About Datacom
With over 6,200 people, and centre’s of technical excellence spread across Australasia, Datacom is committed to developing and growing its capability across Asia. Founded in 1965 in New Zealand, and with over 2 decades of operating in Malaysia and the Philippines, Datacom has experienced expediential growth. Through all this, Datacom has maintained high levels of profitability with a track record of delivering innovative, cost effective digital and technology solutions, all delivered by dynamic teams spread across various locations. Our people are the best in their fields – smart, passionate, and dedicated to providing exceptional IT services to our customers. This makes for a rewarding and fast-paced place to work.
Our purpose
Here at Datacom we connect people and technology in order to solve challenges, create opportunities and discover new possibilities for the communities we live in.
Role Overview and ObjectivesThe Procurement Analyst supports and delivers core procurement activities, including assisting with procurement strategies, source and negotiate products and services, vendor reviews, driving process change and efficiencies as well as providing procue-2-pay related analysis.
Role Responsibilities
The Procurement Analyst is responsible for (but not limited to):
- Preparing required spend analysis, market insights, risk and opportunities analysis to support procurement recommendations as well as cost analytics, and cost management recommendations.
- Assisting in the monitoring of performance outcomes of the procurement streams and categories and evaluating key performance indicators and forecasts/trends.
- Ensuring deliverables are completed within agreed timeframes.
- Support identifying and driving process improvements.
- Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with key stakeholders to understand their core functional requirements from a Procurement perspective.
- Ensuring exception reporting and other monitoring controls are being carried out effectively and ensuring escalation where relevant. .
- Embrace and adhere to Datacom’s policies, controls and procedures.
- Takes reasonable care that their actions (or inactions) do not harm the Health and Safety of self or others. Reports all incidents, hazards or unsafe work practices as per Datacom policy
Requirements
MUST HAVE:
- Involvement in procurement governance, controls & compliance
- Background in Preparation of RFQ/RFI/RFP
- Experience with Procurement Metric's
- Supports periodic reviews of vendor contracts
- Currently a senior member or supervisor of a corporate procurement or similar function
Knowledge
- Knowledge and experience in business performance and procurement.
- Understanding of the business and technology strategies in which the organisation operates.
- Understanding strategy, with an ability to grasp the big picture.
- Knowledge of procurement management practices with a clear understanding of the relationship between costs, utilisation and revenue.
- Strong business acumen.
Skills
- Ability to manage issues of diverse scope where analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends.
- Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
- Assures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements.
- Ability to frequently interact with a variety of stakeholders and team members.
- Ability to transform customer requirements into a technical solution and work according to deadlines.
- Effective presentation skills with the ability to convey technical information across various levels.
Benefits
Our office is at BGC Taguig and we have hybrid work setup (Twice a week) and we promote Work-Life balance, and an APAC focus means no graveyard shifts!
We also provide exciting perks such as spotter fees, HMO with Free 4 Dependents, Leave credits, Performance bonuses, and a work-life balance environment
Why join us here at Datacom?
Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us. We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, and professional development courses to name a few.
You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment. We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities. We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.
Skills Required
- Involvement in procurement governance, controls, and compliance
- Background preparing RFQ, RFI, and RFP documentation
- Experience with procurement metrics
- Experience supporting periodic vendor contract reviews
- Currently a senior member or supervisor in a corporate procurement or similar function
- Knowledge and experience in business performance and procurement
- Understanding of business and technology strategies
- Knowledge of procurement management practices and relationships among costs, utilization, and revenue
- Strong business acumen
- Ability to analyze diverse business situations and current trends
- Ability to select appropriate methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria
- Ability to manage budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements
- Ability to interact frequently with stakeholders and team members
- Ability to transform customer requirements into technical solutions and meet deadlines
- Effective presentation skills and ability to convey technical information at multiple levels
Datacom Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Datacom and has not been reviewed or approved by Datacom.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare support includes complimentary health insurance packages in Australia and New Zealand alongside employee assistance programs. Wellbeing resources and on‑site meditation rooms are highlighted as part of the offering.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Flexible and remote work support, plus discounts on gyms, travel, and selected retailers, are prominently featured. The package emphasizes work–life balance and lifestyle support alongside core benefits.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible working is promoted across locations, with hybrid/remote arrangements positioned as standard practice where feasible. Benefits are framed as locally tailored by country and business unit, reflecting adaptability to context.
Datacom Insights
What We Do
Datacom is Australasia's largest home-grown tech company. Drawing on the experience of over 6500 staff in 24 locations around the globe, we work with a full range of clients, from small start-ups through to government agencies and multinational corporations, to explore and extract the hidden value in their systems. We bring together over half a century of know-how, the right technology and the knowledge and creativity of our people, to deliver sustainable solutions to our customers’ greatest challenges. With our team of dedicated professionals, we work with leading partners to deliver the solutions that are right for our customers – that solve their issues and enhances their businesses. We design, build and run IT systems and processes across operations, cybersecurity, cloud, digital platforms, payroll and enterprise applications. We deliver customer care services and operate mission-critical infrastructure with best-in-class data centre facilities – Datacom delivers on the promise: practical imagination.
