Total 11 Manager procurement specialist job vacancies in D13 Macpherson, Braddell

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Manage effective and efficient marine fuel procurement for container vessels at designated ports and services
• Engagement of Operating vessels’ marine fuel requirements as per assigned
• Achieve cost effective marine fuel procurement by negotiating with suppliers, such as oil majors, refineries, independent suppliers, and traders
• Address and resolve issues related to marine fuel quality and quantity, and follow up with claims as needed
• Manage Marine Fuel related services providers, such as surveyors and laboratory services
• Manage invoices and payments related to marine fuel
• Provide support for additional tasks as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in shipping or a related maritime industry
• Experience in bunker procurement with strong negotiation skills
• Knowledge of the bunker industry and fuel specifications
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to report and share information in a timely manner
• Positive attitude and the ability to multitask and manage tight deadlines
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite and Google Workspace

YOUR ROLE

The role will be responsible for SEA procurement function

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

• Manage and monitor overall of purchasing function and activities in SEA, taking on the strategic as well as operational initiatives for sourcing and procurement. Manage a team of 9 buyers across South East Asia countries.
• Manage the Strategic Sourcing of all general category goods and services (excluding Transport) and maximize the delivery of savings through transformational procurement/sourcing programs. This is a high profile role interacting up to a senior level within the CEVA organization and is responsible for defining, implementing, and delivering Procurement sourcing activity across South East Asia.
• Improve current purchasing system and workflow to comply with procurement rules and regulations
• Lead and manage cost enhancing procurement activities on clusters / local purchased commodities and services
• Implement Global Procurement Strategy and Contracts – in close collaboration with APAC Regional and Global Procurement
• Develop solid communication channels with the operations to understand their needs and challenges and to demonstrate the added value Procurement can bring in their day-2-day activity
• Work closely with Finance to streamline the Procure-to-Pay process, elaborating detailed reporting (using spend analysis tools) on the cluster spend as well the cluster vendor landscape. This close work with Finance should lead to reduce / avoid Maverick Buying as well as increase the adoption of CEVA PO module system
• Drive productivity to improve the company’s profitability, report all procurement savings (external spend related) achieved at cluster level into online saving tracking system.
• Work closely with category team to drive synergy across legal entities and countries.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Education & Qualifications

• University Degree or equivalent qualification

Experience

• At least 8 years of working experience preferably at top-tier consultancy or in the procurement / finance department
• People management experience

Specialist Knowledge & Skills

• Excellent Numerical and analytical skills
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills

WHAT DO WE HAVE TO OFFER?

With a genuine culture of reward and recognition, we want our employees to grow, develop and be part of our journey. There’s no doubt that you will be compensated for your hard work and commitment so if you’d like to work for one of the top Logistics providers in the world then please do get in touch to find your next role.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute procurement strategies and negotiations for terminal operations, including partnerships with global terminal operators.
• Manage and nurture vendor relationships to ensure optimal performance, and negotiate contracts for cost-effectiveness and compliance.
• Conduct market research and analysis to assess potential suppliers’ capabilities.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to align procurement activities with network and service needs.
• Conduct regular performance reviews of terminal vendors, including on-site audits, to ensure quality and reliability.
• Ensure proper resource allocation for vessels at terminals.
• Identify inefficiencies and assess risks related to vendors not meeting service agreements and company standards.
• Ensure procurement activities comply with industry regulations and company policies, including knowledge of local regulations to mitigate risks.
• Understand and apply company policies related to sustainable procurement, supporting initiatives that meet sustainability scorecards.
• Identify opportunities to improve procurement processes while promoting sustainable practices that benefit the company.
• Work closely with local operations teams to identify and implement cost-saving initiatives.
• Prioritize the reduction of non-essential costs through internal efficiencies or vendor partnerships.
• Identify and address system or process misalignments to drive cost standardization.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in shipping, logistics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in the maritime industry.
• Strong analytical skills, with attention to detail and critical thinking capabilities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of Tableau or Power BI is a plus.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify, develop, and manage relationships with key stakeholders for global and local vendors.
• Source, evaluate, and select vendors for container terminal and port marine services procurement via RFQs, ensuring cost efficiency and adherence to sustainability procurement guidelines.
• Conduct total cost analysis, monitor rebates, discounts, volume, and trend reporting, as well as budgeting.
• Analyze business performance to provide insightful data for effective decision-making.
• Monitor procurement KPIs for agency performance, collaborating with agencies to achieve and improve these KPIs.
• Engage with vendors and agencies to resolve issues and improve processes.
• Manage vendor agreements and liaise with internal teams (operations, marine insurance, legal, trade, network) for contract reviews.
• Actively participate in projects, including preparation of presentation materials.
• Identify cost anomalies and collaborate with stakeholders to optimize procurement costs.
• Develop and introduce dashboards for cost visualization to aid in decision-making.
• Perform other ad-hoc duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Degree in Maritime Studies or equivalent.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in a shipping line environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Applications, with advanced Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP) and PowerPoint.
• Strong contract negotiation and vendor management skills.
• Experience in compliance and sustainability procurement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute procurement strategies and negotiations for terminal operations, including partnerships with global terminal operators.
• Manage and nurture vendor relationships to ensure optimal performance, and negotiate contracts for cost-effectiveness and compliance.
• Conduct market research and analysis to assess potential suppliers’ capabilities.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to align procurement activities with network and service needs.
• Conduct regular performance reviews of terminal vendors, including on-site audits, to ensure quality and reliability.
• Ensure proper resource allocation for vessels at terminals.
• Identify inefficiencies and assess risks related to vendors not meeting service agreements and company standards.
• Ensure procurement activities comply with industry regulations and company policies, including knowledge of local regulations to mitigate risks.
• Understand and apply company policies related to sustainable procurement, supporting initiatives that meet sustainability scorecards.
• Identify opportunities to improve procurement processes while promoting sustainable practices that benefit the company.
• Work closely with local operations teams to identify and implement cost-saving initiatives.
• Prioritize the reduction of non-essential costs through internal efficiencies or vendor partnerships.
• Identify and address system or process misalignments to drive cost standardization.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in shipping, logistics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in the maritime industry.
• Strong analytical skills, with attention to detail and critical thinking capabilities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of Tableau or Power BI is a plus.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify, develop, and manage relationships with key stakeholders for global and local vendors.
• Source, evaluate, and select vendors for container terminal and port marine services procurement via RFQs, ensuring cost efficiency and adherence to sustainability procurement guidelines.
• Conduct total cost analysis, monitor rebates, discounts, volume, and trend reporting, as well as budgeting.
• Analyze business performance to provide insightful data for effective decision-making.
• Monitor procurement KPIs for agency performance, collaborating with agencies to achieve and improve these KPIs.
• Engage with vendors and agencies to resolve issues and improve processes.
• Manage vendor agreements and liaise with internal teams (operations, marine insurance, legal, trade, network) for contract reviews.
• Actively participate in projects, including preparation of presentation materials.
• Identify cost anomalies and collaborate with stakeholders to optimize procurement costs.
• Develop and introduce dashboards for cost visualization to aid in decision-making.
• Perform other ad-hoc duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Degree in Maritime Studies or equivalent.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in a shipping line environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Applications, with advanced Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP) and PowerPoint.
• Strong contract negotiation and vendor management skills.
• Experience in compliance and sustainability procurement.

Responsibilities

• Lead sustainable procurement.
• Monitor and control supply chain management.
• Demonstrate continuous efforts to reduce carbon emissions from the supply chain.
• Develop procurement strategies and reach cost-effectiveness.
• Maintain interface with suppliers and manufacturers to ensure the materials comply with standards and procedures.
• Evaluate purchase requisitions for compliance to established business controls, including contract terms, risk assessment, pricing, and supplier selection, and take appropriate actions to ensure the required level of business control is met; &
• Ensure purchasing activities aligned to corporate compliance.

Qualifications

Min. 5 years of working experience in the Engineering field.

Min ITE or above with engineering and construction business-related certificates.

Willing to attend ESG courses which the company sponsor

Relevant experience in handling raw materials is an absolute advantage (not a must);

Have strong communication, negotiation, and presentations skills;

Able to communicate in Chinese and English

Literacy in MS Office

Mid- Career and candidate looking for a Career Conversion is welcome to apply.

Training will be provided.

Job Summary:

Coordinate with our regional & global commercial teams to support them with container freight services & products to meet our customer’s needs. Lead a team of pricing staff to liaise with international shipping lines to procure container freight rates & space for the specific required trade lane. Analyse ocean freight market trends. Prepare market reports. Joint customer product presentations with commercial teams to help grow our business.

Key functions:

• Leading a pricing team to work with our commercial organisation to support their ocean product needs. Help guide, build & exceed our regional trade commercial plans
• Ensure the team buy competitive ocean freight from shipping lines for specific trade lanes
• Managing and building relationships with key contacts within the shipping lines
• Manage our annual contractual ocean freight commitments with the shipping lines
• Key entry point between our company and the shipping lines to deal with service issues

Key KPI:

• Manage our carrier relationships
• Ensure we procure competitive ocean freight rates
• Secure sufficient weekly/monthly space on required lanes
• Carrier contract commitments
• Vol and AGP targets

Key Relationships:

• Shipping line
• Regional & global commercial teams
• Regional operations in the branch
• Key customers

People Management

• To give direction to ensure the pricing staff working under him/her are meeting their KPIs.
• Develop the staff through on the job training

Qualification

• University graduate
• 5-10 years of relevant shipping experience in Trade role or Procurement function in an international NVO.
• Language proficiency – English, Chinese
• Good written and verbal skills
• Proficient using MS office applications

Job size:

• Buy over 50,000 Teus of international ocean freight space per year.
• Freight spend over - USD$ 50,000,000

Overall Job Purpose:

Being part of the team responsible for Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC)’s

procurement function, the job holder will undertake work in executing tendering functional

role, advising business divisions on procurement procedures and strategies, and supporting

the Procurement team in innovating and driving procurement excellence through policy

improvement, digital transformation and capability-building initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

The job holder will have the opportunity to take on a combination of the different areas of work

as follows:

• Conducting end-to-end tendering processes from preparation to award of tender in

accordance with policies and procedures to meet procurement objectives, include

engaging business divisions to understand business needs and formulating tender

requirements; provide contract administration advisory for major and complex projects;

• Advising business divisions and leading strategic discussions pertaining to procurement

queries that are more complex in nature and which may not employ the conventional

type of tender methodology or approach, contract structure, terms and conditions etc,

e.g. Outcome-based procurement, procuring prototypes/testbeds in relation to

sustainability initiatives;

• Supporting Procure-to-Pay reviews to streamline procurement policies, processes,

forms/templates; development of guides and resources to aid users in navigating

procurement for greater agility and ease;

• Supporting the implementation of digitalization and data analytics efforts (e.g.

automation of procurement processes, digitizing forms) for greater operating efficiency

and procurement performance; tapping on data to study trends and gather insights; and

• Supporting knowledge sharing and communicating of procurement policies and

initiatives to internal stakeholders to enhance procurement awareness and competency. RESTRICTED

Job Requirements (Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience Required)

• Good Bachelor’s degree from a recognized tertiary institution

• Minimum 10 years of experience in procurement; previous experience in public sector

procurement preferred

• Conversant with GeBIZ or other electronic procurement application systems will be

beneficial

• Strong critical thinking, analytical, planning and organization skills

• Self-driven, resourceful and committed individual; able to work independently and within

teams

• Good written and oral communication skills

• Ability to engage with people at all levels; good interpersonal skills

• Meticulous and concerned with details

• Background in framework conceptualization, development and implementation of

procurement policies or initiatives will be an advantage

• Keen interest in deriving insights and trends through data analytics

Salary

$8000 to $12000/mth

Location

39 Artillery Ave 099958, Sentosa (Harbourfront MRT)

Siemens Mobility is an outstanding place to have a career in an innovative environment. Siemens Mobility Rail Infrastructure business supplies the global markets of rail and road-bound transport with innovative products and solutions for Rail Automation, Rail Electrification and in the area of intermodal mobility, apps and backend systems.

We want to get on board a Project Procurement Manager, the role is globally responsible for the full set of procurement processes within the allocated customer projects.

Organizes and manages all procurement activities and resources during the bid and execution phase of these customer projects.

What are my responsibilities?

• Integration of the procurement function in customer bid and execution projects along the PM@Siemens life cycle as “Sub-Project Manager Procurement” (starting from PM020 at the latest):
• Identify, involve, integrate, and manage all relevant procurement functions for a customer bid or project (i.e. Global Category Management, Supplier Quality Management, Regional Procurement, etc.)
• Act as prime interface to/for the customer bids or projects key business partners and procurement (incl. i.e. milestone meetings, risk workshops, kick-off meetings, project-related procurement reviews, escalations, etc.)
• Align schedules (i.e. project schedule vs. procurement-specific for RFQs, negotiations, supplier selection, deliveries, etc.)
• Align terms & conditions and ensure transfer of the relevant customer contract terms & conditions to supplier offers and contracts.
• Analyze procurement and supplier-related risks and set/manage respective mitigation measures.
• Drives Procurement strategies in projects and ensures their implementation of KPIs like CNI, CTG, E Bidding / Auction & PTE, etc
• Support in getting the best rates during the execution phase.
• Develop and activity-drive local sourcing strategies, supplier performance, and management.
• Owns, monitors, and drives utilization of the consolidated Procurement Plan and Procurement Statement, including Supplier/RFQ/offer status per purchasing item,
• Selected suppliers, Risk table, Procurement efforts, and resources and manages Procurement Plan.

What do I need to qualify for this job?

• At least a bachelor's degree in engineering/business/accounting / other related fields
• 7-10 years of experience in strategic purchasing /category management or project management preferably in the engineering industry
• Experience in strategic purchasing /category management or project management in rail signaling equipment including cables, point machines, telecommunication, and subcontract installation a plus
• Strong and articulated communicator who can connect with stakeholders at multiple levels.
• Strategic Thinking and ability to adapt to change.
• Ability to make information out of data: Ability to prepare analytical reports, organize and present in a clear and concise manner.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• System and data management skills; especially Excel and SAP Procurement modules & Related systems

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

At a glance

Accountable for your category sourcing activities. Lead negotiation in prices, contractual terms and conditions of running business and manage contracts with the supplier as well as support outsourcing projects for new business together with Business Development

Job description

In your new role you will:

• Accountable for your category sourcing activities. Lead negotiation in prices, contractual terms and conditions of running business and manage contracts with the supplier as well as support outsourcing projects for new business together with Business Development
• Manage the packages in your category for competitive pricing and work closely with the key stakeholders to create a competitive, scalable and resilient network.
• Work with suppliers to create more value and capture a good share of that value for Infineon by using data analysis tools, negotiation techniques and a structured negotiation
• Monitor and improve operational performance together with the segment as well as manage supply risks and ensure capacity provision and standards
• Be responsible for the supplier relationship management – including defining and controlling the communication and driving necessary business related escalations
• Ensure accurate and smooth procurement operations and setup and ensure supplier enabling
• Develop and execute category strategy and tactics within the overall OSAT Procurement category strategy

Your Profile

You are best equipped for this task if you have:

• At least 6 years of relevant professional experience in Procurement or a Sales & Marketing function
• Degree in Business Management with technical focus on Electronics, Industrial Engineering, or similar program
• Functional expertise in procurement knowledge and negotiation skills in addition to general knowledge of manufacturing processes, logistics, contract management, and quality management
• Effectively communicate and successfully manage relationships both with external and internal stakeholders
• A good understanding of semiconductor production, preferably backend, and have an affinity for technology
• Excellent communication skills, well versed in English (speaking, reading and writing)
• Willing to travel worldwide 15% of the time
• Trustworthy and perform with integrity in company values

What we offer you in Singapore

Singapore is our regional headquarter for Asia-Pacific and consists of production, research & development, sales & marketing, supply chain and many central functions.

Find out more about our location Singapore

Why Us

Driving decarbonization and digitalization. Together.

Infineon designs, develops, manufactures, and markets a broad range of semiconductors and semiconductor-based solutions, focusing on key markets in the automotive, industrial, and consumer sectors. Its products range from standard components to special components for digital, analog, and mixed-signal applications to customer-specific solutions together with the appropriate software.

We are on a journey to create the best Infineon for everyone.
This means we embrace diversity and inclusion and welcome everyone for who they are. At Infineon, we offer a working environment characterized by trust, openness, respect and tolerance and are committed to give all applicants and employees equal opportunities. We base our recruiting decisions on the applicant´s experience and skills.

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