Procurement Associate - Chennai, India - World Bank Group

World Bank Group

Verified Company

Chennai, India

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Deepika Kaur

beBee Recuiter

Description

Job #:

- req23145
Organization:

World Bank
Sector:
Procurement
Grade:
GD
Term Duration:
3 years 0 months
Recruitment Type:
Local Recruitment
Location:
Chennai,India
Required Language(s):
English
Preferred Language(s):
English
Closing Date:
6/26/2023 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description

Unit Overview

The Corporate Procurement Division SPACP is responsible for the acquisition of goods and services to support World Bank Group's offices worldwide.

SPACP has offices in Washington, DC and Chennai, India providing support to clients for all aspects of the acquisition process, including, competitive selection, contract negotiation, purchase order issuance, change order processing and contract administration.

Position/Task Location and General Description
The Procurement Associate position in Technology and Innovation is in Chennai. This position reports to a Procurement Specialist under the managerial responsibility of a Senior Procurement Specialist in Corporate Procurement. The Procurement Associate will be responsible for projects that cut across technology and innovation for Corporate Procurement.

The position requires effective skills and relevant work experience in the field of technology and innovation, project management, managing interpersonal relationships and excellent communication skills.

Direct client interface would form a core part of the work.

The Technology and Innovation Team within the Corporate Procurement Division is responsible for delivering transformative technologies and process innovation to support high quality, customer centric procurement services.

The Procurement Specialist, Technology and Innovation works with key stakeholders including Corporate Procurement Division staff, IT staff and World Bank Group Finance staff.

Work requirements of this position may require adjustments to the work schedule to support clients within different time zones.

Work requirements of this position may involve some travel.

Duties & Responsibilities

Key accountabilities for this position include:

Develop solutions for process optimization, and the ability to work with process mining/analytics technology
Develop process diagrams, and define functional requirements
Robotic Processing Innovation (RPA) coordinator instrumental in identifying, documenting, designing, and producing business processes for automation
Contribute and support the future state technology roadmap to integrate emerging technologies
Assist and support in assessing business operations to identify opportunities for implementation of new and emerging technologies and process efficiencies
Setup, test and monitor automated workflows to ensure optimal efficiency without risk of error
Assist and support in developing systems scope, design and develop new systems
Assist and support in managing end to end implementation of new systems and postimplementation transition through to stable state
Monitor operating efficiency of existing systems, provide for proactive maintenance, and manage vendor performance for technology contracts in scope
Assess dependencies, potential issues and risks across systems and mitigate identified risks
Review WBG policies, procedures, and practices to determine specifications and requirements for systems implementation
Provide inputs to project time and cost estimates
Work implies frequent interaction with the following: Bank Group staff at all levels

Selection Criteria

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Procurement, Business Administration, or other relevant discipline; coupled with courses/certificates in information technology, procurement; or equivalent combination of education and with 5 years of relevant experience
Strong knowledge and proficiency in RPA development and implementation
In depth knowledge and experience in developing and implementing businessdriven architecture in multiple, sophisticated, and complex technical environments while anticipating and mitigating risks
Strong technology functional experience with exposure to diverse technical configurations
Diversified global exposure in engaging with and managing the clients and solution providers across the globe
Ability to analyze business requirements and convert into technical requirements and effective business systems solutions
Proficient knowledge of information technology including system design, planning and project management
Demonstrated ability of expressing thoughts and ideas effectively through oral and written communications
Ability to work sensitively in multicultural environments and build effective working relations with clients, colleagues, and other stakeholders
Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively in a team environment and cope with work stress effectively
Experience in capacity building techniques in technology and innovation in procurement, sourcing, and categ