You will provide Leadership to the team in driving procurement strategies, procurement policy reviews and conducting business analytics to implement digital procurement initiatives in NEA.
Senior Assistant Director (Procurement Strategy and Digitalisation Branch)
National Environment Agency
Permanent
Closing on 25 Sep 2025
What the role is
What you will be working on
You are required to:
- Provide direction to formulate procurement policy and strategies whilst upholding procurement governance and ensuring compliance to IM on procurement
- Lead and initiate review of procurement policies and procedures to improve cost structure and process efficiency, strengthen governance and support innovation
- Provide leadership in process reviews, devising digital solutions which include formulating, implementing, monitoring of dashboards and reports, for stakeholders’ insights
- Lead the team to leverage business analytics to generate insights for improved decision-making, development of effective procurement strategies and process improvements
- Drive the development and implementation of data-driven strategies for demand forecasting, sourcing and contract management to strengthen financial prudence, procurement governance and resource sustainability
- Drive collaboration with procurement teams and standardise good practices on category sourcing across different business units
- Lead the team in providing procurement advice to procurement teams on all stages of procurement cycle
- Lead the team in implementing procurement levers to achieve cost optimisation, identifying and monitoring potential cost-saving opportunities and cost drivers through spend analysis to facilitate and improve budget planning and marksmanship
- Oversee procurement health status and highlight procurement anomalies
What we are looking for
Job Requirements:
- At least 10 years of experience in government procurement and leading data analytics initiatives
- Good applied knowledge of IM (Procurement), IM (Revenue), Gebiz and Gebiz Management Console (GMC)
- Good analytical, interpersonal, writing and presentation skills
- Performance driven, result oriented with an attention to details and accuracy
- Have a passion for procurement work and able to adapt to changes and work well under tight deadlines
- Able to work well as team player and as an individual
- Proficiency in IT skills (eg. MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc)
Applicants will be updated on the status of their applications within 4 weeks of the closing date of this job posting.
About National Environment Agency
The National Environment Agency (NEA) is the leading public organisation responsible for ensuring a clean and sustainable environment for Singapore. Its key roles are to improve and sustain a clean environment, promote sustainability and resource efficiency, maintain high public health standards, provide timely and reliable meteorological information, and encourage a vibrant hawker culture. NEA works closely with its partners and the community to develop and spearhead environmental and public health initiatives and programmes. It is committed to motivating every individual to care for the environment as a way of life, in order to build a liveable and sustainable Singapore for present and future generations.
For more information, visit www.nea.gov.sg
About your application process
This job is closing on 25 Sep 2025.
If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the job ad closing date, we seek your understanding that it is likely that we are not moving forward with your application for this role. We thank you for your interest and would like to assure you that this does not affect your other job applications with the Public Service. We encourage you to explore and apply for other roles within National Environment Agency or the wider Public Service.