[ref. p44476324] Bukit Merah - Director of Procurement (Procurement Shared Services Centre)

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Set in 15 acres of lush greenery just minutes from the vibrant Orchard Road shopping belt, the Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore is a tranquil, sophisticated urban retreat whether travelling for business or leisure. It features 792 luxurious guestrooms and suites across three distinct wings, which include unique family-themed rooms, supported by a host of dedicated family-focused amenities.

We are looking for a Director of Procurement (Procurement Shared Services Centre) to join our team!

As a leader, you will oversee and manage the Procurement team, ensuring smooth operations and performance.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure adherence to establish Group and Regional contracts.
• Reduce overall business costs while maintaining the established quality standards and service levels.
• Drive key vendors development for the Procurement Region and the Group.
• Drive Procurement competency and capability building.
• Develop clear work plans, set clear targets, and monitor team performance through strong leadership abilities. Coach and develop team.
• Establish consistent product specifications with the operating departments for all regionally and locally purchased products and services.
• Ensure item descriptions in the systems follow the corporate structure standard.
• Obtain in-depth knowledge of the vendors of the Area and their products. Assess and evaluate the performance of all suppliers relating to product cost, quality, on-time performance, completeness of an order, credit worthiness etc.
• Closely engage with key suppliers on new products and market trends, encourage suppliers to develop new products, packaging and services to meet our needs.
• Working closely with Regional / Group Procurement Department and aligned with established sourcing strategy, source quotations collectively for hotel capital expenditure requests.
• Work closely with the Regional / Group Procurement Department and other functional departments to ensure that corporate standards and procedures are followed. Recommend changes, additions to corporate standard.
• Issues purchase orders which are duly approved of by suppliers.
• Direct and supervise important / handling customs duty and clearance.
• Be familiar and abide by the requirements of ISO 14001, ISO 22000, HACCP, CSR, the hotel’s Environment Management System (EMS), Food Safety and other Hotel’s certified standards as applicable.
• Work closely with Regional / Group Procurement Department to deploy vendor assurance program.
• Collect and share Procurement best practices within the One Procurement (Hotel, Area, Region, Group) network.
• Responsible for ensuring implementation of Best Practices and training of Procurement staff.
• Support AVP Procurement is establishing and executing regional contracts.
• Prepare and submit scheduled Procurement Risk Management Report to the AVP Procurement.
• Engage with Hotel’s Financial Controller / General Manager to review Procurement Risk Management Reports monthly.
• Engage with Internal Audit to address gaps, lapses and build Procurement competency and capability
• Provide prices rationalization by way of MBT CPM Reports.
• Ensure Shared Services Portal (SSP) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) systems function efficiently and effectively in the Area.
• Responsible for ensuring up to date Quotations, Tenders management.
• Carries out other special projects/tasks assigned by supervisors.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in procurement or supply chain management.
• Strong leadership skills with a focus on team development.
• Ability to identify cost-saving opportunities and maintain quality standards.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Experience working with procurement systems and supplier relationship management.
• Familiarity with ISO standards and other relevant certifications.
• Knowledge of financial and risk management processes.
• Bachelor’s degree in business (International Trade) / Diploma in Business