Founded in 1975, Chemonics is a leading professional services company for one reason: our people. Our teams reflect a diversity of technical expertise and local knowledge, because solving complex challenges requires both. We are committed to connections — global and local, human and technological — that allow learning to efficiently flow and adapt between experts, projects, and countries.
We invest in what we know works: data, technology, media. And hire talented professionals to help us match the speed and scale of humanity’s most pressing challenges. From engaging private sector partnerships to tackle health challenges in Senegal, to enhancing digital banking in the Philippines — every action we take is driven by a conviction that true service means tomorrow’s world must be better than today’s. So, when others say it cannot be done, we ask when we can start. With curiosity. With listening. And with the conviction to get it done. Because the more intractable the problem, the more determined we are to take it on.
Our Mission
Our mission is to promote meaningful change around the world to help people live healthier, more productive, and more independent lives.
Daring ideas to solve the world’s toughest challenges emerge every day from communities around the globe. But to grow, these ideas need connection. They need a global network that can help effective ideas reach more people, in more places. And to have lasting impact, these ideas need local experts ready to devise and implement solutions from one country to adapt them to another.
That’s where we fit in.
Call for Experts – Short-Term Technical Assistance: Climate Innovation Pull Facility
Team Leader, Climate Innovation Pull Facility
Location: Remote - Washington, DC Metro Area
Job Level: Senior
Time Type: Full-time
Short-Term Regional Advisor, Gulf Foreign Assistance
Location: Remote, United Arab Emirates
Job Level: Senior
Time Type: Full-time
Regional Technical Sr. Specialist - Livelihoods
Location: West Africa: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, Nigeria, and Guatemala
End Date: August 14, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET
Laboratory Procurement Specialist
Location: Kenya
Chemonics International is conducting a recruit for a Laboratory Procurement Specialist for the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project. The Procurement Specialist will work alongside a diverse team of professionals to procure laboratory equipment and supplies and other commodities related to treating opportunistic infections for HIV/AIDS patients. This is a fantastic opportunity for those with a passion for procurement within a fast-paced and dynamic, global supply chain environment. Strong candidates are adaptive to change, tenacious problem-solvers, understand their work directly impacts getting life-saving medicines to communities in need, are eager to learn and greet challenges as opportunities.
In this role, you will be responsible for conducting the procure to pay process in support of stakeholder requirements. On any given day, you may be completing sourcing events including receiving requisition orders (ROs) from country offices, confirming products specifications, conducting RFXs, completing evaluations, seeking internal approvals, creating purchase orders (POs) and coordinating with suppliers, program teams as well as the Quality Assurance and Deliver/Return teams to ensure proper shipment of orders.
Responsibilities Include:
- Conduct eRFX (RFI, RFP, RFQ) events using our Automated Requisition Tracking Management Information System (ARTMIS) and other e-sourcing platforms, monitor the tender submission process, manage data related to the tendering process, evaluate RFX responses and make supplier award recommendations to supervisor in a timely manner
- Primary point of contact for suppliers in case of eProcurement system questions and for assigned orders
- Obtain internal approvals and liaise with country office for client approval for Requisition Orders
- Ensure the completeness and accuracy of purchase orders and associated documents
- Ensure that established processes/procedures are followed as designed
- Liaise with the Quality Assurance team to ensure that requested health products meet appropriate quality standards and are in line with the USAID guidelines
- Liaise with the Deliver/Return (Freight Team) to ensure all proper waivers and documentation are prepared to pick-up and ship goods to final destination
- Maintain timely communication with relevant stakeholders regarding change in specifications, logistics, production schedules, supplier services, and availability of products
- Provide updates about procurement related progress, stays abreast, and timely communicates any potential delays and emerging issues to the Supervisor
- Provide clear and concise communication in both verbal and written formats in a proactively and timely manner
- Participate in data tracking and reporting including Procurement Trackers, Supplier incident logging and completing supplier assessments etc. in a timely manner
- Continuously work to improve and broaden health commodity product knowledge and procurement tools
- Performs other duties and projects assigned
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration or related field.
- CIPS, CPSM, or other relevant procurement certification preferred
- Minimum 6 years of procurement, supply chain, and/or technically relevant work experience
- Health Commodity procurement experience required of at least 2 years
- Hands-on experience on International Procurement and Logistics
- Experience in using Automated Procurement Systems is required
- Capability with data management and control principles
- Proficient in standard business office software and MS Office including Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word with an emphasis on MS Excel (pivot tables)
- Ability to manage several assigned and concurrent sourcing events through to completion in a high-pressure environment
- Demonstrated high sense of urgency in a fast-paced environment and ability to adapt to changing priorities
- Demonstrated ability to plan, prioritize, and manage workload with considerable independence
- Ability to identify a problem, work independently/extended team to frame it, determine root cause, drive to potential solution in a timely manner
- Demonstrated work initiative (i.e. seeks additional related assignments, pursue self-development, proactively looks for alternatives and solutions, and assumes additional responsibilities)
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including grammar and proofreading skills for producing and communicating comprehensive and concise reports
- Solid understanding of USAID and other Federal Acquisition Rules preferred
- Technical product knowledge of one or more GHSC-PSM product areas preferred
- Works to achieve both individual and organization-wide goals as specified in a group setting
- Strong interpersonal, motivating and influencing skills for interacting with team members, other stakeholders, suppliers, and management
- Experience working in a matrixed, distributed organization, including support and coordination with team members in a global setting.
- Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
- English language fluency required, secondary language fluency desired
Supervision: The Laboratory Procurement Specialist will report to the DCP Supervisor who is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
How to apply
Qualified applicants are encouraged to submit their updated CV and cover letter to gscrecruitment@ghsc-psm.org by Friday, August 8, 2025.
- Follow Job Base (Kenya) on LinkedIn
- Join the conversation on Twitter
- Like our Facebook page
- Check out our inspiring stories on Instagram
- Subscribe to our WhatsApp Channel for real-time updates