Associate, Procurement

About the company

CGS International Securities Pte. Ltd. (CGS International) is an award-winning and market leading integrated financial services provider, ranked among the top securities houses in Asia.

CGS International taps on our wealth of global and ASEAN insights to offer equities trading, leveraged products, wealth management, investment banking, equities research, Shariah-compliant financing, fixed income, currency and commodities, structured products and prime brokerage services in over 15 countries and regions.

Along with its parent organisation China Galaxy Securities, a leading securities house in China, CGS International is trusted by more than 15 million customers globally.

Job Description

• Track and record all cost related spends under IT market data request - assist in the application request, control and monitor the contractual renewal of the application and terminate access (if not required).
• Work with internal stakeholders to provide assistance on procurement related queries, support on RFQ, Tender Process and Waiver submission
• Vendor Management – Ensure proper submission for mandatory assessment forms and screen check required for onboarding new suppliers, maintenance of existing supplier records (if any), conduct periodic review on vendor performance assessment and supplier list maintenance in the procurement system
• Contract management – Upload of new contracts, regular monitoring of existing contracts in system to ensure required compliance checks and assessment is performed for renew contracts
• Perform data and spend analysis for all types of PRs / PO to plan and initiate cost savings initiatives
• Perform all transactional procurement request in the procurement system – ie. creation of Blanket PO, amend PO, montoring all open PO status, etc
• Perform the role as System Administrator for the procurement system and address to the queries related to the system, conduct regular trainings, monitor technical issue and faciliate and co-ordinate end to end support for technical related issues
• Other roles to be assigned by reporting supervisor

Job Requirements

• Minimum Diploma holder from a local polytechnic
• Well versed in both English and Mandarin to liaise with Chinese stakeholders
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Powerpoint and Microsoft Excel (Pivot tables, charts, graphs)
• Sound knowledge of procedures and processes associated with procurement function
• Possess interpersonal and communication skills
• Possess analytical, problem solving and conceptualisation skills
• Ability to negotiate with vendor for cost savings
• Procurement related system knowledge and system support