APAC Procurement Leader - Governance, Savings & Risk

Arvato Singapore Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Arvato Singapore Pte. Ltd. is seeking an APAC Procurement Lead to establish and lead the regional procurement function across Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore.

You will set governance, drive spend visibility, and lead cross-country sourcing with a focus on compliant processes and measurable savings. You will collaborate with Finance and country teams to develop category strategies, manage supplier performance, and roll out regional framework agreements, while traveling

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business, Finance or a related discipline.
• At least 5 years of procurement or strategic sourcing experience, including regional or multi-country responsibilities within APAC.
• Strong experience in category strategy, spend analysis, supplier consolidation, contract lifecycle management and supplier performance and risk management.
• Track record of establishing or improving procurement governance, controls and reporting, and delivering measurable savings and cost avoidance.
• Strong commercial judgement, stakeholder management and influencing skills, with confidence engaging senior leaders across different countries and functions.
• Advanced Excel and procurement analytics capability; experience with ERP, contract management or spend analytics platforms is an advantage.
• Comfortable operating independently in a developing regional procurement environment, and willing to travel within APAC if required.

Responsibilities

• The APAC procurement governance, policies, controls and minimum standards aligned with Global Procurement and local requirements, while monitoring compliance and acting as the regional escalation point.
• Maintain APAC spend and category visibility, develop category strategies, and identify sourcing, aggregation, standardization and supplier consolidation opportunities with Finance and country stakeholders.
• Lead or support end-to-end sourcing processes, coordinate stakeholder input, document sourcing decisions, and establish regional or framework agreements where commercially beneficial.
• Segment suppliers, define KPIs and scorecards, monitor risks, lead performance reviews and escalations, and track corrective actions to improve supplier value and resilience.
• Maintain the APAC contract register, coordinate reviews and approvals, manage renewals, monitor utilization and compliance, and elevate material contract risks or deviations.
• Establish procurement reporting standards, dashboards, savings and cost avoidance tracking, and decision-oriented reports to support stakeholder planning and capability building.

Skills

Procurement strategy

Spend analysis

Supplier consolidation

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Advanced Excel

ERP experience

Sourcing analytics

Travel APAC

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ERP systems

Spend analytics tools

Contract management systems

Job description

Arvato Singapore Pte. Ltd. is seeking an APAC Procurement Lead to establish and lead the regional procurement function across Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore.

You will set governance, drive spend visibility, and lead cross-country sourcing with a focus on compliant processes and measurable savings. You will collaborate with Finance and country teams to develop category strategies, manage supplier performance, and roll out regional framework agreements, while traveling