Apply: IFC Regional Industry Manager

By Gift Ejeh Ojima
December 21, 2023

Deadline: 10 January, 2024

Location: Lagos, Nigeria; Rabat, Morocco; Cairo, Egypt

International Finance Corporation (IFC) is seeking to fill the position of Regional Industry Manager.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets.

Responsibilities

Sharpen the strategy for IFC’s manufacturing and chemicals in partnership with the regional and industry management and relevant World Bank colleagues
Execute and manage a pipeline of investments in the manufacturing and chemical sectors across the region
Lead business development/origination efforts in the region, together with the regional/country teams and global teams
Assume the transaction manager role and provide credit and investment guidance to teams, as well as quality control on teams’ output
Build and maintain high-level relationships with clients in the region, understand sector trends, and lead multidisciplinary teams
Work closely to coordinate, leverage and support the upstream and advisory services in the implementation of strategy for MAS Africa
Work with teams in the financial institutions group and infrastructure departments to explore areas of joint ventures
Foster relationships with World Bank counterparts to identify collaboration opportunities and to enhance business and development impact delivery at the country and regional levels
Develop IFC’s brand locally, building on IFC’s global brand
Ensure portfolio experience and perspective are fed into strategy development and business decision-making, through sharing of lessons learnt from the portfolio, producing benchmarking analytics, etc
Manage the health, profitability, and development impact of the portfolio, and actively seek ways to optimise usage of economic capital and profitability performance
Provide full range of administrative and human resources management oversight
Carry out additonal tasks as asigned by supervisor

Requirements

Unquestionable integrity, commitment to development, alignment with the World Bank core values, and strong work ethic
MBA or equivalent professional qualification
12 years, minimum, of relevant work experience
Strong sense of service to clients and demonstrated business development aptitude
Proven success in developing client relationships and executing quality investments
Familiarity with the manufacturing and chemical industries
Experience sourcing and structuring complex investment transactions in the MAS sectors with a proven track record and proven success in developing client relationships and processing quality investments
Awareness of environmental and social sustainability issues usually associated with projects in MAS
Demonstrated ability to think strategically, develop innovative solutions, challenge the status quo, and make sound decisions to build IFC business
Sound knowledge of portfolio/asset management, and experience in portfolio supervision of loans, equities and guarantees
Ability to work in matrix/muti-stakeholder environment
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, as well as cultivate an active network of relationships inside and outside the organisation and to represent IFC publicly as needed
Demonstrated interpersonal skills, proven ability to work effectively as a team leader, build high performing teams and manage and recruit talent
Demonstrated leadership skills and strong teamwork and communications in a highly diverse, virtual environment
Ability to collaborate closely with other parts of the World Bank Group and other DFIs and financing institutions
Ability to manage competing and sometimes unanticipated priorities and tight deadlines