Information Technology Procurement Manager

DFI Technology (Philippines); Mandaluyong; On-site; PHP 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

DFI Retail Group seeks an IT Procurement Manager to lead strategic sourcing for IT categories across markets. You will conduct market research, develop business cases, and manage sourcing events including RFI, RFx and e-auctions, while aligning with SLAs and KPIs.

You will negotiate contracts, ensure compliance with IT security and regulations, and drive spend analysis to unlock value. Strong English, negotiation skills, and a degree in purchasing are required.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years IT procurement experience.
• Good command of English and strong communication, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Degree or equivalent in Purchasing and Supply/Business or related discipline.
• Experience in retail and multi-market industry is preferred but not required.
• Experience working in a small team and ability to manage end-to-end procurement processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage IT procurement projects across multiple markets and stakeholders.
• Create and implement IT procurement strategies and RFI/RFx/E-Auction processes.
• Lead contract negotiations and evaluate technical and commercial scores.
• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory and IT security requirements.
• Analyze spend data to identify savings and improvement opportunities.
• Prepare and manage tender documentation and governance papers.
• Coordinate governance including spend approvals and contract recommendations.

Skills

IT procurement

English communication

Negotiation

Excel

Data analysis

Education

Purchasing/Supply/Business degree

Tools

SAP

DocuSign

Dairy Farm procurement system

Job description

Is this your next challenge in IT Procurement?

We are seeking a skilled and experienced IT Procurement Manager with strong background in strategic and category procurement. For this role, you will manage strategic procurement projects including: Conducting market research on procurement categories; Developing and reviewing business cases; Gathering and analyzing internal spend and supplier performance data; Agreeing appropriate procurement strategies including negotiation strategies e.g. face to face / e-Auctions; Agreeing appropriate contract terms and commercial schedules for the procurement project; Drafting and/or quality assuring tendering documentation; Launching procurements via the e-Sourcing tool, and agreeing evaluation approach and educating stakeholders on evaluation methodology.

The challenge is to:

• Manage IT procurement projects and work with multiple stakeholders across Hong Kong, Singapore and if necessary, with other DF Countries supporting IT procurement team:
• Create and implement procurement strategies
• Works closely with stakeholders to review the scope and specifications, including service level agreements and key performance indicator requirements
• Create the sourcing documentation for RFI, RFx and E Auction via the Dairy Farm procurement system to achieve business objectives in terms of both quality and achieving best value for money.
• Lead objective evaluation and clarification process
• Participates and/or lead in contract negotiation, analyzes the technical and commercial scores to achieve business targets within the current market conditions.
• Complete the DocuSign contract approval process
• Analyze spend data to understand actual spend v contractual commitments, non-compliance and identify opportunities for improvements, different buying approaches and/or saving opportunities.
• Ensures compliance with legal, regulatory and IT security and cyber requirements.
• Complete the internal procurement governance including, drafting spend approval and contract recommendation papers, completing the saving tracker etc..
• Create and actively manage IT category plans
• Ensures compliance with legal, regulatory and IT security and cyber requirements
• To ensure integrity and ethics are sustained throughout the procurement process
• Infrastructure
• Security
• Data Engineering Corp Tech and Retail
• SAP
• Data Science and Analytics

Do you have experience in?

• 5-10 years for IT procurement experience
• Good command in English and strong communication, influencing and negotiation skills
• If you can speak in Cantonese and Mandarin is preferred but not required
• Degree or equivalent in Purchasing and Supply/Business or related discipline
• Experience in retail and multi-market industry is preferred but not required
• Experience of working in small team, able to follow end to end procurement process and work independently
• Strong at data capture/analysis/options generating, able to provide solutions
• Pro- active, Self-motivation, well-organized, efficient and abilityto work under pressure
• Achievement and goal oriented with good organization skills, ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong computer literacy skills with excellent Excel spreadsheet knowledge.

If you have the right skills and experience, this is an opportunity to build your career with Asia’s leading retailer.

DFI Retail Group is an equal opportunity employer and responsible for ensuring that all personal information collected from each Candidate presented to DFI Retail Group is used for recruitment purposes only and the personal data will be kept and handled confidentially. We will retain the

applications of candidates not selected for a period of no more than 24 months. The data collection process is in accordance with all applicable laws and compliant with the Code of Practice on Human Resource Management.

To find out more about Our Businesses and Our People,please visit our website: https://www.DFIretailgroup.com