Senior Executive, Purchasing

Nanyang Technological University; Singapore; On-site; SGD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

NTU Singapore is seeking a Senior/Executive Procurement professional to partner with the business and stakeholders to manage and administer all procurement activities, including quotations, tendering, specifications, evaluation and awards.

You will negotiate with suppliers, coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure policy compliance, handle PO processing and contract management, generate purchasing reports, and provide ad-hoc support to drive efficiency and value.

Qualifications

• Time management and ability to deliver exceptional customer service.
• Organised and meticulous with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Able to work with multiple competing priorities.
• Good teamwork and ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Strategic thinking and willingness to go the extra mile to achieve desirable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the business and stakeholders to manage and administer all procurement activities.
• Responsible for quotation and tendering process including preparing specifications, calling, evaluation and award of quotations/tenders.
• Negotiate and coordinate with suppliers and cross-functional departments for best price, delivery time and quality.
• Cross-department collaboration to ensure procurement processes adhere to NTU guidelines and policies.
• All tactical purchases and procurement administrative support including PO processing and contract management.
• Generate and analyze purchasing reports to identify areas for improvement.
• Ad-hoc tasks assigned by management.
• Build positive relationships with peers and supervisors to ensure process efficiency and effectiveness.
• Partner with the business to drive policy compliance and improve efficiencies.

Skills

Time management

Customer service

Organised

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Multi-priority handling

Team player

Independent worker

Strategic thinking

Education

Diploma or equivalent qualification

Job description

The Senior / Executive is responsible to:

• Partner with the business and stakeholders to manage and administer all procurement activities.


• Responsible for quotation and tendering process which includes preparing specifications, calling, evaluation and award of quotations/tenders.


• Negotiate and coordinate with suppliers and cross-functional departments for best possible price purchase and delivery time with the quality required for the project.


• Cross-department collaboration to ensure procurement processes are done in adherence to NTU guidelines and policies.


• All tactical purchases and procurement administrative support includes but not limited to PO processing and contract management.


• Generate and analyze purchasing reports to identify areas for improvement.


• Any ad-hoc jobs required by the management.


• Build positive relationships with peers and supervisors to ensure process efficiency and effectiveness.


• Partner with the business to drive policy compliance and partner with internal stakeholders to improve efficiencies.

Requirements:

• Minimum Diploma Equivalent Qualification; or Equivalent professional procurement experience with 1 year relevant experience.


• Demonstrate time management skills and ability to deliver exceptional customer service.


• Organised, meticulous with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.


• Ability to work well with multiple competing priorities.


• A good team player and able to work independently with minimum supervision.


• Strategic thinking and willingness to go the extra mile to achieve desirable outcome.

Hiring Institution: NTU A research-intensive public university, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Engineering, Business, Science, Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, and Graduate colleges. It also has a medical school, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, established jointly with Imperial College London. NTU is also home to world-class autonomous institutes – the National Institute of Education, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Earth Observatory of Singapore, and Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering – and various leading research centres such as the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI) and Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N). Ranked amongst the world’s top universities by QS, NTU has also been named the world’s top young university for the past seven years. The University’s main campus is frequently listed among the Top 15 most beautiful university campuses in the world and has 57 Green Mark-certified (equivalent to LEED-certified) buildings, of which 95% are certified Green Mark Platinum. Apart from its main campus, NTU also has a campus in Novena, Singapore’s healthcare district. Under the NTU Smart Campus vision, the University harnesses the power of digital technology and tech-enabled solutions to support better learning and living experiences, the discovery of new knowledge, and the sustainability of resources.

For more information, visit www.ntu.edu.sg

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