Senior Professional, Procurement Specialist

3 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom New Development Bank Full time
Job Title: Senior Professional, Procurement

Job Summary:

The New Development Bank is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Professional, Procurement to join its team. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the analytical assessment of procurement policies, plans, processes, and other related components, as well as tailoring procurement transactions and initiatives across a range of proposed and awarded contracts under infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Undertake comprehensive assessments of the suitability of using country systems in Bank-financed projects to tailor/adapt mitigation plans that address procurement risks.
  • Review requests from procurement professionals to adapt modernization/reform initiatives to varying operational contexts, ensuring consistency and alignment with Bank policies and systems and procurement systems of the Member Countries.
  • Design and modify digital procurement systems, tools, and processes to align the Bank's digitalization plan with the operating conditions and local practices in assigned member countries.
  • Assess risks, analyze data, and provide insights to adapt mitigation plans, serve input for reports from the department, and recommend the division's position on complex issues.
  • Advise the Chief, Procurement on areas of dialogue to adapt/refine capacity-building initiatives and technical support in the country(ies) of responsibility.
  • Provide mentorship to junior members by reviewing and fine-tuning reports to provide tailored solutions that identify and address procurement issues.
  • Review and modify amendments to procurement policies, procedures, guidelines, and guidance, etc. of the Bank to ensure that procurement activities are carried out professionally and transparently, and all relevant stakeholders are consulted at appropriate stages of the project.
  • Participate as a member in any working group to provide tailored approaches in the design of procurement systems and resolution of complex issues.
  • Suggest adjustments in procurement activities to the Project Implementing Agency(ies) during the entire project cycle and take part in identification, preparation, appraisal, supervision, and completion missions to sustain delivery of project objectives against agreed timelines.
  • Capture the lessons learnt to develop case studies for training and capacity building and continuous improvement in procurement support to clients and provide evidence-based input for enhancement of Bank's internal procedures.
  • Establish mechanisms that help the borrower agency adjust and monitor procurement plans to ensure timely achievement of project milestones.
  • Organize the periodic review of procurement policies, activities, and transactions of various projects to ensure compliance with Bank policies and guidelines and responsiveness to evolving client needs.

Requirements:

  • Master's degree or equivalent in Engineering, Procurement, Law, Economics, Management, International Development, Information Technology, Data Analytics, or any relevant field.
  • Minimum 7 years' experience in procurement for infrastructure projects in the international public sector, multilateral/bilateral agency, line ministry, state-owned enterprise (SOE), or reputable consulting firm with expertise in procurement.
  • Demonstrated capacity gained through education and experience in Procurement reflecting conceptual understanding in an operational MDB setting.
  • Understand the program framework and the integration of different programmatic elements and procurement support and oversight into the project portfolio.
  • Develop and execute program plans across a range of well-defined and established programmatic elements aligned with broader organizational objectives as applied to procurement (operations).
  • Demonstrated Skill gained through exposure/experience in relationship management.
  • Advise team on possible impediments to sustaining delivery standards to develop strategies to achieve results while delivering fiduciary and project responsibilities.
  • Engage clients proactively to define expectations/needs and build an informed framework for service and projects delivery.
  • Demonstrated Achievement in the consistent delivery of programs/services through adaptation.
  • Meet consistently the program delivery standards on timing and the deployment of resources.
  • Meet consistently program delivery standards in terms of quality/relevance.
  • Decision-making, Negotiation, Communication, Multi-cultural, Qualitative and Quantitative data, and team skills are essential in the performance of this role.
  • Fluency in English is essential to communicate in writing and speaking. Fluency in language(s) used in conducting procurement in member countries is a requirement as NDB uses country procurement system for its public sector portfolio.

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