Global Director, Procurement - req31675

Global Director, Procurement

Job #: req31675

Organization: World Bank

Sector: Operations

Grade: GI

Term Duration: 4 years 0 months

Recruitment Type: International Recruitment

Location: Washington, DC,United States

Required Language(s): English

Preferred Language(s)

Closing Date: 2/19/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org.

The World Bank is seeking a global leader on public procurement to function as the Director of its Procurement Global department. S/he is responsible for providing strategic vision, coherence, and direction in best practices for Procurement globally, regionally and at the country level, working in close collaboration with Regional Directors of the Prosperity vertical and the Chief Procurement Officer and Director (CPO) in OPCS.

The Global Director, Procurement will lead a group of practitioners focused on implementing the World Bank’s Procurement Framework, advancing cutting-edge commercial practices and innovations in the field of procurement. The Directorate also supports governments and non-governmental actors in institutional strengthening and capacity building, improvement and modernization of national procurement and information systems, supporting better efficiency of transactions, improved governance, and development outcomes.

The Global Director will report to the Global Vice President for Prosperity and will represent the VPU in global fora in his/her area of expertise.

Duties & Accountablities

The Global Director provides leadership and guidance on solutions and innovations in procurement globally and in support of country systems and reforms, including on:

• Best practices to design and implement procurement strategies for the Bank lending activities and client countries, bringing sectoral expertise and depth, and market and commercial insight.
• Assessment of Countries Procurement Systems to ensure adequate measures to strengthen country systems and country capacity in procurement, with view of building and relying more on country systems.
• Critical institutional reforms in governments and public entities to improve procurement systems, safeguard public resources, and enable fair competition.
• Monitoring and promoting best practice with Regional teams in the implementation of the Procurement Framework.
• Technical advice on implementation of procurement in investment projects, providing inputs into hands-on expanded implementation support where needed to deliver procurement solutions.
• Building a team of dedicated procurement experts with sectoral expertise to deploy to most complex procurement situations (e.g., energy infrastructure, IT, healthcare).
• Advancing in Data Analytics and use of technology to leverage performance of procurement implementation in client countries.
• Encourage innovations like AI powered analytics to analyze procurement patterns, inefficiency, identifying risks, identify irregularities and flag potential fraud or corruption in procurement, and other areas for improvement
  
  

Internal and External Relationships

The Director of the global procurement unit works collaboratively across technical, regional and institutional boundaries to help the World Bank design and deliver procurement solutions and capacity building to a diverse range of clients.

This assignment involves extensive interaction with Senior Management at every level as well as representation of the Bank with Executive Directors, clients and external stakeholders on areas related to her/his mandate, working in close coordination with the Chief Procurement Officer and Director.

She/he co-chairs the Procurement Talent Board, jointly with the Director responsible for procurement in OPCS. The Talent Board oversees attracting, developing and deploying procurement professionals and, promotes knowledge sharing and collaboration, under the oversight of the Prosperity VP. She/he is a member of the Operations Procurement Review Committee (OPRC).

Additionally, The Director Of Global Procurement Will

• Promote partnership and collaboration with external stakeholders and clients on procurement issues, communicating actively procurement opportunities.
• Liaise with private sector industry representative associations and engage with civil Society.
• Engage with the Heads of Procurement of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) Group on technical issues.
• Strengthen and promote internal partnerships.
• Maintain close contacts with Senior Management, Executive Directors, Regional and Global staff.
• Represent the Bank in internal and external fora on operational procurement implementation issues.
• Participate in global platforms to promote improved procurement practices around the world.
  
  

Knowledge Management

• Pioneer new directions, as well as 'state of the art' procurement techniques and applications in alignment with the Bank’s Procurement Framework.
• Provide integrated, innovative implementation approaches to solving unusually complex and long-term procurement problems affecting major segments of the Bank's work.
• Engage with Managers, other Regional and Global Directors, OPCS, and SMDKL to develop a knowledge and learning strategy and approach for procurement that integrates cross-cutting solutions and multi-sectoral links.
• Provide proactive technical, professional and intellectual leadership in the design, development and dissemination of knowledge in technical procurement matters.
• Ensure timely flow, capture, codification and dissemination of knowledge and expertise so that clients receive the highest quality support and knowledge.
• Support the coordination of innovative and cross-cutting research, as well as the dissemination of technical and experiential knowledge and learning.
• Establish new and cutting-edge knowledge in procurement is reflected in staff learning and development.
  
  

People and Resource Management

• Model exemplary WBG leadership values and managerial behavior and reinforces these qualities in the management team and staff.
• Manage staffing and budget of the department in order to achieve goals; contribute to and implement and monitor compliance with talent management, diversity, and inclusion plans.
• Drive and encourage technical excellence within the department by creating an environment of learning and innovation that attracts and develops the best talent reflective of the diversity of our clients
  
  

Selection Criteria

• Advanced degree in field related to procurement
• A minimum of 15 years of substantive professional procurement experience positions of growing complexity and responsibility. Combination of government experience on public procurement and contractor/private sector experience is a plus.
• Well-established and recognized track record in complex procurement and with a proven track record of applying technical know-how and effective policy dialogue to achieve development results.
• Experience and ability to engage with clients at the senior level and represent the Bank at high-level international fora.
• Extensive experience managing complex and large work programs, budgets, portfolio monitoring and supervision with proven results.
• Proven skills in leading and managing a large, diverse group; competencies in mentoring, coaching, motivating and advising diverse staff and capacity to nurture teamwork.
• Substantive experience working in client countries of different regions and familiarity with the WBG services
• Demonstrated thought leadership through economic research and publication recognized by academic and policy community.
• Ability to work and influence horizontally across a large organization.
• Demonstrated collaborative and partnership skills, ad proven track record in influencing and resolving differences and reaching consensus across organizational boundaries.
• Demonstrated ability to represent the institution externally and/or lead discussions at the highest official levels.
• In-depth experience working across domain and disciplinary boundaries, with multiple partners both public and private in building collaborative alliances for results.
• Proven ability to effectively implement complex change management initiatives.
  
  

World Bank Group Managerial Competencies: https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/673841568041301173-20012019/original/WBGMANAGERIALCompetencies.pdf

World Bank Group Core Competencies

The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

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