Senior Procurement Specialist; Category Head – Corporate Services and Real Estate

• Job #: req
  38470
• Organization:
  World Bank
• Sector:
  Procurement
• Grade: GG
• Term Duration:
  Open-Ended Staff (OPEN-OP)
• Recruitment Type:
  International Recruitment
• Location:
  
  Washington, DC, United States (or) Sofia, Bulgaria (or) Chennai, India
• Required Language(s):
  English
• Closing Date: 10/19/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

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

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.

The Corporate Procurement Department supports the mission of the WBG by performing the procurement function following the principles of transparency, fairness, competition, and best value in an efficient, effective, and customer-focused manner. These principles are employed globally and represent the strategic elements that guide the Bank Group’s activities in procurement and contracting practices. Corporate Procurement is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the sourcing strategy, selection, and contract execution for more than 130 Bank Group offices around the globe, serving our clients from offices located in Washington, D.C. Global Business Centers located in Chennai, India and Sofia, Bulgaria.

Within the BPSSM delivery model, the Corporate Procurement Department focuses on three core principles:

• Commerciality:
  Deliver best "value for money" supply solutions measured by cost, quality, and speed.
• Risk Management:
  
  Predict, mitigate, and manage vendor related risks to protect WBG’s interests
• Sustainability:
  Develop environmentally and socially sustainable supply chains.

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

The duty station will be determined based on the best fit of selected candidate and their location.

The Sr. Procurement Specialist (Category Head) for Corporate Services and Real Estate category position reports to the Global Head Sourcing and Supplier Manager.

Leads and manages a team of 10+ Category Managers and Analyst staff based in the HQ, Global Business Centers (GBC). The position for the category head requires familiarity and knowledge of category management strategies and practices for Consulting related services for WBG Operations and Corporate units, and skills to advise the team in conducting their sourcing initiatives, negotiations, and dispute resolution;

collaborate with business partners; and advising colleagues in WBG office worldwide on policy related matters.

The Category Head is responsible for leading a team of Category Managers and developing category strategies that deliver value, strengthen supplier performance, reduce risk, and support organizational objectives. The role provides strategic leadership, governance, and oversight across multiple procurement categories while ensuring effective stakeholder engagement and team development.

• Develop and oversee the implementation of category strategies across assigned spend categories.
• Identify opportunities for cost optimization, value creation, demand management, and process improvement.
• Drive a category…