Manager, Procurement, Office of Procurement

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together - building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities - all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Category Strategy Management for selected category areas
  • General Services Such as Library, security, Legal & Finance Services.
  • Strategic Common category such as catering, logistic services, stationery and other supplies.
• Engage internal stakeholders to understand and refine requirements according to external supply market and across different schools.
• Manage relationship with suppliers according to suppliers' segregation, driving improvement actions and installing a cadence/dashboard/metrics to track suppliers' performance. Organise supplier business review.
• Document and Ensure compliance to Policies/Procedures/Processes in close collaboration with Internal Audit and stakeholders.
• Lead change management and process improvement to reduce non-value-added activities by engaging stakeholders, challenging status quo and providing thought leadership..
• Minimize contractual risks by ensuring proper Contract Management with regular reviews through close working relation with Legal.
• Lead negotiations and devise negotiation strategies with the support of cross functional team to deliver agreed savings by utilising tools such as Benchmarking, Tender, Bidding, Value Engineering etc. Track cost savings.
• Review supplier base regularly for optimization and consolidation according to internal requirements and external supply market situation.
• Individual will be providing consultancy services to their stakeholder and should know about category market trends.
• Individual will help lead procurement initiatives for decision making and take ownership of these initiatives.
• The role reports to the Associate Director, Office of Procurement
• Any other duties assigned.

• Diploma or degree holder with at least 8 years work experience in category procurement.
• Practical Tech Knowledge
  • Supply Base knowledge in assigned categories.
  • Tech knowledge in assigned categories.
  • Experienced in Category Management in Indirect Procurement & Services.
  • Supplier Relationship Management Skills.
  • Negotiation Skills.
  • SAP, Ariba knowledge.
  • Procurement Process Source to Contract (S2C), Procure to Pay (P2P) knowledge.
• Communication and Influencing skills
  • Ability to understand, engage and influence stakeholders to optimize Procurement Process together.
  • Able to provide clarity into Procurement Process and compliance requirements to stakeholders.
  • Able to drive changes to address gaps in processes with minimal supervision.

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Candidates who do not possess the stipulated qualifications but have relevant work experience may still apply. Remuneration and appointment terms shall commensurate with qualifications and experience. SMU reserves the right to modify the appointment terms where necessary.