Procurement Manager

IGO Digital High Technology Inc.; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

IGO Digital High Technology Inc. seeks a Procurement Leader who treats procurement as a strategic business function. You will build governance, operating models, policies, and category management to ensure value creation and visibility across spend.

Collaborate with Finance, Legal, and Internal Audit to strengthen governance and risk management. The role requires leading sourcing, supplier negotiations, and extending procurement influence to drive cost efficiency, transparency, and long-term

Qualifications

• Commercial judgment to challenge demand constructively and make balanced business decisions.
• Integrity with high ethical standards and objectivity under pressure.
• Business mindset—think beyond procurement and impact growth, profitability, risk, and operations.
• Influence across functions, building trust without relying on formal authority.
• Analytical thinking using data, facts, and long-term value.
• Builder mentality—create systems, improve processes, and build teams from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Build Procurement as a Strategic Business Function: develop strategy, governance, operating model, policies, authorities and category management.
• Involve procurement early in business decisions, not only at purchasing stage.
• Lead sourcing strategy, supplier selection, contract negotiations and commercial discussions.
• Aim to optimize total cost of ownership and identify cost optimization opportunities without sacrificing quality.
• Build procurement as a strategic function through governance and operating models, policy setting and category management.
• Drive procurement maturity from transactional to strategic value creation and align spending with business priorities.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, Compliance, and Internal Audit to strengthen governance.
• Develop supplier ecosystem based on capability, reliability, quality, and long-term value.
• Maintain supplier performance evaluation and continuous improvement mechanisms.
• Foster a culture of ownership, integrity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Commercial Judgment

Integrity

Business Mindset

Influence

Analytical Thinking

Builder Mentality

Job description

We are looking for a Procurement Leader who thinks like a business owner, not a buyer.

This role is responsible for building a procurement function that protects the company’s resources while enabling business growth. Beyond sourcing and supplier management, the role is expected to establish governance, improve commercial discipline, optimize spend, and create a procurement organization that is trusted by both business leaders and executive management.

Success is not measured by how many purchase orders are processed, but by how effectively procurement improves decision quality, cost efficiency, transparency, and long-term business value.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Build Procurement as a Strategic Business Function

Develop the company’s procurement strategy, governance framework, and operating model.

Establish procurement policies, approval authorities, and category management.

Ensure procurement is involved early in business decisions rather than only at the purchasing stage.

Drive procurement maturity from transactional execution to strategic value creation.

Challenge business requirements when appropriate and ensure spending aligns with business priorities.

Lead sourcing strategy, supplier selection, contract negotiations, and commercial discussions.

Optimize total cost of ownership instead of focusing solely on purchase price.

Continuously identify opportunities for cost optimization without compromising quality, speed, and business outcomes.

Build a procurement environment with high standards of integrity, transparency, and accountability.

Ensure procurement decisions are objective, well documented, and auditable.

Identify and manage supplier risks, commercial risks, and operational risks.

Partner closely with Finance, Legal, Compliance, and Internal Audit to strengthen governance.

Develop a high-performing supplier ecosystem based on capability, reliability, quality, and long-term value.

Build supplier performance evaluation and continuous improvement mechanisms.

Maintain healthy strategic partnerships while protecting the company’s commercial interests.

5. Procurement Operations & Digitalization

Improve procurement efficiency through standardization, automation, and digital tools.

Establish procurement dashboards covering spend visibility, supplier performance, savings, cycle time, compliance, and risk.

Build, coach, and develop a high-performing procurement organization.

Foster a culture of ownership, integrity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Raise the overall commercial capability of the procurement team and internal stakeholders.

We are looking for someone who demonstrates:

• Commercial Judgment: Able to challenge demand constructively and make balanced business decisions.
• Integrity: Acts with the highest ethical standards and remains objective under pressure.
• Business Mindset: Thinks beyond procurement and understands how decisions impact growth, profitability, risk, and operations.
• Influence: Builds trust across functions and can navigate complex stakeholder environments without relying on authority alone.
• Analytical Thinking: Makes decisions based on facts, data, and long-term value.
• Builder Mentality: Enjoys creating systems, improving processes, and building teams from the ground up.

Preferred Experience:

• 10+ years of progressive procurement leadership experience.
• Experience building procurement organizations in fast-growing or complex businesses.
• Strong background in strategic sourcing, supplier management, contract negotiation, and procurement governance.
• Experience working closely with executive leadership on business and investment decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change and influence cross-functional stakeholders.