Total 5 lead buyer job vacancies in Singapore

About the Role:

As a CBRE Lead Contract Support, you will provide exceptional customer service and administrative support to a large Business Unit, Facility, or Account. This job is part of the Contract Quality Management job function. They are responsible for managing the delivery of contractual services to ensure requirements are fulfilled.

What You’ll Do:

• Respond to client inquiries and concerns and ensure timely and quality service delivery and follow-up to ensure satisfaction.
• Understand the scope of the contract and make sure that all work is carried out accordingly.
• Be a financial and operational systems champion. Suggest efforts to put in place cost-saving opportunities to maximize customer and financial savings targets.
• Coordinate and onboard vendors for reactive and planned works and manage sub-contractor paperwork.
• Review processed invoices and ensure accurate cost center coding. Coordinate the billing application, calculating margins, raising invoices, and submitting to clients. Work closely with site teams and head office, ensuring accurate processing of quotations and purchase orders.
• Review and approve maintenance billing invoices and projects as per contracted agreements. Ensure consistent delivery of core operational and financial outputs on the account.
• Respond to inquiries on financial reports for Accounts Receivable, Payable, and open POs.
• Deliver monthly reporting support on Contract and Business Unit Reviews.
• Assist in ensuring compliance with Health & Safety requirements, including HSE reporting and promoting a safe work environment. Maintain QHSE documentation and ensure it is available using company systems.
• Gather and analyze data to identify and solve complex problems that arise with little or no precedent. May recommend new techniques.
• Impact own team and other teams whose work activities are closely related.
• Suggest improvements to existing processes and solutions to improve the efficiency of the team.

What You’ll Need:

• High School Diploma or GED with 3-4 years of job-related experience.
• A comprehensive understanding of a range of processes, procedures, systems, and concepts within own job function is required.
• Ability to evaluate and communicate unusual and/or complex content in a concise and logical way.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Organizational skills with an advanced inquisitive mindset.
• Advanced math skills. Ability to calculate advanced figures such as percentages, discounts, and markups.

About the Role:

As a CBRE Maintenance Sr. Technician, you will be responsible for maintaining medium to large-sized buildings, industrial systems, and equipment.

This job is part of the Engineering and Technical Services job function. They are responsible for providing support, preventive maintenance, and repairs on equipment and systems.

What You’ll Do:

· Technical Expertise: Apply a strong working knowledge of Building General M&E systems, ACMV systems, and Process Utility Systems to ensure smooth day-to-day operations and timely maintenance activities.

· Shift Operations Leadership: Lead and oversee shift operations, providing guidance, supervision, and support to a team of technicians, ensuring their tasks are completed efficiently and safely.

· System Oversight: Supervise the operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of building systems, working to ensure minimal downtime and adherence to industry standards and regulations.

· Preventive Maintenance: Implement and manage preventive maintenance programs to extend equipment lifespan, improve system reliability, and enhance operational efficiency.

· Emergency Response: Respond swiftly to any emergency situations, coordinating with your team to implement corrective actions, contain disruptions, and restore normal operations.

· Compliance & Safety: Ensure all shift activities comply with relevant building codes, safety regulations, governmental directives, and company policies. Uphold a strong focus on safety within the team and the facility.

· Documentation: Maintain accurate and thorough records of all maintenance activities, equipment inspections, safety checks, and compliance documentation as required by internal policies and external regulations.

· Collaboration: Work collaboratively with other departments, vendors, and clients to coordinate maintenance activities, minimize interruptions, and ensure the systems meet customer requirements.

· Work Inspection & Quality Control: Oversee the work performed by your team and any external subcontractors, inspecting completed tasks to confirm functionality and compliance with client and regulatory expectations.

· Training & Development: Provide on-the-job technical training and procedural guidance to technicians, fostering an environment of continuous learning and team development.

· Client Interaction: Act as a point of contact for clients during your shift, addressing their technical concerns, proposing solutions, and scheduling necessary maintenance activities to minimize disruptions.

· Leadership & Teamwork: Lead by example, adhering to the company's core values (CBRE RISE), promoting collaboration, safety, and operational excellence within the shift team.

What You’ll Need:

· Higher NITEC or NTC 2 with minimum 8 years of experience in facility maintenance or a related technical field, with demonstrated expertise in Mechanical, Electrical, and ACMV systems. In lieu of a diploma, a combination of experience and education will be considered.

· In-depth knowledge of building systems, including electrical systems and air conditioning, with hands-on experience in troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair activities.

· Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to respond effectively to complex technical issues and emergencies.

· Self-motivated and independent, with the ability to supervise and develop staff, and take initiative in a fast-paced and challenging environment.

· Excellent communication skills, capable of exchanging clear, straightforward technical information with team members, clients, and management.

· Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook) for documentation and reporting.

· Strong organizational skills with an inquisitive mindset, ensuring effective prioritization and task management

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Regional Finance Lead to provide strategic financial leadership to the Regional part of our Global Account. The successful candidate will ensure appropriate financial management, control, and reporting in line with our client and company requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain high-quality client relationships across all sub-regions of the account.
• Establish robust working relationships with client stakeholders, Global Finance Director, and the Regional Alliance Director.
• Respond to client audit requirements promptly and accurately.
• Drive high-quality financial and commercial performance in alignment with contractual commitments and corporate policies.
• Identify and implement savings opportunities to maximize financial targets.
• Ensure Balance Sheet governance and compliance with SOX control requirements.
• Manage Regional Account overheads and seek areas of efficiency.
• Deliver high-standard GWS and Client management information including annual budgets, monthly management accounts, and forecasts.
• Manage the accuracy and integrity of accounting records and financial systems.
• Line Management of Account sub-regional finance teams across all countries.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Chartered Accountant qualification (or equivalent)
• Experience working in a complex multinational environment.
• Proven commercial acumen and ability to contribute to decision-making.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills.

Desirable:

• Higher educational qualifications.
• Previous experience in a service industry role using operating systems such as Dynamics AX & Peoplesoft.

If you are a self-motivated, ambitious individual with the ability to lead and influence senior managers, we would love to hear from you. Please note, this role may require travel as per business needs.

Apply today and join our dynamic team! We look forward to welcoming our new Regional Finance Lead.

Overall Responsibility:

The EA APAC Procurement Business Lead is seen as a trusted advisor, problem solver and coach to EA Accounts and procurement community (including procurement champions) in respect to procurement matters.

Key Responsibilities include:

· Member of the EA APAC procurement leadership team

· Input to and execution of the EA APAC procurement goals and targets

· Support with recruitment of account and platform recruitment, maintaining an internal and external talent pipeline to meet the needs of the business across APAC.

· Coach and develop account based procurement resources to support career growth and supporting the availability of ready now and ready next internal procurement talent.

· Develop and maintain strong relationships with AD’s to understand their goals, value drivers and future requirements

· Support the AD’s with getting and / or retaining strong Kingsley results wherein it relates to our Supply Chain

· Escalation point geographically for the AD’s and account based procurement resources in relation to procurement matters including systems and process escalations

· Collaborate with account teams to drive standardization, leverage best practices, tools, technology, data, programs, and resources to deliver operational & customer service excellence

· Build strategies with the procurement community (including procurement champions) on how to reduce competitor spend while ensuring we have the best services in place to meet client needs

· Promote strong suppliers and innovative solutions; challenge sub optimal supplier performance and coach teams how to address.

· Ownership of creating internal communication in Teams to increase knowledge and adoption of procurement solutions

· Participate in the EA APAC AD forums

· Present at clients QBR’s upon request

· Promote procurement initiatives and solutions internally

· Collaborate with the EA APAC Head of Procurement on external marketing of CBRE procurement

· Upskill our procurement community (including procurement champions) via weekly coaching sessions to incrementally keep driving us on our journey to World Class

· Collaborate with analytics and technical to continuously improve on our reporting, monitoring and compliance framework to measure procurement success

· Identify opportunities for Business to Business (B2B) engagement, self-delivery of services and minimisation of spend with competitors wherever possible

· Lead and / or participate in working groups as we continue to transform on our journey to world class

Experience:

Our ideal candidate would have:

· Experience in managing client and supplier relationships

· Demonstrated experience in providing subject matter consultation on projects to achieve favourable, long-term value creation

· Deep understanding of Supply Chain in APAC

· Lead / Managed / Developed a team to achieve shared outcomes

Required Knowledge & Skills:

· Strong commercial acumen

· Highly accountable

· Ability to analyse and solve complex challenges / problems

· Action oriented and results driven whilst maintaining positive and constructive professional relationships

· Advanced communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to consult, negotiate, influence, and liaise effectively with people at all levels of the organisation

· Highly collaborative and able to drive cross functional outcomes

· Instils trust, both with direct teams, across the organisation, and with customers and suppliers

· Resilience, proactivity, and an ability to work at pace in an evolving and demanding environment

· Coaching and mentoring skills; ability to develop people.

Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s Degree in business related discipline. Equivalent relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a degree

DISCLAIMER

This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

Job Summary

• The APAC Experience Programme Lead serves as the primary client contact for the delivery of Experience Services that seek to increase individual well-being, personal productivity, and organizational effectiveness.
• The purpose of the leadership position is to focus on differentiating CBRE from its competition by implementing and delivering Experience Services programs in areas such as reception, workplace care, meeting & events and mail & document services across multiple accounts across the entire employee lifecycle.
• This role is focused on managing our strategy for delivery of Experience Services delivering tangible concepts to our diverse customer base and managing long term value across the Experience platform.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Directs the Experience Services team to deliver service levels within the prescribed scope and budget.
• Services include, but are not limited to: Concierge, Reception/Switchboard, Room Management, A/V Support, Meeting & Event Management, Community Programs, Meeting Supply Equipment, Food Services, Parking & Commute, Bicycle & Local Shuttle, Supported Employment, Company Store, Pet Programs, Document Services, Mail Services, Record Archiving, Office Supply Management, Moves, Adds, Changes, Furniture and Cable Management, Space Reset, Entrance Screening Protocol and Workplace Onboarding.
• Reviews and contributes to client's strategic plans and determines appropriate staffing levels to meet expectations; provides direction on Host management, including recruitment of talent, performance management, employee engagement, employee development and financials.
• Responsible for Host revenue and expense management for assigned account/property.
• Establishes savings goals and creates action plans to improve financial position(s).
• Negotiates with clients, partners, and associates to resolve conflicting priorities. Sets goals and direction to meet and exceed client expectations. Sets achievable goals that are linked to the objectives of the organization.
• Manages development, production, quality, and retention of Host team.
• Provides vision, strategy, and implementation guidance for full scope of Host services. Manages client relationship.
• Remains informed about developments within the Experience Services industry, and networks with in-company subject matter experts to bring world class solutions to bear for the client.
• Monitors key service delivery metrics. Takes corrective action as needed. Meets with management team and appropriate departments to discuss and resolve discrepancies.
• Ensures safety standards are met by those delivery Experience Services; whether company employees or third party service providers.
• Ensures necessary tools and technology are available for Experience Services teams and clients.
• Responsible for building and supporting the experience community within the APAC region, aligning with global strategic direction.
• Delivers strategic plan for utilization of vendor partnerships.
• Maintains relationships with vendors who provide services and goods.
• Ensures orientation is best in class throughout a large campus or multi-site/cross-regional disparate portfolio.
• Ensures quality and regular audits of the Service Business Continuity plan.
• Business partners with clients’ Human, IT and Real Estate functions to challenge the status quo in enhancing employee experience.
• Assists real estate enablement with clients’ employee retention and attraction strategies, constantly reviewing and enhancing every touch point of the employee journey.
• Human centric approach to uncover employees unmet need, wants and desires.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or GED required or equivalent combination of education and experience (equivalent work experience = 2 years’ experience for every year of higher level education). Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) or other relevant vocational training preferred.
• Minimum of 10+ years related, with 5 of those in management or supervisory capacities preferred (e.g. Front of House Manager, Lead Concierge, Hospitality, Rooms Manager, Experience Manager or Event Manager).
• Prior supervisory & customer service experience is highly preferred.
• Ability to comprehend, analyze, and interpret the most complex business documents.
• Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive issues. Ability to write reports, manuals, speeches, and articles using distinctive style. Ability to make effective and persuasive presentations on complex topics to employees, clients, top management and/or public groups. Ability to motivate and negotiate effectively with key employees, top management, and client groups to take desired action.
• Understands BAU change. Identifies the need of change and constant improvement in a scientific and measurable way.
• Familiar with Program Management and AGILE concepts, constantly seeking improvements via iterations with a human centric approach.
• Innovative and self-driven to challenge the status quo, elevating experience.
• Basic understanding of ethnographic research methodologies and deriving insights on workplace enhancements.
• Comfortable meeting and engaging with new people.
• Warm and engaging demeanor. Ability to assess circumstances, empathize and offer help.
• Utilize a high level of attention to detail as well as strong interpersonal skills.
• Have a positive attitude and a strong sense of urgency in resolving any issues that may arise.
• Requires in-depth knowledge of financial terms and principles. Ability to calculate complex figures. Ability to forecast and prepare budgets. Conducts financial/business analysis including the preparation of reports.
• Ability to solve advanced problems and deal with a variety of options in complex situations. Requires expert level analytical and quantitative skills with proven experience in developing strategic solutions for a growing matrix-based multi-industry sales environment. Draws upon the analysis of others and makes recommendations that have a direct impact on the company.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite products such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint, OneNote, Outlook, etc. Comfortable with and embracing of new technologies and digital tools; such as Apps, databases, financial management, work order management, social networking, cloud technologies, handheld mobile technologies and applications, and communications.
• Ability to work flexible work schedules based on office needs.
• Strong problem-solving skills. Highly adaptable and flexible. Ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Ability to work requiring significant walking or through other means of mobility. Ability to work in a standing position for long periods of time. Ability to reach, bend, stoop, push and/or pull and frequently lift up to 20 lbs. and occasionally lift/move up to 40 lbs.

Scope of Responsibility

Decisions made with in-depth understanding and interpretation of procedures, company policies and business practices to achieve complex results. Responsible for setting project, department and/or division deadlines. Errors in judgment may cause long-term impact to line of business and/or overall company.

Safety

Responsible for personal safety and the safety of those who are affected by your work. This includes but is not limited to:

• Complete at a satisfactory level all required and assigned HSE training.
• Follow all activity policies and procedures, including all HSE related requirements at all times.
• Participate in all HSE related programs & activities as required, including incident investigations, interviews, auditing, and assessment, etc.
• Report any condition which you feel could result in an accident or injury and/or stop work if required.

As a Supervisor/Manager:

While adhering to all HSE requirements established for CBRE employees, supervisors and managers are required to:

• Provide sufficient distraction free time for employees to complete all required HSE training & support the HSE training program implicitly.
• Investigate and resolve (if possible) all reported unsafe conditions/acts and communicate results back to the affected stakeholders.
• Support stop work authority when it is exercised in good faith.
• Communicate any/all potential workplace hazards and workplace procedures.