IT Procurement Manager Spring Professional – Singapore

IT Procurement Manager

Singapore • Permanent

• Golden opportunity with Leading Consulting firm
• Excellent career path

About Our Client:

Our MNC client is a Fortune Global 500 company with more than 5000 offices spanning 60 countries. They are a leading solutions provider and offers top-tier consulting services for various industries. An opportunity now exists with them as an IT Procurement Manager to collaboratively drive and manage sourcing projects for APAC.

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Main Duties & Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Group Procurement Manager, you will play an important role in developing Information Technology procurement strategies for maximum cost-effectiveness. You will be the key interface for internal stakeholders and establish good professional relations to gather relevant technological requirements. You will ensure that implemented systems, processes and internal controls value-add to the achievement of the organization’s financial objectives.

Your other responsibilities include:

• Ensure compliance for procurement process and strategies
• Represent APAC office in negotiation of cost-efficiency
• Achieve economies of scale
• Manage procurement for IT (Soft/Hardware, professional services, outsourcing etc.)

Candidate Profile:

You must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Business or IT and at least 5 years’ experience in IT Procurement. You are analytically strong and possess a good understanding of IT terminology and project management skills, fluent in English (Japanese is a plus) and have the ability to influence internal clients.

What to Expect:

Our client offers a fulfilling career where organic growth is encouraged, the work environment is both stimulating and challenging and will also be part of an organization where excellence is the key driver of the company’s success where new ideas are encouraged.

Please kindly send your CV to Nicholas Tan at nicholas.tan@springasia.com or call +65 6593 7954 for a private discussion.

EA License No. 09C5803
Registration No. R1435371

Reference Number: JN -052015-15192

Contact Details: nicholas.tan@springasia.com
http://www.springasia.com

Spring Professional is an international recruitment firm specialising in information technology, engineering and property & construction.

Selecting the best recruitment partner can be just as challenging as attracting the right talent for an organisation. That’s why at Spring Professional we adopt a flexible, consultative approach to help us understand and support the unique challenges that are faced by each of our partner organisations and by our candidates.

We provide our clients across Asia with more than just recruitment experts. We provide industry specialists. Our knowledgeable and savvy consultants are assigned to employers to develop tailor-made staffing solutions that meet specific professional needs.

We are well positioned to source talent from across Asia and indeed the globe, covering many niche disciplines. From experienced staff to management level and senior executives, we specialize in many key areas, sourcing staff for permanent and contract roles.

Our specialist industry areas include:

Spring Information Technology
• Banking & Financial Market Technologies
• Vendor & Software Sales
• IT Security, Risk & Compliance
• IT Infrastructure & Networking
• Telecommunications
• Programme & Project Management
• Applications & Software Developments
• Cloud Computing and New Technologies

Spring Engineering
• Oil, Gas & Energy
• Aerospace
• Procurement & Supply Chain
• Manufacturing
• Chemical
• Automotive
• Precision Engineering
• Electronics

Spring Property & Construction
• Property/ General Practice
• Project & Development Management
• Construction
• Facilities Management
• Architecture & Interior Design

IT International Operations Technician Boeing – Singapore

Job description

The IT Technician is responsible to deliver IT services, to support end users and to contribute to IT Int’l projects within the assigned region or, as needed, occasionally in other regions.

The ITT is responsible to:

• Deploy and administer IT systems in the assigned region, including end-user desktops/laptops, computing servers, network equipment, voice and video hardware and mobile devices.

• Perform incident resolution or, when needed, escalation to the appropriate group.

• Interact with regional Support Coordinators and Service Fulfillment Analysts to track and prioritize incidents and tasks in the ticket queues.

• Execute software installation and deployment to computing systems.

• Execute asset change tasks and reflect such changes in appropriate databases.

• Provide IT consultation to the end user.

• Distribute new user IT starter package and provide initial user IT orientation.

• Ensure security and policy compliance while performing technical tasks.

• Participate in regional and cross-regional technical meetings.

• Contribute updates to technical documentation, procedures and process definitions.

• Perform emergency or periodically planned information systems administration tasks, maintenance/upgrades and configuration changes.

• Conduct systems performance analysis and provide feedback to functional leads and colleagues in the Continual Service Improvement function.

• Contribute to IT International projects as needed and as coordinated by the assigned project manager.

Flight Services Specific Statement of Work

• Supports Flight Services training classrooms by responding to calls or EHD tickets for computer related issues. Troubleshoots computing issues, and resolves desktop computing issues or escalates server, network, or enterprise application issues as needed.

• Installs, configures, and maintains computer systems on isolated classroom network using documented imaging process not using standard imaging tools.

• Proficient in Windows XP, Windows 7 operating Systems Desktop Environment, Windows Server 2003 and 2008, LAN-WAN Infrastructure, Telephony, Blackberry technologies, iPad support etc.

• Performs QA testing of new releases of software for basic functionality.

• Interacts with business unit representatives and external customers and represents the IT organization

• Utilizes enterprise ticketing systems and responds to trouble tickets, opens tickets and closes tickets

• Performs inventory management and uses enterprise inventory tracking tool to update location of classroom desktop computing systems

• Assists Boeing staff and contractors with business unit specific computer issues on an as needed basis

• Creates documentation of support processes

• Collaborates with team members on completion of tasks and projects

• Trains other team members as needed on support processes

Flight Services infrastructure support also includes following:

– Tier 1 support for classroom operations and instructor training environment.

– On-site coverage (or on-call) for scheduled classroom operations in Gatwick, with phone coverage for other T&FS locations as needed (and approved).

– 787 specific tasks related to tablet loading of pre-defined training image, deployment of tablets to instructors prior to class start, collection and reimage of tablet devices at course completion.

– Additional iPad support to Tier 1 and Flight Services Instructor Pilots.

– Non-UK PSIP support – familiarization with printing, tunneling, and general trouble-shooting

– Elog stations Support

– Bastion hosts Servers Support

– 787 and non-787 classroom support – A/V equipment included

– 787 Briefing room – A/V and computing equipment

– CBT environment support

– Presentation screens, Video Teleconferencing support

– Customer Internet Access kiosks

– Survey iPad Support

– To deal with Goods Movement in SAP application

– To deal with SAP users password reset requests

– To deal with ATMS users password resets requests etc.

The IT Technician reports to the Regional Operations Manager and receives functional guidance from the Technical Leads. The ITT frequently interacts with end users, Service Fulfillment Analysts, Support Coordinators, Technical Leads, IT Int’l Project Managers, ECST focal and external service providers.

Some business travel may be required, as driven by business needs. Special project assignment, backfill requirements or rotations may require short-term assignments to other sites and regions.

Significant flexibility is expected to perform off-hours activities, both on site and remotely.

Competencies:

• Extensive IT technical support skills with superior knowledge of operating systems and software

• Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills.

• Customer focused with strong customer service skills and the ability to apply sensitivity and discretion when required.

• Capable of managing multiple tasks at once and meeting commitments; positive attitude even in a stressful situations.

• Dynamic and proactive attitude, flexibility

• High level of energy, enthusiasm and passion highly desirable.

• Process oriented

• Excellent English oral and written communication skills

• Strong sensitivity for cultural differences and significant global acumen.

Division
Information Technology
Relocation Authorized?
No
Qualifications

• At least three years hands-on experience in enterprise IT infrastructure support and service delivery.

• Prefer Computing or engineering degree

• Professional technical certifications highly desirable

• Previous experience working in a global IT team highly desirable.

Location
Singapore Singapore Singapore
Experience Level

Individual Contributor

Job Type

Standard

Travel

Yes, 25 % of the Time

Contingent Upon Program Award?

No

Union

No

Job Code

BAMYX3

Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial airplanes and defense, space and security systems. We are engineers and technicians. Skilled scientists and thinkers. Bold innovators and dreamers. Join us, and build something better for yourself, for our customers and for the world.

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

M2M / IoT SW Engineer / Architect (Java) SearchElect – Singapore

Role:  Software Engineer / Software Architect
Please note: Interested Applicants must be currently based in Singapore.

 

About Our Client

MNC with a proven platform designed for interconnected devices who are leading the field in Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communication in the Manufacturing, Energy, Transportation and Smart Home business domains. Their revolutionary IoT suite and extensive Partner network will ensure they are at the forefront of bleeding edge technological innovations.

About the Software Engineer / Software Architect

You will have either a significant interest or experience within IoT and specifically M2M. Extensive experience in full lifecycle, long-term, large-scale Open Source Development is essential. The role is act as a major contributor and driver on an Eclipse Open Source Project for M2M Device Abstraction and tool chain, including Code Generators and a Repository for Device Models.

Required Experience:

• Demonstrated ability to visualize projects; develop and produce design from concept through completion
• Familiarity with web-based applications including server-side based on Java technologies
• Demonstrated user interface design and usability experience
• Proficient understanding of software architectures and design patterns
• Experience with open integration and web service standards is a plus
• Expertise with JFace, SWT and EMF

Desired Experience:

• Proven expertise in developing Eclipse plug-ins
• Expertise with JFace, SWT and EMF
• Business Process Management (BPM)
• Business Relationship Management (BRM) – ideally Visual Rules BRM
• Javascript – MVC
• Graphical modelling techniques
• Experience of maintaining and further developing ‘products’ over long period of time

About You:

• Abstract thinker
• Self-dependent and target oriented working
• Ability to communicate and to work in international teams
• Ability to work effectively among multiple teams from different lines of business
• Previous involvement in Open Source projects is a big plus

Desired Skills and Experience

• Proven expertise in developing Eclipse plug-ins
• Expertise with JFace, SWT and EMF
• Business Process Management (BPM)
• Business Relationship Management (BRM) – ideally Visual Rules BRM
• Javascript – MVC
• Graphical modelling techniques
• Experience of maintaining and further developing ‘products’ over long period of time

About Our Client

MNC with a proven platform designed for interconnected devices who are leading the field in Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communication in the Manufacturing, Energy, Transportation and Smart Home business domains. Their revolutionary IoT suite and extensive Partner network will ensure they are at the forefront of bleeding edge technological innovations.

Senior Server Side Engineer Rakuten Asia Pte Ltd – Singapore

Scope:

• As a developer and maintainer of Server Side Application (ex. Search Result Page / Web Search Top Page / Business Analysis Tool / KPI Report Batch Program / Incentive System etc…).
• You will maintain Server Side Application for Japan and Global market
• You will develop software, drive the analysis, design pages, implement and test and deployment.
• You will control external development resource (China/India) as Bridge Engineer
• Reference (Japan market):
• http://toolbar.rakuten.co.jp/
• http://websearch.rakuten.co.jp/

Responsibilities:

• 1st level production support of Server Side Application System
  (includes regular operation work and trouble shooting)

• Development process:
  ~Investigation and estimation
  ~Design web service
  ~Implement(Development) and test web service
  ~Deploy service

• Experience of development leader
• Experience of work with Project Manager & Business Member
• Experience of out-source management as Bridge Engineer
• Experience of application service operation
  (Investigation of application bug / Trouble shooting etc…)
• Experience of web service development and operation

Desired Skills and Experience

Qualifications:

• Expert level of Java, JSP and Tomcat
• More than 4 years experiences of web application development
• More than 4 years experiences of JavaScript
• More than 4 years experiences of batch program
• More than 4 years experiences of using Unix/Linux
• More than 4 years experiences of SQL
• More than 4 years experiences of OO(Object Oriented)-based analysis and design.
• Database design, performance tuning and optimization(MySQL)
• Highly analytical, innovative, and able to think strategically and to develop comprehensive detailed specification.

 

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor/Master degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related area.

Expectations:

• Must be comfortable working under tight schedules.
• Must be comfortable working with senior and junior level colleagues in various cultures.
• Must be highly collaborative.

About Rakuten Asia Pte. Ltd.

Part of the global expansion of Rakuten and is the Regional Headquarters of Asia, located in Singapore.

Rakuten Asia comprises of various functions, including management of Rakuten E-commerce online platform in Singapore, as we aim to be Singapore’s largest e-commerce marketplace by provides a platform for vendors to connect with millions of customers, bringing the highest quality merchandise from both local and Japanese merchants to the Singapore online market with over 100,000 products in various categories.

About Rakuten Japan

Rakuten is a Japan’s leading Internet services company, being largest e-commerce company in Japan, and third largest e-commerce marketplace company worldwide. With around 40 businesses and services expanding its business to more than 25 countries and regions worldwide. Our global footprint starts from Japan to Asia, the Americas and Europe with a wide portfolio of services.

Rakuten is also an Eco-system of online services, providing a variety of consumer and business-focused services including e-commerce, e-reading, travel, banking, securities, credit card, e-money, portal and media, online marketing and professional sports.

For more information on Rakuten and its business, please visit http://global.rakuten.com/corp/
For more information on Rakuten Singapore and our e-commerce platform, please visit http://www.rakuten.com.sg for more information

Regional Engagement and Governance Lead Hewlett-Packard – Singapore

HP is one of the world’s largest and most successful IT companies. We know that our people and values are the most important elements in this success. We invest in your personal growth and development in an environment that will both challenge and reward you.

HP Enterprise Services (ES) offers a diverse portfolio of products ranging from applications and business process improvements to infrastructure technology outsourcing. We provide consulting and support to more than 1,000 corporations and government clients in 90 countries, achieving maximum productivity and efficiency for our customers.

We are currently seeking a Regional Engagement and Governance Lead to support Hewlett Packard Enterprise Partner Enablement team with the Sales Operations Group.

Role specific responsibilities

• Be one point regional contact for Partner Enablement for the APJ senior leadership team. Should have deep understanding and take ownership of e2e Onboarding (profiling + contracts), Joint Business Planning tool (JBP), PCLM (lead management) & HP Unison Partner Portal
• Should have strong connect with country operations leaders to ensure buy-in and smooth deployment of Unison Partner Portal Changes. Work with respective architects on eServices in the portal
• Understanding and creating value chain maps for enhanced e2e partner onboarding experience. This is direct result of deep understanding of Profiling (Siebel, MDM, SFDC & Partner Portal) and the Contracts process. Specific focus on APJ changes and process impact
• Drive adoption of new contracts platform – APTTUS
• Defining WW methodologies and frameworks by working with SMEs from Master Data Management (MDM) and Business Risk Management Team (BRM) Contracts
• Drive Analytics thought leadership across the Partner Enablement org like
  • Responsible to execute KPI reporting, metrics and analytics for all Partner Enablement activities including, behavior stats, eService rating stats, RFB feedback survey, eService usage, adoption report measures, ad hoc requests
  • Define, implement and manage evaluation criteria for onboarding potential new partners. Review sell thru and sell out data periodically
  • Assess total onboarding cost to provide BGs framework for whether to onboard a given set of new partners (i.e., during an acquisition)
  • Articulate yearly cost of managing a partner with HP and minimum sell-out required to make partner profitable
  • Work with business teams to identify strategic partner characteristics and duration of time to maintain non-profitable partners
  • Analyze current and historical patterns for early indicators of partners who do not meet profitability targets (e.g., negotiation time, contract demands, total time to complete onboarding)
  • Define framework for recommending partner relationship be severed based on lack of profitability (terminations)
  • Assess language requirements for partners based on strategic need, potential, and profitability of partners using a given language
  • Identify and proactively deliver stellar experience for top partner contributing 80% of of rev for example…can analytics drives ops focus like proactive profiling cleanup etc
• Assess and educate operations teams on impact of our work on upstream and downstream processes/systems
• Develop quality assurance framework; drive documentation/record retention of processes
• Perform Audits on regional ops processes and highlight potential threats
• Develop training for stakeholder/partners on e2e onboarding experience

Generic Responsibilities

• Communicates strategic process decisions and plans, program status, and issues and workarounds in order to achieve alignment with the top level of the business, function, or region.
• Leads internal or external programs with significant complexity and risk, provides feedback on programs, and conducts post-project evaluations.
• Background in sales operations and specifically channel partner management and operations.
• Represents the needs of the business, function, or region on an ongoing basis to drive process improvements.
• Collaborates with operational teams across all three regions and business stakeholders to gather business requirements, supporting the design of new or improved processes of significant complexity, and understand business/customer impact.
• Leads efforts to utilize standard project management and quality improvement methodologies in process improvement approaches.
• Identifies the need for new processes as well as significant improvements to major processes and drives their development and implementation.
• Leads or contributes to process/program development and strategy development on a global and/or business-wide level.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• First-level university degree or equivalent experience; advanced university degree preferred.
• Typically 10+ years of related experience in Consulting & Sales operations.
• Typically 8+ years of project management experience.
• Quality improvement training required and certification preferred. Lean Sigma approach mandatory
• Strong excel, BI and presentation skills.
• Ability to build business cases and ROI model. Proven track in showing business impact of at least $10M
• Prior knowledge of tools like Siebel PRM, Master Data Management, SFDC, Quote to Cash
• Knowledge of contract lifecycle management and specifically Apttus tool.

Knowledge and Skills

• Advanced knowledge and subject matter expertise of HP’s sales operations processes, industry trends and channel partner requirements.
• Advanced understanding of core company businesses and the revenue cycle. Understanding the working dynamics of UPP, JBP, PCLM, SFDC, Siebel & MDM systems
• Superior communication skills (i.e. written, verbal, presentation), leadership, consulting, influence, and negotiation skills.
• Ability to lead complex process improvements using industry standard quality improvements tools and concepts, and has thorough understanding of change management processes and procedures.
• Excellent program management, problem solving, and analytical skills, and the ability to execute a program within the scope of overall strategies.
• Strong financial, analytics and business acumen.

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. As the world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to serve customers in over 170 countries on six continents. HP invents, engineers, and delivers technology solutions that drive business value, create social value, and improve the lives of our clients. And at HP, we know that our people and values are the most important elements of this success. We’re looking for visionaries who are ready to make an impact on the way the world works. At HP, the future’s yours to create.

Recruitment Jobs in Australia McCall Ltd (Rec2Rec) – Singapore

McCall Norris is now part of the largest rec2rec globally combining the strengths of McCall Singapore and UK, with Norris & Partners in Australia. If you are in Asia, we can now find you a role in Australia

• We have hundreds of roles offering sponsorship for Asian based recruiters
• Salaries are higher in Australia, the weather is better, and you can surf after work
• Great commission schemes and incentives, and lots of other expat recruiters to socialise with

Why come to Australia?
Because we have been voted the number one country in the world! The market is buoyant and our clients continue to openly embrace offshore recruiters. We have fantastic organisations for you to work for, who offer high base salaries, commission schemes and incentives – where else would you be paid to play bubble soccer, paint ball, take a jet boat on the harbour or spend a day with your favourite charity. Living in Sydney is living the dream – a feast of entertainment, food, sporting and cultural activities. This coupled with a beautiful city to live in means many Asian based recruiters move to advance their professional career as well as have greater work/life balance.

The opportunities
We are currently hiring consultants and billing management across the following areas:
• IT, either consultants who are account aligned ie HSBC etc, vertically aligned ie infrastructure etc or even industry based ie IT into Banking and Finance;
• Digital, either IT or Marketing based;
• Accounting;
• Office Support;
• Medical – Regulatory Affairs, Sales and Marketing, Doctors/GPs, Emergency, Psychiatry, Nursing, Aged Care, Social Work;
• Sales and Marketing, Market Research or Marcomms;
• Safety;
• HR;
• Retail;
• Insurance;
• Banking and Finance;
• Risk/Compliance/Audit; and
• Banking/Wealth Management/Superannuation.
Rewards
The rewards are endless when you move internationally for your career. Just call Lisa on +61 2 9410 4590 or skype on norris0707 to discuss opportunities in Australia in more detail. Alternatively you can send your CV, in confidence, to jobs@mccallnorris.com. Once you come you won’t want to go home!

McCall Norris offers the largest referral gift in rec2rec, A$2,015 in 2015, for any successful referral. Simply call us or visit our website for more details.

Desired Skills and Experience

What you will need
Firstly if you need sponsorship you’ll need to qualify. The general rule is:
• You need to be degree qualified and have 2 years relevant experience; or
• If you are not degree qualified you need 5 years relevant experience.

In addition you need to be a billing consultant and/or manager, with long tenure in the roles you have held and preferably a component of new business on your desk. You must be a good team player and have a high level of communication and personal presentation skills.

Recruitment Country Manager McCall Ltd (Rec2Rec) – Singapore

Job description

McCall’s client is an established brand in the recruitment arena and has continuously grown to become one of the most respected companies in their specialized field. Their enviable client connections and reputation for delivery makes this a very strong opportunity for an experienced recruitment manager to join a market leader who will continue to develop and provide genuine career progression.

Due to this continued growth the company is looking to appoint an experienced Recruitment Manager to look after, mentor & grow an already strong team within Singapore. This role will see the successful leader grow the division from their Singapore base and potentially across other areas within Asia as the company continues to evolve. Reporting directly to the company Directors you will have the remit to build your division & strategy to continue to keep them top of the tree in this field of recruitment.

To be considered for this exciting opportunity you will have a proven Recruitment track record along with a can do attitude and have experience managing successful teams to greater success ideally in the IT space. The ability to bring the best out of your people, mentor and grow them as there careers develop is essential along with continuing the great culture already in the team.

For a confidential chat please forward your resume to peter.mills@mccall.sg in the 1st instance and we will then arrange to meet suitable candidates.

Reg#R1218341
EA: 12C5104

Desired Skills and Experience

Proven RECRUITMENT background along with strong billing record

Proven Recruitment Managerial experience

Experienced in the Asian Recruitment Manager

Solid career track record, no job hoppers

McCall International places all levels of Recruiters from Consultants to Director / Board level into the International Recruitment markets (Far East, South East Asia, The Middle East, Australia & Europe).

McCall attracts candidates from many international locations across the staffing industry including Accounting, Banking & Finance, Commercial, Insurance, Healthcare & Pharmaceutical, Sales & Marketing, FMCG, Supply Chain, HR, Legal & Technical (Construction, Engineering, Oil & Gas, IT & Telco etc). Our clients range from large global organizations to local independent consultancies operating within either a Contingent or Search / Selection fashion.

In-House Executive Recruiter – Asia, Executive Search International Time Warner Inc. – Singapore

Job description

Primary Purpose of Position :

• Executes priority/senior level searches for Time Warner Divisions across Asia with a key focus on core territories i.e. Hong Kong, Singapore and emerging markets, specifically SE Asia.
• Provides a knowledge base of top-tier diverse internal and external talent within said area of responsibility.
• Creates and develops strategies from concept to research and completion.
• Continuously partners with all Time Warner’s Asian divisional HR teams to ensure most effective recruitment support is provided resulting in the ideal candidate hire in the shortest time frame.
• Reports to Senior Managing Director, Executive Search, International with a dotted line to Managing Director, International Search.
• No direct reports.

Essential job functions
Responsible for proactive relationship building and partnering with Asia Divisional Department Executives and HR Teams in order to be first point of contact for relevant search assignments.

• Responsible for the execution of Management and above searches (including building an appropriate search strategy (Road Map) in line with client needs and WWR delivery standards)
• Search efforts will be conducted through direct sourcing, robust industry networking, internet and desk research, Social Media, candidate database, employee referrals and strategic sourcing partner
• Manages processes to ensure superior client satisfaction and consistency of WWR delivery
• Works successfully with divisional senior executives and management in addition to developing strong internal and external networking relationships with senior executives to know the key talent within area of industry expertise. Creates top tier / diverse talent pools prior to positions being opened
• Partners with and supports TW Divisions Recruitment/HR Teams to provide recruitment for current positions, future needs, tough to fill and high turn areas. Also develops pro-active recruitment strategies for future business needs and succession planning

Knowledge/ Skills

• Experience of executing executive level search assignments across Asia is essential
• Experience of all aspects of the search process, to include winning the assignment, robust research, industry/role mapping, sourcing, client updates, shortlisting and closing the offer
• Knowledge of, and experience within, Media and Entertainment sector highly desirable, but not essential. The ideal candidate will come with a strong sector network at a senior level
• Knowledge of Asian specific guidelines on employee selection and employee relations issues relative to the recruitment process highly desirable
• Must be able to professionally partner and build relationships with members of senior management and direct team
• Must have exceptional analytical and problem solving skills. Be solutions orientated and resilient
• Must have practical experience in a corporate environment, ideally in a matrix organization
• Must have organizational savvy necessary to understand future business needs
• Must have strong business acumen
• Must be able to analyse job descriptions, CV’s and determine required qualification for vacancies and appropriate matches for roles
• Must have proven ability to source and select appropriate candidates based upon position requirements
• Must have proven ability to handle high volume recruiting with focus on senior level positions and have a strong work ethic
• English language fluency is essential with additional Asian language highly desirable
• Extensive experience within an Executive search firm or robust/sophisticated internal search business experience a prerequisite
• Must be proficient in Outlook, MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience preferred

Time Warner Inc., a global leader in media and entertainment with businesses in television networks, film and TV entertainment, uses its industry-leading operating scale and brands to create, package and deliver high-quality content worldwide through multiple distribution outlets.

Recruitment Consultant Kreme Consulting Pte. Ltd. – Singapore

We are looking for the curious individual who has the experience in recruitment and looking to help client’s to look for better candidates faster, quicker and more accurately through the use of technology. Recruitment consulting involves working with both employers and job seekers to match the right person with the right job. A combination of recruiting, business development and account management skills are required for this position.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Prospecting for new client business
• Making recommendations to clients regarding top talent available
• Source candidates through business contacts, direct recruiting, existing database and internet advertising
• Strategising to accomplish weekly, monthly and quarterly business growth goals with your team.

Desired Skills and Experience

We seek people with drive, an entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to learn. An ethical approach to success is integral, as is your ability to work within a team. Self-management, a passion for excellence, initiative and hard work are necessary. Prior experience from the discipline that you will recruit for is also an advantage.

Kreme Consulting Pte. Ltd. is an Executive Search firm headquartered in Singapore comprising of dedicated professionals in recruiting the best and brightest talents for your organization that truly understand the key to success in investing for the right employee.

We provide professional personnel to our clients on permanent placement basis, and pride ourselves on the services we offer through vast experience in executive search and social recruitment. We seek to be the single source our clients would go to support their recruitment initiatives.

With the number of social media users growing by over 300% in the past few years, it is imperative that employers focus on building a strong presence on relevant social media platforms. The use of a social recruitment tool combined with social recruitment skills is essential when engaging the modern day professionals.

Our consultants are LinkedIn Certified Professional-Recruiter. This certification is designed to help us showcase our LinkedIn Recruiter skills – like identifying and engaging passive and active candidates, strengthening your talent brand, building a pipeline of talent and posting jobs. In addition, being an ex-LinkedIn employee, we use social recruitment best practices and methodologies to help companies kick start their social recruitment’s journey, and widen their candidates’ pool by engaging passive talents at scale.

To provide the best possible pool of talent for your selection, we go through our candidates with a fine-tooth comb, meticulously weeding out those who are merely right, while unearthing your next valuable asset that will fit your unique needs.

Digital Performance Executive (Search) GroupM – Singapore, SG

Overview of job

Key support role in the Search pillar of the Performance Team. The Digital Performance Executive – Search works together with the account teams and Performance Manager to ensure delivery of performance driven campaigns.

Reporting of the role

This role reports to the Senior Performance Manager and the Director – Digital Performance.

3 Best Things About The Job

• Working in one of the most digitally advanced and forward thinking media agency that is globally connected
• Regular on job training that will be provided to ensure your success in your role
• An opportunity to work with and learn from highly experienced, action orientated media practitioners

Measures of success –

In Three Months, You Would Have

• Gained certification on Google Adwords Fundamentals and Advanced, GDN, Youtube and GroupM University
• Familiarity with the digital media landscape, and a keen understanding of performance based digital media
• A keen understanding on the various platforms and systems which power digital media
• Keyword development – mining and cleansing of keywords
• Ad copy management – Writing ad copy, reviewing ad copy performance and provide improvisations

In Six Months, You Would

• Be able to provide optimization suggestions and work with the Performance Manager to improve campaign performance
• Be managing vendor and client relationships
• Be on top of all the betas and innovations in the digital space and be able to articulate and share with internal and external stakeholders and how it could be relevant and useful to them

In 12 Months, You Would

• Be comfortable assisting the Performance Manager in developing proposals and preparing search strategies in line with the overall campaign
• Be able to lead and provide strategic insights on Search matters to the brand teams you work with
• Confident in presenting to clients for your recurring updates
• Be confident in taking part in pitches whilst working together with the rest of the agency

Responsibilities Of The Role

• Campaign Management
  • Keyword development
  • Ad copy management
  • Budget Management
  • Campaign Optimization
• Reporting
  • Update reporting dashboards
  • Present reports to clients
• Vendor management
  • Work with authorised vendors to setup new accounts/campaigns and troubleshoot issues such a disapproved ads/trademark issues/etc
• Proposal Development
  • Assists manager in developing proposals by estimating search traffic, CPCs and Costs
• Finance Management
  • Ensure entry into BCC (internal Finance tool)
  • Ensure documentation is available and endorsed

What You Will Need

• Positive attitude and hunger to learn – the digital space is changing rapidly and as part of the Digital Performance team we are expected to be on top of these changes
• Strong copywriting skills as part of the job requires creating compelling ad copy that is relevant to the campaign yet is still within vendor specifications
• Comfortable using Microsoft excel and manipulating dashboards – An analytical mind that is creative as well as data driven to identify trends/patterns and insights

About Mindshare

Mindshare, the global media agency network, and part of WPP, the largest marketing communications network in the world, has more than 7,000 employees, in 116 offices across 86 countries.

Each office is dedicated to forging competitive marketing advantage for businesses and their brands based on the values of speed, teamwork and provocation. Mindshare’s network of people are acutely aware of what’s happening in their city, and believe all great communication begins and ends in media.

In 2014 Mindshare Asia Pacific was the only media agency to be ranked in the top ten in Campaign Asia’s Most Admired Companies survey, and was also seen as the best agency to work at in the region.

Mindshare APAC has won over 250 awards in the past year – and counting, including the ‘Campaign Asia Pacific Agency of the Year, 2013’ and the SMARTIES™ APAC ‘Agency Network of the Year 2014’ for the second consecutive year. To learn more about Mindshare and our philosophy of Original Thinking, visit us at http://www.mindshareworld.com

Singapore market overview

GroupM Singapore operates in one of the most dynamic and exciting environments in the world. Although it is a small domestic market, there is a vibrant media industry which is undergoing rapid evolution as digital technology reshapes the way marketing supports advertisers’ needs. Being at the crossroads of Asia means that aside from the local clients and media owners, we also have a high proportion of multi-national clients and media owners.

As the largest media investment management company in Singapore with over 41% market share (Recma) and over 650 employees, GroupM Singapore is the premiere organisation to join and develop a career in.

GroupM is the leading global media investment management operation serving as the parent company to WPP media agencies including Mindshare, MEC, MediaCom and Maxus, each global operations in their own right with leading market positions. GroupM’s primary purpose is to maximize performance of WPP’s media agencies by operating as leader and collaborator in trading, content creation, sports, digital, finance, proprietary tool development and other business-critical capabilities. GroupM’s focus is to deliver unrivaled marketplace advantage to its clients, stakeholders and people. Discover more about GroupM at http://www.groupm.com.