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Position Summary
The Manager, Procurement is responsible for leading and developing the Direct Purchasing team in Singapore, ensuring effective purchasing operations, supply continuity, inventory optimization, and operational excellence.
This role oversees end-to-end purchasing activities, supplier delivery performance, material shortage management, purchasing master data integrity, and operational compliance.
The Manager collaborates closely with Sourcing Team, SCPE, Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering and NPI teams to ensure material availability, support new product introductions and sustaining operations, and drive continuous improvement.
The role is accountable for establishing performance objectives, developing team capabilities, driving process standardization, and leveraging digital solutions to improve purchasing efficiency and business outcomes.
Responsibilities
Lead, coach and develop a high-performing Direct Purchasing team through clear performance objectives, effective workload management, talent development and succession planning.
Oversee end-to-end purchasing operations, including PR-to-PO conversion, purchase order management, supplier order confirmations, delivery tracking, purchasing master data maintenance and resolution of operational purchasing issues.
Proactively manage supply risks, supplier delivery performance, material shortages and recovery plans to ensure material availability and minimize manufacturing disruptions.
Drive timely resolution of purchasing-related issues, including Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs), Supplier Change Notifications (SCNs), credit notes, supplier returns and transactional discrepancies.
Establish and monitor purchasing KPIs covering PO execution, supplier delivery, material shortages, inventory health, master data accuracy and operational compliance.
Manage assigned supplier portfolios and collaborate with SSM and SRM to strengthen supplier relationships, monitor operational performance, mitigate supply risks and drive continuous supplier improvements.
Establish clear purchasing responsibilities, standardized operating procedures and effective collaboration across regional and global purchasing teams.
Oversee purchasing execution and collaborate with GSM and relevant stakeholders on commercial negotiations, supplier agreements and contractual matters.
Partner with SSM and SRM and cross-functional stakeholders to identify cost optimization opportunities, improve purchasing efficiency and support cost reduction initiatives.
Lead purchasing readiness and operational integration for new product introductions, business acquisitions and site transfers, ensuring material availability, supplier onboarding and seamless transition to sustaining operations.
Drive purchasing operational excellence through process standardization, system enhancements, automation, data analytics and AI-enabled solutions to improve productivity, accuracy, efficiency and compliance.
Ensure adherence to purchasing policies, internal controls, quality requirements, audit readiness and continuous process improvement.
Listed responsibilities are an essential, but not exhaustive, list of the usual duties associated with the position. Changes to individual responsibilities may occur due to business needs.
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