Senior Assistant Director, Procurement COE Lead

Apply locations: NTU Main Campus, Singapore

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted Yesterday

Job requisition id: R

Introduction

The Digital Transformation (DX) team is the business transformation team under Office of Finance (OFIN) to drive NTU towards a digitally enabled organization.

The role leads the Procurement Centre of Excellence which is the catalyst in enabling finance business & process transformation. This position primarily focuses on Enterprise Spend systems & processes. It leverages your expertise in these functions and proficiency in systems such as SAP S4 HANA and Ariba to assess business needs and propose effective solutions. You will actively seek opportunities to enhance processes, identify gaps, and recommend improvements. The role thrives on re-engineering processes, redesigning workflows and approaches by continuously exploring industry solutions, best practices, and system roadmaps to drive operational efficiency and elevate the customer experience. This role manages a team that serves as the bridge between NTU's Finance and Procurement shared services, staff, and the NTU Centre for Information Systems (CITS) team, as well as ERP solutions providers.

Responsibilities

• Change enabler that critically assesses Enterprise Spend processes, system designs and workflows to bring about simplified, efficient processes and optimize resources.
• Strategic thinking to develop plans & recommendations, design & deploy innovative financial solutions that improve organization performance & efficiency, address process issues & compliance requirements, and elevate customer satisfaction.
• Creates roadmaps that enable systems & work processes to support evolving business strategy and ERP upgrades/release.
• Lead and drive successful implementation of roadmap projects & solutions.
• Drive continuous improvements & actively identify gaps, design solutions and/or functional requirements necessary to streamline business processes.
• Design and lead change communication to align plans, actions and deliverables through the impacted departments and teams.
• Deliver within budget & agreed milestones.
• Institutionalize functional knowledge and design of Finance systems.
• Design and propose solutions that are data-driven, applying digital transformation technologies and process automation tools.
• Engage stakeholders to build strong partnerships that drive effective implementation of solutions.
• Drive compliance and adherence of Finance & Procurement systems & processes to internal audit requirements.

Requirements

• University Degree in Accounting / Business Administration, Supply Chain or Information System.
• Strong functional knowledge in Finance and Procurement domain.
• Minimum 12 years' experience with 6 - 8 years' in business transformation or project management.
• Highly proficient in re-engineering processes and implementing streamlined workflows.
• Problem solver.
• Keen learner of technological tools and able to translate knowledge for business users to understand.
• Good business acumen and ability to understand business requirements.
• Strong interpersonal skills to engage and influence stakeholders of various spectrum - from users to decision makers.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.