Assistant Director - IT Procurement Operations (Procurement) - Bukit Merah
Company description:
Synapxe is the national HealthTech agency inspiring tomorrow's health. The nexus of HealthTech, we connect people and systems to power a healthier Singapore.
Together with partners, we create intelligent technological solutions to improve the health of millions of people every day, everywhere. Reimagine the future of health together with us at www.synapxe.sg
Job description:
Position Overview
As an Assistant Director in the Procurement team, you will provide advice on all procurement matters to the users in the business unit and assist to plan the procurement strategy and approach for the execution of the procurement requests. You will also co-ordinate and execute the procurement activities, monitor and report on the progress of these activities to both business unit and procurement management periodically.
Role & Responsibilities- Lead Procurement teams fronting Infrastructure and app maintenance purchases
- Work closely with business stakeholders from to plan, execute and govern procurement operations
- Augment Procurement core team in fronting training maturity across Synapxe and Clusters CIOOs
- Proactively guide, review and edit procurement submissions to ensure accuracy and clarity
- Coach, train and strengthen procurement teams in day-to-day voluminous operations
- Co-front with procurement business partners conversations and collaborations with respective stakeholders to optimize procurement experiences and timeline
- To support continuous improvement in procedural SOPs both within Procurement and across business groups
- Guide and co-lead self-audit exercises as part of efforts to enhance procurement operations
- Advise and collaborate across procurement towers to better harmonise centralised IT procurement standards
- Lead and operationalize centralisation of IT Procurement
- Support and work closely with Tower Lead in any other taskings aligned with Procurement's strategic priorities
- Bachelor or higher qualifications related to business, computer science, healthcare or related field of studies
- At least 10-12 years of Procurement / Technology operations experience
- Experience in leading multiple teams of at least 5 people
- Have a keen interest and sense in IT domains such as ERP, Cloud and Data security amongst others
- Leadership, Coaching, Change Management, Project Management qualifications or certificates will be advantageous
Profile description:
We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Procurement Business Partner with expertise in Ariba system management to join our operations team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for daily procurement operations, procurement process, managing stakeholder and vendor relationships, and optimising the utilisation of the Ariba system to streamline purchasing operations.