E T Consultant - Washington, United States - IFC Systems Corporation

IFC Systems Corporation
IFC Systems Corporation
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Washington, United States

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Mark Lane

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Description

E T Consultant - Category Manager - TECH

Job #:

- req27034
Organization:


  • World Bank
    Sector:
  • Procurement
    Grade:
  • EC2
    Term Duration:
  • 1 year 0 months
    Recruitment Type:
  • Local Recruitment
    Location:
  • Washington, DC,United States
    Required Language(s):
  • English
    Preferred Language(s):

Closing Date:


  • 5/10/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
    Description

Unit Overview:


The Corporate Procurement Unit is responsible for the procurement of goods, works and services (including consulting services) to support the WBG's 130+ offices around the world.

Corporate Procurement manages an annual spend around USD 2B with around 25,000 vendors. The team has staff located in Washington, DC, Chennai, India and Sofia, Bulgaria.

Corporate Procurement utilizes category management to achieve better outcomes, improved quality, greater savings, efficient use of resources, a better understanding of the market, and an increased focus on collaboration and innovation.


Corporate Procurement focuses on three key principles:
Commerciality, Risk Management, and Environmental, Social, and Governance outcomes


Categories of spend include:
i) Corporate Services and Real Estate; ii) Human Resources and Professional Services; and iii) Technology.

To learn more about Corporate Procurement, visit:
CP website.


Roles & Responsibilities:

The Procurement Specialist (Category Manager) position is located at the Corporate Procurement TECH team in Washington, DC.

This position reports to the Senior Procurement Specialist (Head of Category), who in turn reports to the Chief of Corporate Procurement.


Responsibilities include being a valued business partner to clients, understanding business needs, developing annual procurement plans, conducting internal (e.g., data-driven; category spend, client strategies, stakeholder analysis, and SWOT), and external analysis (e.g., market research & forecast, market share & trends, benchmarks, cost drivers), advising clients on market trends, and influencing change with the intent to maximize value for money while managing risks and maximizing impact on sustainability.


The position for the category team requires in-depth knowledge of the software category including types of information technology solution, associated supplier market, methods of procurement, understand software license negotiations and skills to lead sourcing initiatives from business needs to contract closeout including conducting negotiations, and dispute resolution; collaborate with business partners; and advise colleagues in WBG office worldwide on policy related matters.


The category includes, but is not limited to, IT Infrastructure (Data Center & colocation service, Mid-High-end servers and software, Data Back-up services), Business, Application, and IT Software and Services, FinTech, familiarity with cloud-based software services (XaaS), and other related IT solutions and disruptive technologies.


Key accountability for this position includes:

  • Conducts procurement, sourcing, and category management activities required by the World Bank Group globally.
  • Understands client's needs, generates solicitations, and manages bidding process for assigned areas; collaborates with clients in developing procurement plans; carries out market research to identify sources of supply; reviews technical specifications for completeness and competitive qualities; develops vendor prequalifying and evaluation criteria; prepares contracts; and engages vendors in process discussions.
  • Negotiates contract terms and conditions for the assigned categories.
  • Category management of designated categories.
  • Monitors vendor commercial performance.
  • Conducts research, trend analysis and benchmarking in international markets including category management.
  • Leads/guides remotely located teams in performing medium to complex procurements.
  • Liaises with clients in preparation and delivery of presentations to Procurement Committees.
  • Undertakes activities to ensure compliance with World Bank Groups' policy.
  • Provides guidance and direction to Project Managers on commercial contract management issues.
  • Designs innovative solutions for medium to complex solicitations for large dollar and through a service riskbased approach.
  • Possesses an expert level understanding of commerciality and ability to demonstrate achieving value for money through strategic planning, solicitation, and negotiations.
  • Maximizes positive impact on sustainability (diversity, environment, social responsibility) through the sourcing process and category management.
  • Possesses a good understanding of risk management, analyses risks, and works with business partners to mitigate risks through sourcing and managing risks during category management.
Due to the requirements of the job, this position may require frequent adjustments to the work schedule created by the time zone difference with many of the clients it supports and ma
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