[What the role is]
You will be part of a team that is responsible for upholding proper procurement governance in NEA. You will facilitate procurement activities by departments while ensuring that government/NEA procurement policies/guidelines are applied accordingly and standards of integrity and transparency are upheld throughout the procurement value-chain.
[What you will be working on]
You will support the procurement functions in NEA by carrying out the following activities:
- Lead a team of procurement officers.
- Pro-actively engage users to identify aggregations or other procurement levers
- Develop category strategies through spend analysis and drive strategic sourcing with users to address their procurement needs
- Provide procurement advices to users on all stages of procurement cycle
- Review tender/quotation documents to ensure that they are drafted in compliance to Instruction Manual (IM) (Procurement), NEA’s procurement policy and guidelines and optimise the spending for NEA
- Review tender/quotation evaluations to ensure value for money, fairness and transparency and compliance with IM (Procurement) and NEA procurement policy and guidelines
- Review post-award contract documents to ensure proper contract management and governance
- Improve outreach and facilitate dialogue among procurement community and users in NEA
- Improve the procurement processes, systems and governance framework in NEA to optimise the procurement expenditure and operational efficiency
[What we are looking for]
Job Requirements:
- At least 10 years of experience in government procurement. Experience in construction procurement and revenue contracting will be an added advantage.
- Good applied knowledge of IM (Procurement), IM (Revenue), Gebiz and Gebiz Management Console (GMC)
- Possess an inquisitive mind on how to derive more value from each purchase
- Good analytical, interpersonal, writing and presentation skills
- Performance driven, result oriented with an attention to details and accuracy
- Have a passion for procurement work and able to adapt to changes and work well under tight deadlines
- Able to work well as team player and as an individual
- Proficiency in IT skills (eg. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc)
You will be working in a fast-paced and highly volatile environment that would require the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders at the same time.
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