# Procurement Manager, Emerging Technology and Digital Innovation

**Company**: IRC
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Logistics & Supply Chain
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

Global Procurement leads sourcing strategy, category management, and supplier management for the organisation. The Procurement Manager, Emerging Technology and Digital Innovation supports fast-moving technology sourcing needs across IRC, focusing on early-stage digital innovation, pilots, proofs of concept, trials, and emerging tools.

The role involves providing hands-on sourcing support for pilots, trials, proofs of concept, and small-scale SaaS, emerging vendors, startup-style tools, and digital innovation requests. This includes executing sourcing activities, conducting market scans, and supporting requirements gathering, supplier identification, and contract finalisation.

Key responsibilities include:

- Providing procurement capacity for emerging technology and digital innovation

- Executing sourcing activities in line with the IT category strategy

- Conducting early market scans and market intelligence for emerging tools and vendors

- Supporting requirements gathering, supplier identification, and contract finalisation

- Building supplier visibility for innovation and emerging technology vendors

- Developing and maintaining procurement frameworks for pilots, trials, and proofs of concept

- Coordinating vendor due diligence and risk reviews

- Ensuring compliance with institutional donor requirements

- Tracking and following up on missing documentation, approvals, and risk reviews

The ideal candidate will have:

- Bachelor's degree in procurement, supply chain, business administration, information technology, engineering, law, or a related field

- Minimum 5-7 years of procurement, sourcing, contract management, or vendor management experience

- At least 3 years of experience in IT procurement, SaaS and software sourcing, software licensing, cloud services, cybersecurity tools, data platforms, or similar technology categories

## Skills

### Required
- procurement
- supply chain
- sourcing
- contract management
- vendor management
- IT procurement
- SaaS
- software licensing
- cloud services
- cybersecurity
- data platforms

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