers with whom prices have been agreed\n\nRequesting invoices or receipts, without delay, for all purchases, checking they are correctly filled and translating information written in local language before approval\n\nManaging the administrative and accounting procedures related to purchases: completing purchase orders, checking delivery notes (against orders), managing advances issued by the Finance Department, etc. Updating information on purchase lists after purchases are made\n\nAssisting in reception control process with the storekeeper.\n\nPerforming delegated tasks according to his / her activity and as specified in his/her job description.\n\nMSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities:\nSupervising materials and goods orders and dispatch in order to ensure its rational use.\n\nReceiving orders and deliveries, identifying and reporting potential discrepancies against cargo manifest or others. Stores materials in accordance with the system in force in order to ensure continuous availability.\n\nUpdating and/or creating stock cards for all stock items immediately after reception of goods. Checking the received cold boxes and controlling the cold chain-monitoring card\n\nStoring materials in accordance with the system in force in order to ensure continuous availability ensuring that all items are well organised and correctly stored, well protected, fully identified and easily accessible (cleanliness, security, access, etc.).\n\nPreparing orders on time before sending goods, and packs (according to transport means) weighs and labels freight with corresponding shipping number, destination, number of shipping units, waybill number, weight and mode of transport in accordance with the line manager’s instructions\n\nIn conjunction with the line manager, performing physical stock counts in accordance with the frequency previously defined. Following up stock levels with regards to alarms thresholds, stock out and expiry dates.\n\nControlling warehouse limited access to authorized personnel and ensuring doors and other exits are secured. Immediately informing the line manager of any problems arising in the course of the work, particularly with regard to damage, loss, attempted break-ins or theft in the warehouse\n\nAssisting the line manager with preparation of the stock reports\n\nAt the request of the line manager, support supply MSF activities in other locations.\n\nRequirements\nEducation:\nBachelor's Degree or equivalent is essential. Commerce or logistics related studies are desirable.\n\nLanguages:\nArabic and English are essential.\n\nExperience:\nAt least 2 years' experience in supply chain related jobs. Experience with MSF or other NGOs is an asset \n\nOther skills:\nGood IT skills (Microsoft tools, Internet)\n\nJob Conditions:\nLocation: Maadi, Cairo, Egypt.\n\nContract type: Fixed-term Contract – Full-time (working hours: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm)\n\nPlease note that the salary is not negotiable, and that previous MSF experience will be taken into account for salary calculation.\n\nAdhere to the MSF principles and to our managerial values: Respect, Transparency, Integrity, accountability, trust and Empowerment.\n\nAdhere to the MSF Behavioural Commitments.\n\nApplication Process:\nDeadline: 24/11/2026 by 5:00 PM\n\nInterested candidates should submit their applications with the updated CV, motivation letter, including references details and supporting documents (certificates, etc.).\n\nPlease note that this vacancy is available for Egyptian nationals only.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4650,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Egypt","iso":"EG","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Nonprofits & Foundations"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-10T15:39:00Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":25,"reasons":["seen:0","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-10T19:05:37Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":3852,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/msf-me-purchasing-officer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/msf-me-purchasing-officer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-10T19:05:37Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":9783,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-11T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1829083},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1829083"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmsf-me-purchasing-officer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmsf-me-purchasing-officer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmsf-me-purchasing-officer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/msf-me-purchasing-officer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmsf-me-purchasing-officer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4022635}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"msf-me.org","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4022635},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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