Senior Manager / Manager (Procurement Services)

VITAL (Ministry of Finance); Singapore; On-site; SGD 48,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

VITAL, the government procurement arm under the Ministry of Finance, in Singapore, is seeking an entry-level procurement professional to join its Public Sector team. The role focuses on analysing government expenditure, developing cost-saving strategies, and supporting service partners.

You will contribute to end-to-end procurement, engage stakeholders, and help drive efficiency and continuous improvement in procurement processes.

Qualifications

• Analytical ability to interpret spend data and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills for contract discussions.
• Ability to engage diverse internal and external stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities

• Analyse government spend data to make informed decisions, develop sourcing strategies and identify opportunities for cost consolidation, optimization and process improvement.
• Manage the end-to-end procurement cycle from research, planning, preparing tender specifications, to evaluating and awarding tenders.
• Lead contract negotiations and ensure effective management of all existing contracts related to the government procurement services program.
• Manage and assess strategic vendors’ performance based on service levels and KPIs.
• Develop relationships with client agencies, provide consultative advice on procurement policy and best practices, and encourage proactive feedback.
• Lead and facilitate client engagement activities on procurement projects, service reviews and issue resolution.
• Continuously review the government procurement services program to evolve with client requirements and identify future sourcing initiatives.
• Ensure the team delivers high-quality service by monitoring KPIs and addressing customer queries and issues.
• Collaborate with Users to develop appropriate procurement strategies to achieve effective procurement.

Skills

Analytical skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Job description

What The Role Is

The candidate will be part of VITAL's Procurement Services team responsible for analysing government expenditure, developing and managing VITAL Procurement Services Program for the Public Sector, as well as supporting VITAL’s Service Partners in procurement processes. The objective is to deliver cost savings, improve processes and services.

What The Role Is

The candidate will be part of VITAL's Procurement Services team responsible for analysing government expenditure, developing and managing VITAL Procurement Services Program for the Public Sector, as well as supporting VITAL’s Service Partners in procurement processes. The objective is to deliver cost savings, improve processes and services.

What You Will Be Working On

• Analyse government spend data to make informed decisions, develop strategies for strategic sourcing, demand aggregation and contract management, and identify opportunities for cost consolidation, optimization and process improvement.
• Manage the end-to-end procurement cycle from research, planning, preparing tender specifications, managing end-to-end tender process from publishing tender, evaluating and awarding tender.
• Lead contract negotiations and ensure effective management of all existing contracts related to the government procurement services program.
• Manage and assess strategic vendors’ performance based on established service levels and KPIs.
• Develop strong relationships with client agencies, provide consultative advice on procurement policy and best practices and encourage clients to build up proactive feedback culture.
• Lead and facilitate client engagement activities on procurement projects, sharing sessions, service reviews and service issue resolution.
• Continuous review of the government procurement services program to ensure it evolves and develops to meet changing client agencies’ requirements, and identify future strategies and sourcing initiatives with strong focus in efficiency management and cost savings.
• Ensure that the team delivers high quality service to customers by monitoring KPIs and managing customers' queries and issues.
• Work with the Users in developing appropriate procurement strategies to achieve effective procurement.

What We Are Looking For

• Entry level position where candidates without relevant experience are welcome to apply.
• Candidates with at least 3 years of relevant work experience in procurement role in the public sector would be preferred
• Excellent written, presentation and verbal skills.
• Strong negotiation and analytical skills.
• Independent, highly motivated individual who takes initiatives and is resourceful.
• Able to effectively interact and build relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders.