Associate Specialist Procurement Marketing and Business Services Technology and Operations
DBS Bank is a Singapore-headquartered bank serving personal, SME, corporate, wealth management, and institutional customers across 19 markets. It provides digital banking, financial markets, investment, lending, and other banking services.
About DBS Bank Ltd
DBS Bank is an Asia-focused banking group headquartered in Singapore. The bank offers personal and SME banking, corporate banking, private banking, global wealth management, financial markets, investment services, and digital banking products including digibank, IDEAL, and DBS Vickers Online. DBS also serves institutional and corporate clients and provides tokenised physical gold offerings for customers.
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About the Role
You will support procurement for marketing and business services by developing sourcing strategies, evaluating suppliers, managing competitive bidding, negotiating pricing and service agreements, administering contracts, analyzing spend, preparing performance reports, improving procurement processes, and ensuring compliance with policies and regulations. You will also use Agentic AI platforms and workflow automation tools for research, analysis, reporting, and process optimization.
Requirements
- BE bachelor's degree in Engineering
- MBA in Operations Marketing or Finance is an advantage
- 4-5 years of experience in procurement sourcing or purchasing
- Experience with indirect services marketing or business services procurement
- Exceptional negotiation and communication skills
- Strong analytical problem-solving and data analysis abilities
- Knowledge of procurement principles contract law and strategic sourcing methodologies
- Proficiency in procurement software and ERP systems including Coupa and Microsoft Office Excel and PowerPoint
- Time management organizational and project management skills
Responsibilities
- Support sourcing strategies for marketing and business services
- Identify and evaluate suppliers and vendors
- Manage RFQ RFP and RFI competitive bidding processes
- Build relationships with strategic suppliers and internal stakeholders
- Support negotiations on pricing terms and service level agreements
- Collaborate with legal on contract compliance
- Administer and track contracts through renewals and terminations
- Conduct spend analysis and market research
- Monitor market trends and price fluctuations
- Prepare reports on savings performance and compliance
- Develop and enforce procurement policies and procedures
- Improve procurement workflows
- Ensure procurement activities comply with internal policies and legal requirements
- Use AI agents for research analysis reporting and process optimization
- Validate AI-generated recommendations and promote responsible AI usage
