Total 4 Full-time lead buyer job vacancies in Singapore

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership:

• Lead and manage a team in Trade Finance domain (Onshore/Offshore)
• Foster a collaborative and high-performing team environment across APAC region

Project Management:

• Plan, execute, monitor, and complete application development project in Trade Finance domain
• Manage project issues, risks, and budgets effectively
• Ensure timely delivery of project milestone and final deliverables.

System Integration:

• Oversee the integration of in-house/vendor-provided application with regional peripheral systems
• Rollout Global solution/Regional solution provided by HO or other regions
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve issues

Stakeholder Communication:

• Maintain effective communication with internal and external stakeholders
• Prepare and present reports on project progress, issues, and risks
• Act at the primary point of contact for all project-related inquiries

Process Improvement:

• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in system integration and project management
• Stay updated with industry trend and best practice

Maintenance

• Regularly monitor system performance, system usage, and resource consumption and take preventive measures before issues arise
• Act as the primary point of contact for any technical issues or bugs reported by users and coordinate to troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently
• Apply security patches for vulnerabilities and updates to keep system up to date
• Plan and execute regular updates and upgrades to the application to ensure it remains current and secure, managing EOL/EOS for Hardware and Software
• Provide on-going support to users, addressing their queries and concerns
• Consider the introduction of new technologies and tools, and plan system upgrade.
• Liaise with the relevant teams including vendors to investigate reported issues/problem, identify root cause/impact, implement workaround and fixes to resolve issue.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation, including user manuals, technical specifications, and change logs
• Ensure the application complies with all relevant regulatory and security standards

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or another related field
• 15+ Years of experience with specialization on Trade Finance implementations, with exposure to methodologies and frameworks for IT project management
• Strong understanding of trade finance processes, including export/import, bank guarantees, and supply chain finance
• Experience with CGI T360/TPS trade finance product
• In addition to knowledge of Trade Finance, knowledge of syndication loans and experience with Finastra LoanIQ is even preferred if you have
• Knowledge in Java/J2EE platform, Oracle DB, SQL, Unix/Linux, IBM WAS, DB2, MQ and IIB would be an advantage
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• Experience in software development lifecycle (SDLC) and exposure to Agile methodology
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross functional teams or offshore team
• Strong communication skill to liaise with stakeholders, team members, and products vendors
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Self-motivated and possess drive, and ability to work independently and a good team player

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Job Description:

Our organization is seeking a IT Procurement Sourcing Lead to assist with Global IT Category procurement. In this role, you will focus on finding the best suppliers to support our business needs. This professional will be responsible for developing, maintaining and improving the quality of data used for spend analysis and reporting for our organization. Ensures quality of data by interpreting patterns and trends using digital tools and methods including data modeling and data mining. You will also conduct cost-benefit analyses to determine where we can improve, re-negotiating contracts with existing suppliers. You will have to spend time developing various approaches to procuring and contracting external support from the marketplace in line with current industry standards. Part of this involves researching suppliers and gathering information from vendor databases to support Category management leaders across the globe as part of decision-making process.

This role is essential to the efficiency and success of our organization.

Job Responsibilities:

• Purchase Analysis
• Manage various IT procurement projects that include the areas of purchasing, contracting sourcing and category management.
• Assist the team in IT Procurement related activities as needed
• Preparing cost-benefit analysis reports for review by Global and Regional Category Leads
• Work with Global & Regional Category leads to formulate negotiation plans
• Analyze industry trends and market competitions to develop business improvement initiatives
• Understand business objectives so as to generate project information, action items, schedule and deliverables for the team

Job Requirement:

• Minimum 5 years of IT / procurement Sourcing or category management experience
• Must have professional sourcing/ category experience covering sourcing, contract negotiation, monitoring & reporting contract performance.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, business administration, or accounting.
• Ability to accurately read, interpret, develop and negotiate IT Procurement deals.
• An MBA degree in supply chain management will be advantageous.
• More than five years' procurement analysis experience in a related industry.
• Proficiency in technology procurement and analytical software.
• In-depth business management and strategic sourcing knowledge.
• Advanced analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Job Description:

Our organization is seeking a IT Procurement Sourcing Lead to assist with Global IT Category procurement. In this role, you will focus on finding the best suppliers to support our business needs. This professional will be responsible for developing, maintaining and improving the quality of data used for spend analysis and reporting for our organization. Ensures quality of data by interpreting patterns and trends using digital tools and methods including data modeling and data mining. You will also conduct cost-benefit analyses to determine where we can improve, re-negotiating contracts with existing suppliers. You will have to spend time developing various approaches to procuring and contracting external support from the marketplace in line with current industry standards. Part of this involves researching suppliers and gathering information from vendor databases to support Category management leaders across the globe as part of decision-making process.

This role is essential to the efficiency and success of our organization.

Job Responsibilities:

• Purchase Analysis
• Manage various IT procurement projects that include the areas of purchasing, contracting sourcing and category management.
• Assist the team in IT Procurement related activities as needed
• Preparing cost-benefit analysis reports for review by Global and Regional Category Leads
• Work with Global & Regional Category leads to formulate negotiation plans
• Analyze industry trends and market competitions to develop business improvement initiatives
• Understand business objectives so as to generate project information, action items, schedule and deliverables for the team

Job Requirement:

• Minimum 5 years of IT / procurement Sourcing or category management experience
• Must have professional sourcing/ category experience covering sourcing, contract negotiation, monitoring & reporting contract performance.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, business administration, or accounting.
• Ability to accurately read, interpret, develop and negotiate IT Procurement deals.
• More than five years' procurement analysis experience in a related industry.
• Proficiency in technology procurement and analytical software.
• In-depth business management and strategic sourcing knowledge.
• Advanced analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Responsibilities:

• Product Delivery Lead managing delivery in Digital projects

• Work closely with different business and technology stakeholders, and/or external partners/merchants.

• Be responsible for developing and analyzing Business requirements and put them into Business Requirement Document (BRD) or User Stories

• Work closely with UX design team to conceptualize and optimize customer journey

• Review Functional Specifications Document (FSD) or Narratives to ensure that specifications are designed in accordance to business requirements

• Work closely with QA team to plan overall testing, map out test scenarios, design test cases, and manage test execution

• Collaborate with Business Units and IT partners for end-to-end system and process delivery

• Support post-implementation tasks such as user training to touch-points, production problem investigation, escalation and resolution

• Ensure customer issues are resolved within the SLA and prompt follow-up to ensure closure of issues

Requirements:

• Degree holder with minimum 3 to 5 years of relevant experience

• Having a good IT background

• Having experience in managing projects end-to-end and have participated in different milestones of a project lifecycle in business requirements development & analysis, testing, go-live implementation, etc.

• Having excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a positive working attitude and an avid team player

• Ability to work under pressure with accuracy and commitment.

• Able to work well and effectively with different stakeholders, e.g. product teams, operation teams, technology teams, partners/merchants

• Self-starter and independent worker and able to rise up to challenges and manage stringent timelines