Assistant Director / Senior Manager, Procurement

[What the role is]We are looking for a visionary procurement team lead to drive the team to deliver desired values and benefits for IMDA. You are a change agent to steer strategic transformation in Procurement, leverage on data analytics and harness new technologies to drive innovations, automation and service deliveries.

[What you will be working on]

Your responsibilities would encompass the following:

• Drive the development, review and implementation of procurement policies and processes to stay ahead of the rapidly changing environment and achieving effectiveness and efficiencies without compromising compliance

• Lead automation projects such as Robotic Processing Automation to automate repetitive processes, and Chatbot to empower stakeholders to self-help, deepen their procurement knowledge and increase compliance

• Stay abreast of economic, market, industry and organisational developments to identify procurement trends and solutions to stay relevant. Lead the team to execute data-based procurement and improve efficiency and value in buying the different categories of requirements

• Strategise buys for best sourcing to meet stakeholders’ needs and timelines, and increase values and deliver outcomes across the organisation

• Foster strong positive team culture and stakeholder relationship. Develop and strengthen procurement officers’ capability in best sourcing strategies

• Facilitate audit reviews for improvements in policies, processes and systems and strengthen weaknesses or close gaps identified during review

Desired qualifications

You should have a general degree with at least 8 years’ experience in government procurement, and of which, at least 3 years are in supervisory position. You should be able to multi-task and have demonstrated ability to work with all levels of management. You are resourceful, able to adapt in a fast-changing environment, innovative, meticulous, self-driven and people-oriented. You possess good communication, analytical, writing, problem-solving and project/contract management skills. You should have hands-on knowledge of GeBIZ. Relevant experience in process redesigning, process automation, data analytics or strategic reporting or Workday financial system will be an advantage.

[What we are looking for]

Only shortlisted applicants will be notified.

Position will commensurate with experience.

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