Job Description

Job Scope:
You will provide Leadership to the team in driving procurement strategies, procurement policy reviews and conducting business analytics to implement digital procurement initiatives.
As a Senior Assistant Director in the Procurement Strategy and Digitalisation Branch of ASPD, you are required to:

• Provide direction to formulate procurement policy and strategies whilst upholding procurement governance and ensuring compliance to IM on procurement
• Lead and initiate review of procurement policies and procedures to improve cost structure and process efficiency, strengthen governance and support innovation
• Provide leadership in process reviews, devising digital solutions which include formulating, implementing, monitoring of dashboards and reports, for stakeholders' insights
• Lead the team to leverage business analytics to generate insights for improved decision-making, development of effective procurement strategies and process improvements
• Drive the development and implementation of data-driven strategies for demand forecasting, sourcing and contract management to strengthen financial prudence, procurement governance and resource sustainability
• Drive collaboration with procurement teams and standardise good practices on category sourcing across different business units
• Lead the team in providing procurement advice to procurement teams on all stages of procurement cycle
• Lead the team in implementing procurement levers to achieve cost optimisation, identifying and monitoring potential cost-saving opportunities and cost drivers through spend analysis to facilitate and improve budget planning and marksmanship
• Oversee procurement health status and highlight procurement anomalies

Requirements:

• At least 10 years of experience in government procurement and leading data analytics initiatives
• Good applied knowledge of IM (Procurement), IM (Revenue), Gebiz and Gebiz Management Console (GMC)
• Good analytical, interpersonal, writing and presentation skills
• Performance driven, result oriented with an attention to details and accuracy
• Have a passion for procurement work and able to adapt to changes and work well under tight deadlines
• Able to work well as team player and as an individual
• Proficiency in IT skills (eg. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc)

Working Location: Scotts Road
Mondays to Fridays office hours
Permanent role
EA License No: 96C4864
Reg. No.: R24121728 EUNICE WOO JING QI

Skills Required