Biographical Sketch

Mr Lok Mun Leng has more than 15 years of experience in managing supply chain and he has played a key role in transforming the supply chain management to a proactive model in SingHealth.

He currently leads the team that manages clinical and non-clinical supplies and major contract services with an annual spend of $220 million. He also partners with the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) to help more than 25 nursing homes in aggregate purchase.

He was also previously assisting the Group Chief Procurement Officer in developing strategic plans for supply chain management in non-pharmaceutical area. 

Prior to joining SingHealth, Mr Lok manages the purchasing team of Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and in operations support role such as Security Manager in SGH.  In 1999, he also served in SGH's Education & Training Department to facilitate the skills redevelopment programme for the healthcare industry.  Mr Lok  was a former Senior Police Officer with the Singapore Police Force and has held appointments in investigation, command and staff functions. 


Synopsis

SC 6 - Transforming Sourcing Process to Meet Future Challenges

In his presentation, Mr Lok will share on what are some of the key learnings from group sourcing activities that SingHealth GPO has deployed to help enhance the procurement process and how leveraging on new technology has transformed the procurement process and optimise resources for strategic and operational procurement.