Assistant Director - IT Procurement Operations (Procurement)

Position Overview

As an Assistant Director in the Procurement team, you will provide advice on all procurement matters to the users in the business unit and assist in planning the procurement strategy and approach for the execution of procurement requests. You will also coordinate and execute procurement activities, monitor, and report on the progress of these activities to both the business unit and procurement management periodically.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead Procurement teams fronting Infrastructure and app maintenance purchases.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to plan, execute, and govern procurement operations.
• Augment the Procurement core team in fronting training maturity across Synapxe and Clusters CIOOs.
• Proactively guide, review, and edit procurement submissions to ensure accuracy and clarity.
• Coach, train, and strengthen procurement teams in day-to-day voluminous operations.
• Co-front with procurement business partners conversations and collaborations with respective stakeholders to optimize procurement experiences and timelines.
• Support continuous improvement in procedural SOPs both within Procurement and across business groups.
• Guide and co-lead self-audit exercises as part of efforts to enhance procurement operations.
• Advise and collaborate across procurement towers to better harmonize centralized IT procurement standards.
• Lead and operationalize the centralization of IT Procurement.
• Support and work closely with the Tower Lead in any other tasks aligned with Procurement's strategic priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or higher qualifications related to business, computer science, healthcare, or related field of studies.
• At least 10-12 years of Procurement / Technology operations experience.
• Experience in leading multiple teams of at least 5 people.
• A keen interest and sense in IT domains such as ERP, Cloud, and Data security among others.
• Leadership, Coaching, Change Management, Project Management qualifications, or certificates will be advantageous.