Procurement Buyer

About the Role

SWIFT is seeking for a Procurement Specialist to be part of the Procurement Team. The talent will be working in line with the policies/procedures, the Procurement specialist role aims to deliver, improve, and communicate procurement services (small to medium complexity level) within agreed service levels to respond to customers’ requirements.

What to expect:

- Perform procurement activities in an accurate and timely manner: prepare and define requests for quotation/proposal, negotiate with vendors, issue purchase orders, manage contracts.
- Investigate and resolve delivery and/or invoicing problems; escalate whenever needed.
- Ensure delivery of goods/services, inform internal customers on progress and achievements.
- Whenever needed (escalations related to purchase request or other), guide/advise internal customers, until resolution.
- Contribute to organization’s projects. May as well own & manage small projects.
- Develop & maintain internal customers relationship to keep sound understanding of their needs, expenditure, opportunities for consolidation and other relevant information.
- Daily vendor management.
- Prepare standard reports/presentations and statistical analyses on relevant products/services, identify opportunities (in terms of vendor base consolidation, reduction of expenditure, best value deliverable to the Company).
- Increase knowledge and experience of purchasing techniques and of vendors/products/services.

What will make you successful?

1) Takes Accountability for Delivering Results
- Makes choices and decisions based on established practices and precedents.
- Delivers results by overcoming a range of obstacles, sometimes within critical timing.

2) Demonstrates Operational Excellence
- Delivers work according to agreed specifications, within appropriate time and at the right quality levels
- Seeks to improve ways of working
- Sets and meets high standards for own work
- Demonstrates commitment to security policy

3) Expands knowledge
- Expands own specialist knowledge and skills by taking ownership of own development
- Encourages colleagues to bring forward and share new ideas and alternative solutions Demonstrates openness to utilise new approaches

4) Business Understanding and Commercial Sense
- Applies understanding of how own division adds value to the business
- Uses knowledge of financial and business principles to deliver cost-effective solutions
- Adapts quickly to changes in the market, the industry and the organisation while upholding standards

5) Builds and reinforces customers relationships
- Fosters effective relationships by listening actively and taking steps to identify and meet customer needs
- Demonstrates customer focus and friendliness in all activities and actions.

6) Leads with a team focus
- Initiates effective co-operation and team collaboration
- Provides support to new team members
- Value style and background differences
- Demonstrates commitment to SWIFT values.

7) Communicates effectively
- Communicates effectively across a range of practical and operational issues
- Adjusts personal communication style to fit intended audience
- Listens to and respects other people's points of view.

You may like to know the team better by knowing the people in the team. Review
- LinkedIn profile of the people on the list below:

- Penny Chong
Procurement Operations, Manager, at SWIFT
- Natasya Rosli
Talent Acquisition Specialist APAC (Recruitment Partner to this role)

What we offer
- We put you in control of career
- We give you a competitive package
- We help you perform at your best
- We help you make a difference
- We give you the freedom to be yourself
- We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals - like you - with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. An environment in which everyone’s voice counts and where you can reach your full potential regardless of_
- age, background, culture, colour, disability, gender, nationality, race, religion_
- , or veteran/military status._