Save the Children’s vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Save the Children started our work in Vietnam in 1990, and implements programs in the key thematic areas: Education, Health and Nutrition, Child Protection, Child Rights and Governance, Child Poverty, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Emergency Response. At present, Vietnam Country Office has programs in 20 out of 63 provinces in Vietnam.
Save the Children in Vietnam continues to develop innovative programming that reflects the overall strategic goal of measurably improving the survival, health, protection and development of Vietnam’s poorest children by strengthening the capacity of women and children, caring adults, communities and partner organizations.
Save the Children is committed to ensuring that all our personnel and programmes are absolutely safe for children.
Child Safeguarding positioning statement:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.
We are looking for an International Candidate for:
- Vacancy: Source to Pay – ProSave Regional Coordinator [1]
- Location: Singapore
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
Procurement System Adoption and Performance
As part of the ongoing functional support, the role holder will drive system adoption in conjunction with the Source to Pay Regional Leads and the Country Procurement leads.
- Communication: conduct various communication initiatives to raise awareness, best practices, benefits, and potential design changes, of the Source to Pay solution.
- Reporting & Analytics: run reports to identify and prioritize areas for improvement and mitigating actions, to be deployed in coordination with local Procurement functions.
- System support: expertise on all aspects of the Procurement System and Procurement Procedure, in order to provide advanced support to all users
- System Adoption: Support CO’s in utilization of source to pay in day to day activities.
- Training: conduct training sessions for SCI employees
- “Voice of Users”: interface between end-users & “champions” and the Source to Pay Regional Leads, manage satisfaction surveys and follow-up actions, maintain the “champions” network and support on boarding.
Ongoing Procurement & Sourcing Support
- Support Procurement functions in managing Sourcing readiness activities on ProSave including sourcing compliance & coverage, supply chain accountabilities and general readiness.
- Support the build of online Catalogues for the Source to Pay solution
- Supporting key Global Procurement initiatives enabled by ProSave (Supplier Performance Management, Sourcing best-practice, advanced category-based RFQ templates)
- Help with continuous improvement of the Source to Pay solution from a design perspective to keep alignment with Procurement procedures evolutions
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor degree
Essential
- Experience of driving adoption and usage compliance.
- Experience of using procurement information and data, e.g. system usage, catalogues, supplier records, contracts.
- Proven ability to work effectively with people from different cultures.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Commitment to Save the Children values.
- Proficiency in English and depending of the role location, French, Arabic or Spanish.
- High attention to detail.
Desirable
- Experience of procurement systems operationalisation.
- Strong knowledge and experience of Sourcing and Buying systems, as a super-user or in a functional support function.
- Experience of Procurement Support Models
- Experience of Procurement Operations Centres or Procurement Shared Service Centres
- Experience of working in a large and complex Procurement environment.
- Experience within global, multicultural, matrix organisations.
- Experience or knowledge of project management methodologies.
APPLICATION PACKAGE:
All application packages must be submitted via:
https://stcuk.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=200001J3&tz=G... [2]
In case you cannot access to the above link, please send your updated CV (in English) to email: [email protected] [3]
The closing date for application is 12pm on 21 March 2020. Applications will be treated in confidence. Due to the volume of applications we receive, only short-listed candidates will be contacted and CVs cannot be returned.
Save the Children is an equal opportunities employer. Our selection processes reflect our commitment to the protection of children from abuse, and our people are as diverse as the challenge we face. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, HIV/AIDS status, race, national origin, religion, or sexual orientation.