Total 6 Director/C-Level purchasing lead job vacancies in D10 Ardmore, Bukit Timah, Holland Road, Tanglin

Job Summary: We are seeking an experienced Digital Team Lead to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will manage the implementation process, ensuring adherence to established timelines, and collaborate with stakeholders across various departments to develop effective communication plans. The role also requires expertise in Generative AI to drive innovative solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Management: Translate strategic plans into detailed, actionable steps. Ensure that all project milestones are met within the established timelines.
• Implementation Management: Oversee the implementation process, ensuring that all activities adhere to the project plan and timelines. Address any issues that arise promptly to keep the project on track.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with stakeholders across various departments to ensure alignment and effective communication. Develop and implement comprehensive communication plans to keep all parties informed and engaged.
• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of digital professionals, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment. Provide guidance and support to team members to achieve project goals.
• Technical Expertise: Utilize extensive experience in digital transformation, procurement, and supply chain management to drive successful project outcomes. With extensive knowledge on Procurement platforms such as Ivalua, Coupa, and SAP for Procurement AI.
• Generative AI Expertise: Experienced in Generative AI solutions to enhance digital transformation initiatives. Utilize platforms and tools to create innovative AI-driven solutions that meet business needs.
• Client Engagement: Engage with clients to understand their needs and provide expert advice on digital and AI solutions. Ensure high levels of customer satisfaction through effective project delivery and support.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement best practices to enhance project delivery and team performance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Over 15 years of global experience in consulting, solutioning, and implementing digital transformation initiatives.
• Proven track record in managing transformation projects and implementing platforms
• Strong project management and program management skills.
• Excellent communication and leadership qualities.
• Experience in developing and executing communication plans.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Experience in Generative AI solutions.

Technical & Functional Skills:

• Experienced in Software as a Service product lifecycle
• Strong knowledge of vendor development, purchasing, subcontracting, and inventory management.
• Expertise in pre-sales, quality management systems, and e-procurement.
• Proficient in Generative AI technologies and tools.

Domain Expertise:

• Experience working with clients in specialty chemicals, pharma, wholesale distribution, consumer packaged goods, telecom, automotive, aviation, manufacturing, oil & gas, banking, and public sector.
• Extensive experience in project management and digital transformation at major consulting and technology firms.

• Developing and implementing purchasing strategies.
• Managing daily purchasing activities, supervising staff, and allocating tasks.
• Managing supplier relations and negotiating contracts, prices, timelines, etc.
• Maintaining the supplier database, purchase records, and related documentation.
• Coordinating with Inventory control to determine and manage inventory needs.
• Managing the maintenance of office/manufacturing equipment and machinery.
• Ensuring that all procured items meet the required quality standards and specifications.
• Preparing cost estimates and managing budgets.
• Working to improve purchasing systems and processes.
• Training new employees in the purchasing process and how to use the purchasing system.

There’s never been a more exciting time to be in Sales at Accenture. We are looking for experienced and high performing sales professionals to come work with the leading Technology Services company in the world.

With Next Gen Sales Careers we’re continuing to build a best-in-class sales capability-powered by best-in-class Sales professionals. The Technology Sales Lead known internally as Sales Capture is focused on growing Accenture’s Business, manages opportunities through all phases including qualification, sales pursuit and the close stage by applying deep sales process and offering expertise. Developing relationships with key buyers and decision-makers at new and/or existing clients, advising them solving some of their most complex issues by bring the end to end capabilities of Accenture.

Critical Sucess Factors

• Prior experience in managing deals greater than USD$10-20M
• Minimum of 8-15 years’ experience in Enterprise Software / Solution / Service Sales Experience

Role & Responsibilities

• Shape, sell and close deals typically greater than $10M that are single or multi service
• Target the right clients, grow quality pipeline, win profitable deals and manage sales activities with the objective of creating mutually beneficial, trust-based relationships that create value
• Has prior experience in leading and closing multi-year application outsourcing deals and system integration/implementation projects
• Develop / create strong partnerships and relationships with senior stakeholders at the client
• Ability to originate new opportunities, by developing client relationships leading to qualified opportunity identification and involvement throughout the sales cycle often in absence of an existing client relationship or opportunity
• Is able to identify a client problem statement, craft a value proposition that provides specific outcomes addressing client problem
• Provides solutions to complex business problems for area(s) of responsibility where analysis of situations requires an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives.
• Interacts with senior management levels at a client and/or within Accenture, which involves negotiating or influencing on significant matters
• Manage the opportunity from sales origination to close using deep sales process and offering expertise.

In order to be successful at this role, you must have experience in most of the following:

• Minimum of 15 years’ experience in Enterprise Software / Solution / Service Sales Experience
• Working with Technology Ecosystem partners including hyperscaler and enterprise platform providers
• Direct sales with quota of $20M+
• Creating and articulating a compelling and differentiated client value proposition
• Win strategy development
• Commercial, Deal Shaping and Contracting acumen
• Ability to guide a complex solution, problem solve and make decisions for the best interest of the customer and the business.
• Proven ability to build, manage and foster a team-oriented environment
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
• Excellent leadership skills
• Excellent business acumen and industry acumen
• High energy level, decisiveness and ability to work well in demanding client environments.
• Unquestionable professional integrity, credibility and character.
• Ability to meet travel requirements, when required

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 738,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Champion and drive the continuous improvement exercise of reviewing, streamlining and digitalising HR processes, for a more efficient and effective delivery of HR Administration services.
• Work closely with HRBP and COE teams to review/design/propose HR administration policy changes and initiatives. Revise internal procedures when policy guidelines change, or as required for legal or other external compliance reasons.
• Lead and coach the HR Administration team, in ensuring smooth operations from onboarding, HRMS transactions and offboarding, as well as handling employee inquiries and issues.
• Oversee and monitor the overall data management for all HRMS transactions to ensure data accuracy and integrity.
• Review HR processes with internal HR units to ensure work processes are aligned with HR policies/programmes and effectively carried out to achieve their objectives, e.g., ensuring that the employee onboarding programme is achieving the expected outcome, new hires are able to be accustomed to the new environment after x months.
• Collaborate closely with HR Technology team to review/optimize work processes via technology.
• Act as overall coordinator for HR annual budget preparation and collation by working closely with other HR Unit/Functional Heads /Leads on their respective budgets.
• Accountable for managing the vendor procurement process, providing logistical support for HR events and ensuring HR Administration team collaborates with internal HR units.

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of broad HR experience, with at least 3 years in HR administration or HR operations roles, including leadership or supervisory experience. Prior experience in an educational setting or related industry is preferred.
• Demonstrates high level of empathy and advanced listening skills when communicating, influencing and problem-solving people matters.
• Familiarity with general HR policies and practices, local Employment Act, Immigration rules, etc.
• Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to inspire, motivate, and develop team members.
• Experienced in process workflow, transactions and data changes using SAP SuccessFactors modules or any other third-party HR solutions.
• Ability to promote and implement changes to current HR practices and processes.
• Attention to detail and ability to independently handle multiple concurrent tasks and changing priorities in high-pressure situations.

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Candidates who do not possess the stipulated qualifications but have relevant work experience may still apply. Remuneration and appointment terms shall commensurate with qualifications and experience. SMU reserves the right to modify the appointment terms where necessary.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• This position is for Office of Human Resources and Faculty Administration (HRFA).
• HR Technology Management
  • Lead the strategic planning and execution of HR Technology systems/platforms to improve and streamline HR operations, as well as enhancing the user experience for employees, line managers and HR users.
  • Serve as a liaison between HR function and IT/System implementation partner for the SAP SuccessFactors implementation project and ongoing technology initiatives/enhancements.
  • Lead the design and delivery of new/enhancement of HR technology solutions including HRIS (SAP HR ECC, SAP SuccessFactors modules) and other relevant 3rd party HR tools (e.g., Qliksense, Glint, Chronus, Microsoft Office Tools, Document management System) to meet the needs of the organization.
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth rollout and integration between HR systems and other organizational platforms, aligning to business requirements.
  • Facilitate the change management process for the deployment of new systems or major updates to existing HR systems/modules.
• Data Management and Analytics/Reporting
  • Oversee the management of HR data, not limiting to data structure inventory, data accuracy and compliance with data privacy.
  • Drive HR analytics and through development of standard reports/dashboard to provide insights into key HR metrics to support data-driven decision making.
  • Partner with IT department to implement and monitor security measures to protect sensitive HR data and ensure data access control.
• Process Optimisation
  • Lead and collaborate with business owners (internal HR or external stakeholders) to operationalise the implementation of the HR/Academic policies and processes via technology.
  • Identify opportunities to streamline HR processes, workflow and improve user experience through technology enhancement/automation.
• Compliance and Vendor Management
  • Oversee and review users' access for all HR related systems, i.e., HRMS such as SAP HR/SuccessFactors, reporting tool such as Qliksense, electronic document management system, Intranet repository, 3rd party systems, etc. to ensure segregation of duties are being managed appropriately according to internal control guidelines.
  • Participate in the periodic audit review exercise, not limiting to users' access maintenance.
  • Manage relationship with HR technology vendors, together with the IT department, on system patches/upgrades, maintenance, adhering service level agreement, contract negotiation.
• Training and Documentation
  • Develop training materials, conduct training sessions for users on the use of HR technology platform. Create and maintain documentation, user guide, FAQs to support end-users to navigate the system effectively.
• Team Management
  • Lead and mentor the team members, providing guidance on project prioritization, continuous development and keeping up with new technology trends.

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science, Information Technology, Human Resources, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of broad HR experience, with at least 3 years in HR technology implementation, or related roles, including leadership or supervisory experience.
• Strong understanding of HR technology platforms, including HRMS (SAP HR ECC, SAP SuccessFactors), 3rd party faculty information system, survey platform (Glint).
• Proficiency in HR solutions' configurations, customizations, and integrations.
• Highly self-motivated and independent thinking abilities.
• Strong presentation and stakeholder influencing/engagement capabilities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work in multiple teams and coordinate efforts across different stakeholders.
• Strong leadership and team management skills with the ability to inspire, motivate, and develop team's members.

#LI-ST1

Candidates who do not possess the stipulated qualifications but have relevant work experience may still apply. Remuneration and appointment terms shall commensurate with qualifications and experience. SMU reserves the right to modify the appointment terms where necessary.

There’s never been a more exciting time to be in Sales at Accenture. We are looking for experienced and high performing sales professionals to come work with the leading Technology Services company in the world.

With Next Gen Sales Careers we’re continuing to build a best-in-class sales capability-powered by best-in-class Sales professionals. The Technology Sales Lead known internally as Sales Capture is focused on growing Accenture’s Business, manages opportunities through all phases including qualification, sales pursuit and the close stage by applying deep sales process and offering expertise. Developing relationships with key buyers and decision-makers at new and/or existing clients, advising them solving some of their most complex issues by bring the end to end capabilities of Accenture.

Critical Sucess Factors

• Prior experience in managing deals greater than USD$10-20M
• Minimum of 15 years’ experience in Enterprise Software / Solution / Service Sales Experience

Role & Responsibilities

• Shape, sell and close deals typically greater than $10M that are single or multi service
• Target the right clients, grow quality pipeline, win profitable deals and manage sales activities with the objective of creating mutually beneficial, trust-based relationships that create value
• Has prior experience in leading and closing multi-year application outsourcing deals and system integration/implementation projects
• Develop / create strong partnerships and relationships with senior stakeholders at the client
• Ability to originate new opportunities, by developing client relationships leading to qualified opportunity identification and involvement throughout the sales cycle often in absence of an existing client relationship or opportunity
• Is able to identify a client problem statement, craft a value proposition that provides specific outcomes addressing client problem
• Provides solutions to complex business problems for area(s) of responsibility where analysis of situations requires an in-depth knowledge of organizational objectives.
• Interacts with senior management levels at a client and/or within Accenture, which involves negotiating or influencing on significant matters
• Manage the opportunity from sales origination to close using deep sales process and offering expertise.

In order to be successful at this role, you must have experience in most of the following:

• Minimum of 15 years’ experience in Enterprise Software / Solution / Service Sales Experience
• Working with Technology Ecosystem partners including hyperscaler and enterprise platform providers
• Direct sales with quota of $20M+
• Creating and articulating a compelling and differentiated client value proposition
• Win strategy development
• Commercial, Deal Shaping and Contracting acumen
• Ability to guide a complex solution, problem solve and make decisions for the best interest of the customer and the business.
• Proven ability to build, manage and foster a team-oriented environment
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
• Excellent leadership skills
• Excellent business acumen and industry acumen
• High energy level, decisiveness and ability to work well in demanding client environments.
• Unquestionable professional integrity, credibility and character.
• Ability to meet travel requirements, when required

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 738,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.