Procurement Manager
Singapore Sports council
Total years of experience :13 years, 11 Months
1) Manage procurement plans of business groups
2) Provide professional consultation to project officers
3) Drive procurement activities under tight operational timeframe
4) Ensure compliance with corporate governance and regulatory requirements
1) Conversant in GeBiZ and ACE/EVE Procurement System (eg. report extraction/analysis, price item details, award history, tender/quotation publication, supplier history)
2) Competent in agency open call for tenders and quotations procedures and processes
3) Attained basic certification under Government Procurement Training Framework (conducted by CSC)
4) Performed an advisory role regarding queries on tender/quotations process (eg justifications for award, scoring criteria, evaluation methodology etc)
5) Customized and provided solutions according to user requirements and needs (ie vetting, proof-reading, recommendations)
6) Developed tracking methods to ensure adherence to IM (for eg. Process monitoring spreadsheet to detect non-compliance with IM)
7) Put up contract variation papers for management approval
8) Performed contract management through procurement IT systems (eg generating contract validity and utilization reports and alerting user to take actions)
9) Recommended amendments to quotation templates and scoring sheet to improve transparency and clarity
Procurement / Contract Management / Supplier Negotiation
• Preparation, evaluation and contract procurement from RFP to execution phase
• Contract management and negotiation with more than 40 overseas vendors
• Created database for service agreements to monitor validity status
• Negotiation with overseas vendor for better rates (eg. 5% lower) and price stability (eg. 3 yrs fixed rate)
• Analyzed airport compliance agreement eg. Nanjing, Australia
• Renewed existing agreements and established overseas vendor agreement through RFP, evaluation and recommendation papers
• Onsite trip to Chicago and Sharjah to conduct feasibility study and contract negotiation
2) Cost Analysis
• Resolved outstanding billing disputes with vendors. Eg. Reconciliation invoices of > $7million
• Derived insurance claim processes
• Improvised cost computation methodology and simplified billing verification
• Cost estimation and provision of monthly expenditure
• Developed annual departmental budget > $150 million
3) Project Management
• Customization of SAP for contractors. Primary liaison between SAP consultants and contractors. Resolved technical difficulties and ensured compliance with tight deadlines by CAAS
• Inter-departmental collaboration to initiate cost restructuring
Field Engineer (Programme Management), ST Aerospace Ltd (2010 - 2012)
• Provided onsite programme management support to RSAF
• Operational support in areas of installation/ testing/ troubleshooting/ modification projects
• Performed trend analysis to identify low reliability components and present recommendations
• Failure mode analysis with vendors and workshops
• Conducted safety incidents investigations