Assistant Director, Procurement(2 year contract)

Health Promotion Board; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Health Promotion Board is seeking a seasoned procurement leader to join its strategic procurement team in Singapore. You will drive sourcing strategy for assigned categories, ensure uninterrupted essential services, and refine stakeholder requirements to maximize HPB’s purchasing power.

The role requires re-branding procurement as value-driven, performing market sourcing, influencing stakeholders, and integrating data analytics to shape effective sourcing strategies and ROI.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in purchasing or procurement roles.
• CPM certification or other professional designation.
• eSourcing management experience.
• Knowledge of SAP, GeBIZ and related procurement platforms.
• Ability to develop sourcing strategies and governance policies.

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing strategy for assigned spend categories and ensure no disruption of essential services.
• Optimize procurement requirements of stakeholders leveraging HPB’s purchasing power.
• Re-market procurement from transaction to value-driven, delivering results.
• Perform market sourcing and influence stakeholders to achieve better sourcing decisions.
• Integrate data analytics with business needs to maximise return on investment.
• Provide succinct, consistent advice to users navigating the procurement life-cycle.
• Leverage supplier relationships for market indicators and industry insights.
• Analyse critical contract failure points and strengthen risk mitigation plans.
• Screen procurement award recommendations prior to approval.

Skills

Sourcing strategy

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Influencing stakeholders

Contract and supplier management

Governance policies

Data analytics

Education

CPM certification

Tools

SAP

GeBIZ

Job description

What the role is:

The Procurement function reports to the CEO. You will be part of a strategic team to provide direction for (i) sourcing strategy, (ii) policy and governance, (iii) category spend management, (iv) contract and supplier management, (v) cross-functional stakeholders’ collaboration and (vii) procurement operations; using high degree of analytical thinking, influencing and judgement skills.

What you will be working on:

You will be responsible in (a) leading sourcing strategy for the assigned spend categories, (b) ensuring no disruption on the essential services and critical supplies, (c) optimizing the procurement needs (requirement specifications) of stakeholders while leveraging on HPB’s overall purchasing power. A significant portion of HPB’s spending will be impacted through these strategic sourcing initiatives and stakeholder partnership, leading to savings & efficiencies for the Board.

The role requires the candidate to demonstrate the ability to a) re-market the procurement brand from a transactional focus to one that creates value and delivers results, b) perform market sourcing and pro-actively engage & influence the stakeholders to achieve better sourcing decisions and c) integrate data analytics with business needs to formulate effective sourcing strategies and maximize the return on investment.

Other responsibilities include a) business partnering in providing succinct and consistent advices to users to navigate the procurement life-cycle for different procurement approaches, b) leveraging on supplier relationship to gather market leading indicators, new innovations and other important industry insights, c) analysing the critical contract failure points, identifying key risk indicators and strengthening the risk mitigation plan and d) screening procurement award recommendation prior to seeking approval.

What we are looking for:

• At least 8 years of relevant working experience in a purchasing related role
• CPM certification or other relevant professional designation
• eSourcing management experience
• Advanced project management, contract management, risk analysis, relationship management and supplier selection & development skills
• Advanced working knowledge of developing sourcing strategies, governance policies and procedures, and streamline operational procedures
• Knowledge in the Government Procurement Instruction Manuals, GeBIZ and SAP
• Good oral and written communication skills. Excellent interpersonal skills to manage different levels of internal stakeholders
• Able to manage workload and focus on priorities
• Proactive, impactful, reliable & passionate individual with the ability to work and deliver in a fast-paced environment

Successful candidates will be offered a 2-year contract in the first instance.

About Health Promotion Board

Established in 2001, the Health Promotion Board’s (HPB) vision is to build a nation of healthy people.We aim to empower residents in Singapore to attain optimal health, increase the quality and years of healthy life, and prevent illnesses, disability and premature death.To achieve this, HPB drives national health promotion and disease prevention programmes, spearheads health education initiatives and creates a supportive environment in Singapore where healthy lifestyle options are available and accessible for healthy living every day.