Category Manager (Healthcare CAPEX) - Planning & Procurement

About the role

NHG Health is recruiting a Category Manager (Healthcare CAPEX) for its Medical Tower Planning and Development team at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH). The role supports planning and coordinating Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment (F&E) planning and procurement for the TTSH Medical Tower, working closely with clinical and operational users, Procurement (ALPS), Finance, MOHH, consultants, contractors and technical stakeholders so that F&E requirements are planned, validated, funded and procured in line with the project, construction, handover and operational-readiness programme.

Key responsibilities

• Lead F&E planning and procurement: consolidate and validate requirements from users, planners, vendors and consultants, and review completeness, quantities, specifications, costs, procurement approach and timelines
• Develop procurement strategy, packaging and bundling, and work with Procurement through technical specification, tender, evaluation, award, delivery, installation and testing and commissioning
• Coordinate common F&E packages procured centrally and support departmental fitting-out and FFE requirements
• Integrate F&E requirements with the tower's design, construction and handover programme, identify long-lead items and monitor dependencies against milestones
• Support post-installation inspection, defect tracking, warranty matters and the transition to handover and defects-liability
• Prepare business cases, funding requests, approval papers and management presentations, and develop options and recommendations
• Support the F&E / Procurement Workgroup, prepare dashboards and papers, and escalate unresolved issues

Required profile

• Degree in Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Building / Construction, Project Management, Supply Chain / Procurement, Business, Healthcare Administration or a related discipline
• 5-8 years of relevant experience in healthcare development, project management, engineering, construction, equipment/F&E planning, procurement or consultancy
• Experience in major healthcare, infrastructure or complex multi-stakeholder projects, and across equipment requirements and project/building interfaces, is highly regarded
• Meticulous, able to reconcile large volumes of equipment lists, quantities and technical specifications
• Strong written communication, analytical and problem-solving skills, and ability to manage multiple workstreams

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to prepare management papers, business cases or approval submissions is advantageous