Procurement Analyst

Procurement Analyst

Description

At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. For more information, visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd .
VPU Context:

The WBG Budget and Procurement (WBP) is organized into five Departments: WBP Centers of Excellence (WBPCE) with teams supporting the corporate strategic business and budget planning process, providing WBP systems, knowledge, and shared services; WBP IBRD/IDA Regional Units (WBPRU) with teams supporting IBRD/IDA clients in the regions; WBP IFC/MIGA Budget Partners (CSRDR) with teams supporting IFC/MIGA clients in the HQ and the regions; WBP Corporate Units (WBPCU) with teams supporting the Knowledge Bank and corporate units and providing capital budget support; and WBP Corporate Procurement (WBPCP) with teams providing group-wide procurement services.
Unit Context:

Corporate Procurement supports the WBG’s mission by delivering procurement services guided by the principles of best value, sound business judgment, competitiveness, transparency, and fairness. The function oversees sourcing strategies, supplier selection, and contract execution for more than 130 offices worldwide, serving clients through teams based in Washington, D.C., Chennai, and Sofia.
Mission:

•  Commerciality: Deliver value-for-money supply solutions balancing cost, quality, and speed.
•  Risk Management: Anticipate, mitigate, and manage supplier-related risks.
•  Sustainability: Advance environmentally and socially responsible supply chains.
The Center of Excellence (COE) serves as the engine for procurement modernization across the World Bank Group. Operating at the intersection of procurement, technology, analytics, artificial intelligence, innovation, and change management, the COE identifies and implements capabilities that improve effectiveness, enhance stakeholder experience, strengthen decision-making, and accelerate transformational outcomes.
Procurement Analyst (DMO) designs and manages procurement data products, data models, and analytics solutions that enable trusted, self-service insights across Corporate Procurement. Leverages data science and analytics to support strategic decision-making, strengthens data governance and quality, and partners with procurement, ITS, and business stakeholders to advance data-driven transformation, user adoption, and continuous improvement.
Duties and accountabilities:

•  Design, develop, and maintain procurement data models, analytical datasets, and semantic layers that enable scalable, trusted, and self-service analytics across Corporate Procurement.
•  Build and optimize reusable data products, performance metrics, reporting frameworks, and dashboard architectures that improve accessibility, consistency, and adoption of procurement insights and data-driven decision making.
•  Apply advanced analytical techniques, data science methodologies, and emerging technologies to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and business insights that support procurement strategy, supplier management, sustainability, and risk management objectives.
•  Support procurement data governance by establishing and maintaining data standards, quality controls, metadata, business definitions, and data lineage documentation to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with organizational requirements.
•  Partner with procurement teams, ITS, and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable analytical solutions, while supporting change management, user engagement, and adoption of data-driven practices across Corporate Procurement.
•  Develop practical change management, communication, and capacity-building activities that strengthen data literacy and help users adopt new data products, tools, and ways of working.

Selection Criteria

·  Bachelor's or master's degree + 2 years of relevant experience in Data Science, Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related.
·  Experience designing analytical data models, semantic layers, and self-service analytics environments.
·  Strong understanding of data architecture, data governance, and information management principles.
·  Experience working with modern BI and analytics platforms such as Power BI, Fabric, Tableau, or similar technologies.
·  Experience using SQL, Python, DAX, Power Query, or comparable analytical tools.
·  Experience developing predictive, statistical, or advanced analytical models is desirable.
·  Experience working with large and complex datasets and translating business requirements into analytical solutions.
·  Experience supporting stakeholder engagement, change management, training, or capacity building for data, analytics, or technology initiatives is desirable.

As the World Bank Group continues to evolve, we value candidates who:

• Demonstrate the ability to collaborate effectively across teams, disciplines, cultures, and institutional boundaries.
• Responsibly leverage digital and AI-enabled tools to enhance productivity, learning, and decision-making.
• Bring experience working in fragile, conflict-affected, and violent (FCV) contexts and are encouraged to highlight relevant experience in their application materials, where applicable.

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.

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.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.

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