• Advisory on Public Procurement Legislation, Regulation and Reform, applying best international practices in value for money, transparency, and efficiency.
• Long, successful, proven experience in Expert in training public and project procurement officers in understanding and effectively utilising standard bidding documents, easy to use guides for the preparation of specific bidding documents in Works, Goods and Non-Consulting Services, Consulting Services, logistics, resolution of disputes and complaints from suppliers and contractors through Bid Challenge Systems.
• Advisory on Standard Procurement Documents (SPDs) for Goods, Works, Consultancy Services and Non-Consultancy Services based on SPDs of International Finance Institutions (IFI) such as the World Bank, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD);
• Advisory in Bid Challenge Systems;
• Author of Procurement Operation Manuals (POM), Contract Administration Manuals (CAM) and Contract Administration Systems (CAS) of Goods, Works, Consultancy Services and Non-Consultancy Services. The manuals are widely used in projects financed by IFI;
• Advisory and training in Procurement Planning (PPs) overall and in contract-specific Procurement Implementation Plans (PIPs), Project Procurement Strategy (PPSD);
• Developed training materials and delivered face-to-face training in the preparation of Procurement Implementation Plans (PIPs);
• Developed training materials and delivered face-to-face training on POMs, CAMs, CAS, on Procurement Planning, Contract Administration Manuals, Contract Administration Systems, Contract Close-Out Procedures and Documentary Archiving;
• Advisory during external audits, both, national auditors and international, including auditors from donor International Development Finance Institutions;
• Preparation of Monthly and Quarterly Procurement Management Reports and Final Procurement Report, incl. KPIs.
• Municipal sectors: Urban Transport, Whole Sale Markets, Solid Waste Management, Small works in Water and Sanitation.
• Infrastructure/construction procurement and contract management.
• Extensive experience as International Procurement Adviser in the implementation and management of procurement processes and systems at a senior level and across different sectors in public sector environments in developing countries.
• Outstanding expertise as Procurement and Contracts Team Leader and previously International Procurement Adviser on assignments financed by IFI and governments.
• Experience in leading/advising on government procurement reforms and building and sustaining organizational capacity in countries, such as, the Independent State of Samoa, East Timor, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Albania, among others.
• Unique international experience in the development of procurement and contract operational manuals and in training of procurement staff. The extent of my professional procurement advisory covers public sector and project procurement procedures and institutional capacity building.
• Specialist in analysis and identification of capacity and organizational constraints.
• Experience in working with government procurement systems and tender boards at national, regional, municipal and organisational levels.
• Extended advisory experience in public and project procurement administration, including institutional assessment, design of procurement systems and strengthening and capacity building of public and project procurement agencies and of public procurement regulatory authorities.
• Operational expertise in Financial Management and Contract Management.
• In-Depth knowledge and good practice know-how and life cycle processes from procurement planning, launching procurements, tender evaluations through negotiations, contract signing and deliverables monitoring; Budget and Financial information systems, incl. e-Government Procurement business, best practices of functioning of procurement systems.
• Proven track record in procurement operations, management and supervision, all methods of public and project procurement: International and National Competitive Bidding, including single and two stage bidding procedures for Works; International and National Request for Quotations, International and National Request for Proposals for Consulting Services, large Information Systems procurement, complex Civil Works.
• Demonstrated ability to share knowledge, build relationships, mentor, coaching and train people so as to transfer skills, in an international development context.
• A practical approach, and proven problem solving and risk management skills, with strong judgement on how and when to engage on sensitive matters in the procurement field.
• Demonstrated strong communication skills with an ability to convey complicated/sensitive feedback to stakeholders all backgrounds and levels in an empathetic and culturally sensitive way, and clear advice on appropriate solutions.
• Extensive professional procurement experience in projects financed the World Bank, IADB, EBRD, USAID, MCC, BSTDB, bi-lateral funds, in more than 20 countries.

Countries of Experience: Guatemala, Benin, Senegal (6 years), Ethiopia, Independent State of Samoa, Papua New Guinea, El Salvador, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Mali, Palestinian Authority, Indonesia, Vietnam, Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Nicaragua, East Timor, Bulgaria (11 years), Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Greece, Peru (more than 15 years).