Kah Kiong Poh, CSM®
Materials Engineering
School of Materials Science & Engineering
Summary
I have strong interest is in Supply Chain Management, especially in areas of Procurement and Maturity Models. In addition, I am curious about how Data Science can create procurement values such as cost savings and process efficiency.
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Work Experience
Project Procurement Manager Jun 2020 - Present
Singapore Telecommunications Limited Singapore- Drive cost optimization initiatives in the Group Enterprise Procurement category
- Partner with Business Unit at deal development stage to optimise vendor strategy negotiation outcomes
- Ensure Business Unit stakeholders comply with the policy in their procurement activities
Teaching Assistant Jan 2020 - May 2020
NUS Business School Singapore- Assisted with classroom instruction and provide support and guidance to students
- Worked closely with the instructor to identify issues students are having and develop appropriate solution
- Supported Virtual Revenue Management Roundtable 2020
Education
Master of Science - Supply Chain Management (Logistics) Jan 2018 - Jun 2020
National University of Singapore SingaporeBachelor of Engineering (Material Science) Jun 2009 - Jun 2012
Nanyang Technological University SingaporeOther Skills
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Q&A with Kah Kiong Poh, CSM®
Give an example of a recent industry development that captured your attention, and what insight or thoughts you have about it.
Physical meeting is an effective way of communication for collaboration but it tax on resources like timing/effort to book meeting rooms, scheduling timing of stakeholders etc. Now, meetings can be organized online easily via web conferences software like Zooms, Webex and Google Hangout etc. This is exciting to me because the development of web conference technologies promotes more collaboration and can create more value for the organizaton at a whole new level!
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What do you do to keep up with the current issues and trends in your field?
I am a firm believer of magic of compounding. I allocate at least 30 minutes daily to read about reports and articles relating to Supply Chain Management - this add up to 183 hours a year!
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Describe a project or idea (not necessarily your own) that was implemented primarily because of your efforts.
I was leading a sourcing project for the procurement of IT Hardware for my organisation, which has about 20k staff. In order to maximize the value creation for my organisation, I adopted strategic sourcing methodology for this project. Strategic Sourcing is a structured approach which has 7 keys steps namely, Determine verify requirement, Conduct market analysis, Develop vendor engagement strategy, Go-to-market, Select vendors negotiate agreement, Implement contract, Ongoing supplier management. Each steps is exciting yet challenging because they required to me use different skill sets - I get to interact/get buy-in from many different stakeholders, deep-dive into market reports for market intelligence, negotiate with vendors for best value for my organisation, conduct internal survey for vendor performance and many more activities.
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