Job Title – Project Manager
Job Family – Procurement
Location – Chennai, India
Appointment – Local Hire
Job Posted – 02-Mar-2011
Closing Date – 17-Mar-2011
Language Requirements – English [Essential]
Appointment Type
Background / General description
The World Bank’s General Services Department, Corporate Procurement Office (GSDPR) is seeking to recruit a Project Manager. The Project Manager position is to be located in the GSDPR procurement office located in Chennai India.
GSDPR is responsible for the acquisition of goods and services to support World Bank Group offices worldwide.
The GSDPR Chennai Office has been in operation for five years and was established to improve overall processing times on requisition processing, improve client service response and to better serve the growing demands for procurement support from its global clientele. The Chennai GSDPR office is currently staffed by twelve staff lead by a supervisor. Due to the growth in the portfolio, a new supervisor position is being created to oversee specific lines of business within the team. This position will be responsible for the analytics programs, vendor management, asset management and production. Approximately six staff report to this position.
This position reports to a Team Leader, who in turn reports to the Chief, Corporate Procurement.
Note: If the selected candidate is a current Bank Group staff member with a Regular or Open-Ended appointment, s/he will retain his/her Regular or Open-Ended appointment. All others will be offered a 3 year renewable term appointment.
Duties and Accountabilities
Responsibilities
This position will be responsible for providing direction and oversight of the World Bank Group’s Purchasing Production and Vendor Management portfolios, Analytics Program, and the Inventory Asset Management program. This will include day-to-day supervision, work assignment, on the job training of the staff, and overall performance of the team. He/She will do this under the guidance of the Team Leader located at World Bank Headquarters. The Project Manager’s responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
Supervisory Role:
• Supervise the Chennai Production and Analytics team on a day to day basis.
• Develop and maintain a full service Analytics and Reporting Program to support the work of GSDPR.
• Contribute to the design and participate in the implementation of a full Vendor Management program.
• Oversee the Vendor Registration Program, including managing exception approval and escalation processes.
• Oversee World Bank Group’s Asset Management Program and Policy.
• Oversee the relationship with the GSD Help Desk, monitoring service quality and facilitating training.
• Manage all services with a focus on optimizing resources, streamlining processes and creating efficiencies.
• Manage work assignment/work distribution/queue management for all production ensuring quality and accuracy of all work output.
• Ensure that work programs and team deliverables are carried out according to agreed service standards and turn-around times.
• Ensure all database are actively managed and kept up-to-date.
• Provide feedback on the performance of each of the staff, encourage and promote team spirit, mentor and coach team members.
• Provide on the job training on key policies of overall Bank and Corporate Procurement policies and procedures, methods, procedures, systems, templates and tools; use of SAP-MM and any other systems used in the procurement process.
• Participate in the selection process for new staff (review resumes, screen candidates, participate in interviews).
• Proactively establish and maintain interface with the all GSDPR teams.
• Keep staff apprised of Bank-wide and GSDPR issues and business that may be of interest.
Selection Criteria
• A relevant Advanced Degree, preferably MA/MS/MBA (Finance, Accounting, Business Management, Economics, etc.) or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• Demonstrated experience in overseeing Analytics and Reporting Programs, Asset Management Programs and in General Management. Experience in a procurement department and with vendor management programs is desirable.
• Strong financial, analytical and project management skills. A formal training in project management and/or background in projects implementation would be a plus.
• Experience/familiarity with SAP-MM.
• Experience in design and implementation of internal controls and checks to validate compliance.
• Ability to work independently on complex issues and leverage business processes, organize and prioritize work to meet deadlines, develop working relationships with internal and external clients.
• Excellent customer services skills to support internal client business requirement.
• Ability to deal sensitively in multi-cultural environments, while maintaining effective working relations with clients and colleagues.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to function effectively in multi-disciplinary teams within a matrix management environment.
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