FWD spans Hong Kong & Macau, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam, offering life insurance across its markets. In Hong Kong, FWD also provides general insurance, employee benefits, pension and financial planning services. FWD’s strategic focus is to leverage technology to create fresh customer experience, deliver easy-to-understand products, and achieve its vision to become the leading pan-Asian life insurer that changes the way people feel about insurance.

FWD is the insurance business arm of investment group, Pacific Century Group. The life insurance and general insurance operating entities of FWD Hong Kong have been assigned strong financial strength ratings by international rating agencies. While FWD Life Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited has been affirmed ‘A3’ by Moody's and ‘A’ by Fitch, FWD General Insurance Company Limited has also received ‘A’ rating from Fitch, all with a stable outlook.

In Hong Kong & Macau, FWD has been providing quality services to around 487,000 customers with over 600+ staff.

If you are looking for a company where can fuel your inspiration and cultivate your expertise, join us on our exciting journey.

The incumbent is responsible for ensuring the sourcing processes with best market practices upon all IT related purchases (including IT infrastructure, hardware & software development, IT equipment and Telecom, IT service providers and consulting service). He/she has to ensure the business needs are met in line with operational requirements, cost savings and risk mitigation

The Job:

• Lead the IT sourcing process  from market research, internal client’s requirements followed by tender process and contract execution
• Conduct pre-qualification assessment and reference check during tender process
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and provide comments on the evaluation summary
• Maintain effective relationship with vendors focusing on cost savings
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to execute the contracts with vendors/suppliers and ensure the procurement activities are engaged in compliance with company guidelines.

The Person:

• University Bachelor’s  Degree & Above
• Obtain at least 6+ years’ experience in IT sourcing  and ideally from financial service industry
• Hands on experience in tendering, purchasing and supply chain function
• Initiative taking, reliable and assertive
• Self-motivated and able to work with minimum supervision
• Capable of building networks with suppliers and service providers
• Strong analytical and planning ability
• Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in English and Cantonese, both spoken and written
• Strong market knowledge upon the responsible categories
• Knowledge and understanding of contracts and legal clauses

We offer 5-day work, 20-22 days annual leaves, excellent learning & development opportunities and an attractive package to the right candidate.

Information collected will be treated in strict confidence and used solely for recruitment purpose. The company will retain all applications no longer than 24 months of which will be destroyed thereafter. When there are vacancies in any of our subsidiaries, holding companies, associated or affiliated companies of, or companies controlled by, or under common control with the Company during that period, we may transfer your application to them for consideration of employment. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, disability or family status in employment process.