Key Duties and Responsibilities
The Senior Procurement Manager will be responsible for all procurement related activities for the company and lead the end-to-end procurement processes and activities of sourcing, evaluation, contract management and purchase order issuance. The role demands a candidate with dynamic and adaptable approach to support business objectives.
Key accountabilities and decision ownership:
- Ensure end to end procurement processes & activities to meet the objectives of (i) proper governance, (ii) cost efficiencies and (iii) on time delivery of projects.
Lead end to end Procurement activities:
- Validate requirement, float RFQ/RFP, manage tender process.
- Sourcing of key vendors/ suppliers to support project delivery.
- Identify high risk suppliers & work on alternate plan to minimise the risk.
- Establish framework for the selection of vendors.
- Lead negotiation and contracts closure with partners for major deals in consultation with Legal and internal stakeholders.
- Prepare and present recommendation papers to Senior management and procurement committees.
- Drive cost savings initiatives including group procurement.
Contract Management:
- Work closely with legal team and user to negotiate contract terms with vendors.
- Negotiate contracts with vendor to ensure favourable terms for the company.
- Coordinate between legal team & users to finalise and close contracts in a timely manner.
- Assess and mitigate risk associated with contracts, and work to incorporate safeguards into contracts.
- Maintain a register of contracts.
Process and Policies:
- Maintain the procurement process, workflows and policies, ensuring relevance to the business and alignment to the Group’s objectives.
- Ensure strict compliance for Purchase policy.
- DOP/DOA adherence for all PO & decisions.
- Ensure Fairness & transparency in decision makings.
Stakeholder Management:
- Engagement with stakeholders to drive procurement strategy and recommendation.
- Includes preparation and presentation of procurement papers.
- Accountable for monitoring SLA performance with key project suppliers.
Vendor Management:
- Negotiate contracts, terms, and pricing with suppliers/vendors to achieve cost savings and quality standards.
- Monitor vendor performance and manage relationships to drive continuous improvement.
Team Development:
- Support the Head of Procurement in guiding the procurement team (HQ and new markets)
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business administration or supply chain management with equivalent industry experience.
- Proven experience of more than 8 years in end-to-end procurement process, contract management preferably in infrastructure or data centre industry.
- Knowledge of Data Center, construction, engineering, procurement, industry standards and other project-related activities, their interfaces and interdependencies preferred.
- Strong communication & decision-making skills with cross functional experience in relevant procurement background.
- Strong commercial, negotiation and analytical skill with ability to draw big picture
- Ability to communicate and engage effectively with stakeholders at Executive level.
- Strong team player and ability to work closely with different business units.
- Ability to work independently under tight timelines.
- Experience in leading procurement projects across multiple countries, outside of Singapore.
- Experience in Ariba preferred.
