Manager/ Assistant Director (Procurement)

Singapore Food Agency; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) is seeking a professional to manage purchasing and revenue contracting processes across operating domains to support its mission. You will join a team dedicated to timely procurement, effective contract management, and policy review to strengthen procurement outcomes.

Your role includes guiding on specifications, reviewing submissions for procurement and revenue contracting matters, conducting training, and addressing supplier and user queries while supporting

Qualifications

• Degree holder in business, procurement or finance disciplines.
• Experience in procurement and/or revenue contracting in public sector is an advantage.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and writing skills.
• Independent team player with meticulous attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Assist/lead procurement operations to ensure timely procurement of goods/services and effective contract management.
• Assist/lead revenue contracting procedures.
• Review procurement policies, processes, SOPs and help develop procurement strategies.
• Provide guidance on crafting specifications and reviewing submissions for procurement/revenue contracting.
• Conduct procurement training and address supplier/user queries.
• Assist in digitalisation and perform data analytics.

Skills

Procurement

Contract management

Policy review

Data analytics

Education

Business / Procurement / Finance degree

Tools

SOPs

Job description

What the role is:

You will be part of a team to manage the purchasing and/or revenue contracting processes for SFA under the various operating procurement/revenue contracting domains to support the achievement of SFA’s mission and desired outcomes.

What you will be working on:

Duties:

• Assist/lead in the operations of the procurement function to ensure timely and effective procurement of goods and services and effective management of contracts.
• Assist/lead in managing the revenue contracting procedures function.
• Assist in the review of procurement policies, processes, SOPs and development of appropriate procurement strategies for the organisation.
• Provide guidance and advise to users on how to craft specifications and review submissions for both procurement and/or revenue contracting matters.
• Conduct training on procurement and attend to suppliers’ and users’ queries on procurement and revenue contracting matters.
• Assist in digitalisation and perform data analytics on data.

What we are looking for:

Requirements:

• Degree holder, preferably in Business, Procurement or Finance related disciplines.
• Prior working procurement and/or revenue contracting experience in the public sector would be an advantage.
• Preferably at least 3 to 5 years of relevant experience.
• An independent team player with a positive work attitude.
• Good interpersonal, communication and writing skills.
• Able to work well in a fast-paced environment.
• Meticulous with attention to details.

Work Location

SFA HQ @ JEM

About Singapore Food Agency

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) is a new Statutory Board formed under the ‘Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) to oversee food safety and security. The SFA will serve as the single point of contact for public feedback on food-related issues, and strengthen management of foodborne disease outbreaks to protect public health.The SFA will also facilitate more business-friendly regulations with oversight of all food safety policies and consolidation of food laboratory capabilities to deepen competencies in food diagnostics, and research and development in food safety.