[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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