Procurement Team Lead

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Apply now for the position of Procurement Team Lead and you will be responsible to manage the entire source to contract within the purchase to pay cycle for business operations in Singapore
Your role:

• You will align closely with business on strategies, expectations and deliverables for projects through regular sales/strategy meetings.
• You will execute global/regional commodity strategies to ensure long-term, cost-efficient supply of materials.
• You will implement globally defined methods, processes and systems to ensure high process efficiency and process compliance in local country. Identify gaps and establish mitigation strategies (e.g. compliant Purchase-to-Pay (P2P) process, Procurement guidelines, IT systems).
• You will prepare negotiation strategy and conduct negotiations to obtain favourable outcome for the business with a balance in financial, delivery, quality and technical offering (increase win rate factor).
• You will document and monitor progress of savings measures and report on a monthly basis in productivity tool for transparency.
• You will execute Supplier Management processes (e.g. qualification, selection, evaluation, development, classification).
• You will ensure a close cooperation with Internal Customers (requisitioners) to ensure customer care and early involvement.
• You will provide supplier information to the project and conducts project-specific supplier evaluations (project evaluations).
• You will manage internally sourced organizations (order processing units and indirect material organization) performance and drive KPIs.

Your expertise:

• Tertiary education and certification in the area of Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field is preferred.
• Experienced senior buyer with minimum 10 years of experience in hands on procurement & contract negotiations (added advantage if in the Healthcare sector or experience in the hospital industry.). Candidates with mechanical engineering backgrounds will be valued.
• Strong analytical skills to analyse spend data, conduct market research and translate the requirements from the key stakeholders into the strategy for negotiations in order to deliver a fair option for the business.
• Experienced negotiator: Constructive communication and strategy setting to drive positive outcomes. Strong experience/expertise valued in candidates who have experience in construction cost management.
• Constructive communicator: Build & maintain relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Purchase to Pay process: Solid understanding of correct buying, supplier management and documentations.
• Time management: Diligent in prioritizing tasks to ensure deadlines are met, drive follow ups and escalate where necessary to ensure no compromises in project deliverables.
• Proficiency in MS Office tools and productivity reporting reports (standard procurement KPI expectations).

To find out more about us, have a look at https://www.siemens-healthineers.com/en-sg
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