Sewar Karrain

Procurement Officer at Mercy Corps

• Jordan - Amman
• My current job since June 2018

Project description:
The Water Innovations Technology (WIT) Program, funded by the USAID for the period of 5 years, is designed to increase
water conservation in Jordan.
I am one of the team members in the procurement team who supports all funded projects in the organization; I am
dedicated with full time on Water Innovations Technologies (WIT) program to process all related procurement activities
for this program.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Daily coordination of WIT procurement activities.
Facilitating tenders for the WIT program and co-facilitating for other programs.
Prepare tender documents and discuss with the program any needed information.
Facilitating tenders and initiate all documentation required such that; negotiation memo to document all process
events and generate a Bid/Proposal analysis.
Assists, as needed, in training staff on Mercy Corps policies, procurement policies and standards specifically.
Assist Program and operational personnel in regular procurement planning meetings.
Assists staff as needed in creating clear and understandable purchase requests and other documentation.
Collects quotations and bids from the market for PR(s) -Purchase requests- as per Mercy Corps standards and
formats.
Prepare QAs as part of the procurement process and by following the threshold and initiate a discussion with the
requester on the offers.
Prepare and maintain procurement reports, including but not limited to master lists, vendor database, contract status
report and other managerial reports as required.
Ensure correctness and completeness of procurement files before submitting to finance.
Assist in the maintenance of thorough procurement files as outlined in the MC procurement policy.