A typical purchasing department looks like this:
This is what you should be working towards for a medium sized office that will be in place for the long term.
Click on the links below to download a draft job description:
Procurement Officer Job Description – English
– Procurement Officer Job Description – Arabic
– Procurement Officer Job Description – French
– Procurement Officer Job Description – Spanish
Procurement Agent Job Description
Assistant Procurement Officer Description
In the early days of an emergency, you will probably not have three people to focus on purchasing. You’ll be lucky if you have one. See the section on what do to when you don’t have a purchasing department for how to deal with this situation.