Assistant Director - IT Procurement Operations (Procurement)

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.

• Lead Procurement teams in IT procurement operations and Centralisation of IT Procurement
• Lead and program manage strategic procurement initiatives in areas of technical development which leads to efficiency improvements across whole of Procurement
• 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
• 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, Supply Chain or related field of studies
• At least 10-12 years of Procurement / Technology operations experience
• Leadership, Coaching, Change Management, Project Management qualifications or certificates will be advantageous
• Experience managing large technology projects including SaaS, Gen AI technologies, dealing with multiple stakeholder
• Experience in Agile Methodology in Program Management
• 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

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