Director, Strategic Procurement

Company Overview

The client is a leading healthcare organisation focused on delivering strategic procurement solutions that optimize costs and strengthen supply resiliency for healthcare institutions.

Job Summary

The Director, Strategic Procurement will lead and optimize procurement functions, manage vendor and contract processes, and drive cost efficiencies across healthcare institutions.

Responsibilities

• Execute procurement strategies to achieve financial and operational targets within healthcare procurement categories
• Build and maintain strategic supplier partnerships to enhance supply chain resiliency and reliability
• Establish governance frameworks and balanced scorecards to monitor savings, risk, and compliance outcomes
• Drive improvements in source-to-pay processes and consolidate purchasing activities across multiple business units
• Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing strategic procurement team to meet organizational goals

Required competencies and certifications

• At least 15 years of strategic procurement experience, preferably in healthcare MNCs, pharmaceutical companies, or matrix organizations with central procurement
• Degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Business Administration, Engineering, or related discipline
• Proven negotiation skills applied to large-scale procurement contracts and supplier agreements
• Strong stakeholder management skills to influence cross-functional teams and senior leadership
• Leadership skills demonstrated by managing and developing procurement teams
• Experience delivering multiple large-scale, multi-functional projects within procurement
• Expertise in e-procurement and ERP/MRP systems; experience with public sector procurement systems is advantageous

Preferred competencies and qualifications

• Experience with public sector procurement systems

EA Personnel: Ong Irene | R1980370 | 21C0783