APAC Indirect Procurement Manager – Marketing & POSM Hub

Edrington; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

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Job summary

Edrington is seeking a procurement lead for APAC to manage indirect spend, especially POSM/Marketing Services. You will partner with marketing and commercial teams to drive savings, governance and supplier performance across APAC markets.

The role emphasizes stakeholder engagement, cross-functional collaboration, and compliance with global procurement standards. The successful candidate will coordinate with regional teams, support agency strategies, and contribute to cost efficiency and brand

Qualifications

• Financial acumen is key, with budget setting and adherence paramount.
• Prior experience at POSM & Visibility-IMO, ATL or BTL, Procurement project management is essential to this role.
• Demonstrated capability of key stakeholder engagement, relationship building and process management especially in the marketing service is essential.
• Excellent communication skills to be able to communicate locally with the team in APAC and China and good command in both verbal & written English & Chinese.
• Strong problem solving, negotiation, presentation, organizational skills.
• Hands-on computer knowledge in MS Word, Excel, Power point.
• Previous experience of SAP/ Power BI would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Building strong connections with key business partners and ensuring procurement strategy alignment and compliance.
• Engages internal stakeholders to identify projects with significant savings potential.
• Lead for APAC POSM Hub development to streamline POSM execution across APAC.
• Develop strategy and implementation plan for agencies category (Marketing ATL/BTL) in APAC to maximize value.
• Negotiate with suppliers to secure best value and professional partnerships.
• Support business leaders with strategic and operational sourcing strategies.
• Assist supplier evaluations and vendor pool assessments to ensure quality and compliance.
• Stay updated on regional trends and offer innovative ideas for marketing spends.
• Develop procurement project plans with objectives, timelines, and supplier criteria.
• Execute end-to-end procurement involvement of marketing spending.
• Manage interactions with service providers and drive performance improvements.
• Maintain knowledge of procurement best practices.

Skills

Financial acumen

POSM/Visibility

Stakeholder engagement

Bilingual English/Chinese

Negotiation

Presentation

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

SAP

Power BI

Job description

Edrington is seeking a procurement lead for APAC to manage indirect spend, especially POSM/Marketing Services. You will partner with marketing and commercial teams to drive savings, governance and supplier performance across APAC markets.

The role emphasizes stakeholder engagement, cross-functional collaboration, and compliance with global procurement standards. The successful candidate will coordinate with regional teams, support agency strategies, and contribute to cost efficiency and brand