NETS
The NETS Group is a leading payments services group, enabling digital payments for merchants, consumers and banks across the entire payments value chain.
The Group operates Singapore’s national debit scheme enabling customers of DBS Bank/POSB, HSBC, Maybank, OCBC Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and UOB to make payments using their ATM cards or mobile devices at more than 120,000 acceptance points in the country as well as online payments.
Position Summary
The Procurement function serves business stakeholders through the procuring of goods and services in a timely manner, while striving towards obtaining best price and value for the organisation.
The Senior Associate, Category Procurement is a single contributor role, supporting the VP/AVP of Procurement in ensuring efficient and effective execution of procurement category, towards achieving cost improvement and innovation targets, while maintaining compliance to policy, procedures, control and third party arrangement requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead procurement for the assigned category(ies), through business partnering with the stakeholders to define annual procurement plan and develop category strategies, for execution
- Ensure successful execution of category strategies, and bring about best price and value to the organization, through generation of short and long term cost-savings roadmaps, and innovation opportunities,
- Lead the sourcing process, inclusive of defining sourcing approach, identify suitable potential vendors, develop and execute RFX, evaluate proposals (against business requirements, and total costs of ownership), and provide supplier recommendation,
- Continual sensing and keeping abreast of latest category trends and price/cost analysis, vis-a-vis stakeholders plans and expectations, in order to reap optimal benefits and manage projects / operational risks,
- Lead vendor performance review and relationship management agenda for key assigned vendors, in compliance with third party risk management policy and procedures, and value optimization,
- Work with Procurement Operations team to support for efficient execution of P2P processes, effective implementation of policy, procedures and controls, administration of vendor management agenda and procurement and supplier risk and compliance agenda.
Requirements
- Degree in Business Administration, Purchasing, Supply Management and other related fields
- Minimum 3-5 years of relevant sourcing experience, preferably with knowledge in third party risk management, in the context of Financial Services Institution (FSI)
- Strong negotiation, communication (written, verbal) and interpersonal skills to influence for positive outcomes
- Strong knowledge of procurement systems, policies, procedures, controls and best practices
- Demonstrated ability to engage and work with business stakeholders to drive procurement category excellence, and achieve performance objectives
- Strong organizational and problem solving skills, meticulous attention to details, and possess good verbal and written abilities
- Strong project/time management abilities, and able to prioritise work effectively to meet accelerated timelines
- Enjoys interacting with people
- Proficient in SAP MM Module and/or procurement systems
