Business Function
Group Technology and Operations (T&O) enables and empowers the bank with an efficient, nimble and resilient infrastructure through a strategic focus on productivity, quality & control, technology, people capability and innovation. In Group T&O, we manage the majority of the Bank's operational processes and inspire to delight our business partners through our multiple banking delivery channels.
As the first Singapore bank to sign up to the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), DBS Bank is committed to realising a net zero future by 2050 or sooner. With our extensive operations, it is important for us to manage our environmental footprint and build a strong and reliable supply chain for sustainable operations. We also have committed to run our operations in a net-carbon-neutral manner.
Additionally, DBS seeks to create sustainable impact by leading:
- Regenerative technology and spaces
- Restorative supply chains and operations, and
- Empowerment of employees, partners, and customers with highest purpose and integrity
We seek help in achieving these missions with a sustainable supply chain specialist, helping to create our restorative supply chain.
Responsibilities
- Act as subject matter expert to conduct research and provide advice to stakeholders, to enable informed business decisions aligned with the Bank’s sustainability agenda
- Identify, evaluate, and engage with suppliers to foster strategic partnerships aimed at driving sustainability improvements
- Develop precise sustainability specifications and business requirements for vendor products and services that are integral to the Bank's operations
- Identify sustainability initiatives and improvement opportunities, provide recommendations for prioritization, and develop comprehensive Bank-wide implementation plans
- Take on a leadership role in key sustainable operations projects, establishing frameworks and extracting valuable lessons learnt
- Ensure compliance with all relevant sustainability regulations and standards
- Provide support in the preparation of KPIs and sustainability reporting as required
- Additional tasks or responsibilities as assigned by senior management and the Procurement Sustainability Team Lead, provided they fall within the scope of sustainable procurement and are in alignment with the Bank's sustainability agenda
- Help educate and train procurement partners to empower the department to achieve restorative procurement goals
Requirements
- Degree from a reputable university
- Minimum 8 years of experience in driving sustainable supply chain agenda or related fields of work.
- Strong track record of relevant experience and accomplishments in a related field
- Familiar with concepts such as materiality, risk management, human rights, fair labour standards, modern slavery, ethics, anti-corruption, occupational health and safety, and restorative procurement, etc.
- Customer-focused, excellent relationship management and communications skills.
- Excellent communication skills, both spoken and in the written word
- Excellent stakeholder management skills
- A team player who is passionate about sustainability and committed to continuously improve
- Able to skillfully navigate volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity and to drive amazing solutions and experiences for stakeholders
- Builds trust and collaborates widely - fostering a culture of collaboration – to achieve greater results
- A data-driven problem-solver
- Organized and structured - in thinking and in execution of tasks
- Proactive, positive and always willing to learn new things
Apply Now
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and the professional advantages of a dynamic environment that supports your development and recognises your achievements.
