Responsibilities
1. Review Project Work Products and Outcomes:
i. Assess all deliverables from Maersk, particularly related to Business Process Reengineering (BPR), solution design and technical architecture.
ii. Review other project artifacts against stakeholder and project objectives.
iii. Evaluate the feasibility of proposed changes within the existing operational and technical landscape.
iv. Provide detailed recommendations on gaps and enhancements required for alignment with PSW objectives.
2. Prepare a Gap Analysis:
i. Identify technical and domain gaps between proposed outcomes as per the approved design and the current state of WeBOC.
ii. Identify infrastructure and human resource gaps, and outline critical steps needed to achieve the proposed outcomes within the defined project timelines.
iii. Analyse the existing PSW project management, business, operational, and technical capabilities, identify gaps, and recommend actions for aligning technical, procedural, and operational elements of the project.
3. Prepare a Transformation Roadmap and Project Plan:
i. Develop a transformation roadmap and project plan with clear milestones, deliverables, and timelines.
ii. Ensure the roadmap outlines PSW’s strategic goals and operational limitations aligned with FBR’s requirements.
iii. Incorporate international best practices for trade facilitation adopted in customs systems globally.
4. Implementation Strategy:
i. Design and recommend an implementation strategy that ensures optimal delivery of the new software taking into account various options such as outsourcing, staff augmentation, off-the shelf solutions etc.
ii. Provide prioritization and propriety of gradual implementation of various components ensuring business continuity.
iii. Advise on the most appropriate technology stack capable of incorporating and integrating with emerging technologies, and third party systems.
5. Product Evaluations:
i. Provide advisory support for evaluating critical systems, including:
1. Risk Management System (RMS)
2. Customs Management System (CMS)
3. Other relevant trade and customs platforms.
ii. Recommend improvements or replacements, ensuring alignment with international best practices.
iii. Help conduct market assessments of various solutions to help determine the optimal way forward
6. Resource Assessments and Assignments:
i. Assess resource requirements for achieving the project’s goals, including staffing, skills, and tools.
ii. Advise PSW on optimal resource allocation to address gaps in capacity and expertise.
iii. Recommend strategies for staff augmentation, training, or outsourcing where necessary.
iv. Support PSW in identifying and hiring suitable national and international resources
7. Stakeholder Alignment and Communication:
i. Support PSW in aligning stakeholders (FBR, OGAs, trade bodies) around project goals and outcomes.
ii. Provide input on communication strategies to manage expectations and ensure buy-in.
8. Monitoring and Reporting:
i. Develop progress monitoring frameworks for project milestones and deliverables.
ii. Develop a risk management framework addressing potential challenges such as delays, resource constraints, or technical hurdles in the implementation of the project.
iii. Provide continuous feedback on system architecture, quality, and adequacy of developed products in terms of proposed features and desired outcomes.
iv. Provide regular reports and briefings to PSW leadership and the steering committee on project progress.
Qualifications:
Pakistan Single Window (PSW) is an ICT-based system in Pakistan providing a single window for trade. PSW is a facility that allows parties involved in trade and transport to lodge standardized information and documents at a single-entry point to fulfill all import, export, and transit-related regulatory requirements. If information is electronic, then individual data elements need to be submitted only once. PSW will connect relevant government departments with each other and with economic operators like importers, exporters, customs agents, shipping agents, transporters etc, in Pakistan for efficient management of cross border trade. It will provide the ease and transparency in achieving compliance with relevant regulatory requirements, through an on-line facility, that will intelligently handle the information for each transaction without the need to provide same information more than once or to physically visit such government departments. Pakistan has committed to implement various provisions of World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement that includes implementation of a National Single Window (NSW) system before February, 2022. Pakistan also needs PSW implementation to overhaul management of its external trade for reducing time, cost and complexity involved to improve its position in various global rankings on competitiveness and ease of doing business. Guiding vision and mission objectives: VISION: Pakistan will establish a world-class automated hub by 2022, offering services and creating efficiencies, to reduce cross border trade related costs, time and complications for improved trade facilitation and compliance. MISSION: Improve cross-border trader processing by providing centralized ICT based services, simplified processes, effective and reliable automation, harmonized data exchange and risk-based selectivity in enforcement of government’s regulations.