Contract Management
- Perform review of existing IT contracts to identify renewal or modification
requirements in a timely manner to ensure cost effectiveness and minimise risk
for APLL
- Coordinate with corporate reviewers, including Legal, Risk, Finance and Tax to
ensure drafted contracts are accurate and safeguard APLL's interests
- Conduct negotiations with vendors on contract clauses where there may be
disagreement to arrive at amicable solutions, while ensuring APLL's interests are
protected and risk is mitigated.
Procurement Management
- Establish processes, standards, best practices and governance mechanisms
for IT procurement across APLL
- Develop IT project budget by working across lines of business and regions to
assess IT requirements and key IT projects being planned
- Facilitate the RFP/RFQ processes for procurement for major IT projects,
ensuring adherence to established processes and documentation requirements,
robust review of specifications, etc
Vendor Management
- Create a panel of technology vendors based on quality, commercial and
timeliness to ensure APLL can tap on a robust vendor base for procurement of
technology products and services
- Identify new vendors for current and emerging technology requirements for
APLL to ensure vendor pool can meet APLL's requirements
- Build relationship and contacts in IT industry and obtain insight to the service
providers landscape
- Conduct the performance evaluation of vendors based on established criteria to
facilitate short and long term decision-making.
Audit Compliance
- Work with IT business unit teams on audit remediation activities
- Track and perform summary reports on audit remediation progress