Job Description

This role is primarily responsible for the establishment of category strategies and tactics for the procurement of goods and services to meet strategic business objectives, and to maximise value and cost savings for the organisation. This role is also expected to provide leadership to the team he/she is managing and advisories to end users within the organisation, throughout the sourcing process and through the establishment of categories strategies and guidelines.

As individual contributor: Category Manager

• Manage the end-to-end procurement process for the identified category/categories as the subject matter expert (including user engagement, understanding users\' business requirements and strategic intent, conduct sourcing via Ariba, lead interactions with relevant suppliers, and support in approval and contracting matters)
• Provide advisories as the category subject matter expert to end users throughout the sourcing process and through the establishment of categories strategies and guidelines
• Provide intelligence, recommendation, solutioning to users and management based on policy, experience, market knowledge and best practices
• Actively track and report the procurement spend for the identified category/categories
• Leverage on strategies and negotiation tactics to derive best understanding and value of suppliers\' pricing proposals
• Effective stakeholder management to establish strong and trusted working relationships by connecting with stakeholders within the business through content sharing, and day-to-day conversations to advise on procurement policy and processes to ensure compliance and governance
• Support DVP, Procurement as category subject matter expert in the review of policies, process improvements, and system related matters, including investigations in day-to-day transactions, and annual audit requirements
• Take on ad-hoc procurement projects and initiatives which may include establishing new process workflow to improve sourcing process etc.

As team lead: People Development & Culture

• Responsible for the team\'s categories by ensuring coverage and balance workload and timelines for the scope of work within the team that he/she manages
• Build a competent team via coaching, mentoring, and providing guidance, including being the escalation channel in the handling of difficult stakeholders and/or complex/exceptional procurement cases
• Inculcate continuous training to upskill and drive a high performing team, and inculcate SingPost values as part of our DNA
• Drive collaboration and cohesiveness within the smaller and wider teams

Requirement

• At least 8 years working experience in an enterprise, with minimum 5 years in a professional buying and/or sourcing role
• Experience in managing buying/sourcing in the IT category (including hardware, software, network & infrastructure, hosted applications, services etc) is a mandatory requirement.
• Experience in other spend categories such as Real Estate and Professional services would be an added advantage
• Experience with SAP Ariba or any other e-Procurement platform would be an added advantage

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Additional Information

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Job Type

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