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PayNet (Payments Network Malaysia) Hiring! Full Time Specialist, Sourcing in Federal Territory - Ricebowl
Specialist, Sourcing
PayNet (Payments Network Malaysia)
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Why PayNet / Why Now
- Shape how strategic sourcing unlocks value across critical technology investments.
- Join at a moment of growing complexity, where procurement decisions directly influence scale, resilience, and innovation.
- Work alongside business and technology leaders to drive smart, data-backed commercial outcomes.
- Act at a point where procurement shifts from transactional to strategic decision-making.
- Own sourcing strategy for critical spend categories impacting PayNet’s core systems using spend analysis, market intelligence, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) thinking.
- Drive Request for Information (RFI), Request for Quotation (RFQ), and Request for Proposal (RFP) processes and negotiations using structured, data-driven frameworks.
- Influence leadership decisions with clear commercial insights and recommendations.
- Lead complex negotiations where trade-offs matter (cost vs. risk vs. speed vs. innovation).
- Decide how millions in technology spend are allocated, optimized, and governed.
- Protect PayNet from commercial, operational, and vendor risks through strong sourcing judgment.
- Enable faster, better business outcomes by selecting the right partners and contract structures.
- Translate market intelligence into sourcing strategies that improve cost, quality, and innovation.
- Strengthen procurement as a trusted advisor, not just a control function.
- Own sourcing cases end-to-end, from strategy design to supplier selection and contract negotiation.
- Shape category strategies by segmenting spend, assessing risks, and aligning to business priorities.
- Shape and lead complex RFPs, commercial evaluations, build pricing models, and recommend decisions to senior stakeholders.
- Drive standardisation and improvement in sourcing frameworks and decision quality.
- Influence stakeholders on commercial trade-offs and sourcing options.
- Making decision between global vendors for a critical technology platform using Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and risk-based scoring.
- Leading a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) that balances cost, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and long-term scalability.
- Challenging a preferred vendor decision by surfacing hidden risks or misaligned commercial terms.
- Restructuring a sourcing approach to avoid vendor lock-in while maintaining delivery timelines
- Advising leadership on sourcing strategy for entering new markets or capabilities.
- Strong commercial instinct—ability to evaluate trade-offs beyond price with experience in spend analysis, market benchmarking, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
- Deep understanding of procurement governance, controls, and compliance expectations.
- Confidence influencing stakeholders across business and technology functions without relying on authority.
- Track record of leading high-impact negotiations and RFPs.
- Exposure to digital procurement tools, analytics, or emerging practices (e.g., Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled sourcing).
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