ASSISTANT PROCUREMENT MANAGER

CHARLES & KEITH (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CHARLES & KEITH Group in Singapore is seeking a Senior Procurement professional to lead indirect procurement across FMCG, consumer goods, retail, fashion, or multi-market environments. You will manage category strategies, supplier negotiations, P2P improvements and data analytics to drive savings and compliance.

The role works with cross-functional teams in Singapore and the wider region, linking Logistics, Marketing, IT, Legal and Finance to optimise spend and supplier performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering or a related field.
• Professional certification such as CIPS, CPSM, or Lean and Six Sigma is advantageous
• Minimum 8 years in indirect procurement, with hands-on ownership of categories and sourcing events from end-to-end FMCG, Consumer goods, Retail, fashion, or fast-moving, multi-market environment is advantageous
• Exposure to logistics, marketing and/or technology categories is advantageous
• Familiar with AI tools Advanced Excel: Pivot tables, lookups, Power Query
• Experience with P2P or S2P platforms such as Concur, SAP, Ariba, Coupa or Ivalua is an advantage

Responsibilities

• Category management and sourcing across Logistics & Supply Chain, Marketing, Technology and related areas.
• Process improvement and source-to-pay design and digitalisation of procurement toolkit.
• Data analytics: spend baseline, dashboards and monthly reporting for CFO and Management Committee.
• Stakeholder management across Marketing, Logistics, IT, Store Operations, Projects, Legal and Finance across markets

Skills

AI tooling awareness

Advanced Excel

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering or related field

Tools

Concur

SAP

Ariba

Coupa

Ivalua

Job description

Responsibilities

• 1. Category management and sourcing Logistics & Supply Chain: freight, 3PL, warehousing and last mile Marketing: overall marketing agency category Technology: software and SaaS, implementation and integration, managed services, cloud and digital platforms Build fact-based category strategies covering spend baseline, supplier landscape, cost drivers, market dynamics Run competitive sourcing events end-to-end: briefing, RFI, RFP and RFQ, cost breakdowns, evaluation criteria and weightings, scoring, recommendation and award Lead and support commercial negotiations on total cost of ownership, including demand management, specification challenge and consolidation opportunities Work with Legal to paper what we buy, covering standard templates, terms, renewals and expiries, and keep the contract record current for your categories Establish supplier performance management for key suppliers through scorecards, business reviews and improvement plans

• 2. Process improvement and source-to-pay Design and continuously improve the upstream source-to-pay process: intake, requisition, approvals, purchase orders and goods receipt Digitalise the procurement toolkit, including the requisition, new vendor request, sourcing waiver, vendor assessment and tender pack, and build the routing behind them in Concur and lightweight workflow tools Drive purchase order discipline and policy compliance Support the roll-out of the Group Procurement Policy and its supporting SOPs, and act as a first point of contact for the business on how to buy

• 3. Data, analytics and reporting Own the Group spend baseline by extracting, cleansing, categorising and maintaining spend, supplier and contract data drawn from finance and AP systems Turn data into usable answers on supplier concentration, tail spend, price and volume variance, contract coverage, compliance rates, pipeline and savings Build and maintain procurement dashboards and the monthly reporting pack for the CFO and the Management Committee Work with FP&A to define, validate and track budget

• 4. Stakeholder Management Partner with Marketing, Logistics, IT, Store Operations, Projects, Legal and Finance as a commercial adviser Work across markets with teams in Singapore and the wider region

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering or a related field

• Professional certification such as CIPS, CPSM, or Lean and Six Sigma is advantageous

• Minimum 8 years in indirect procurement, with hands-on ownership of categories and sourcing events from end-to-end FMCG, Consumer goods, Retail, fashion, or fast-moving, multi-market environment is advantageous

• Exposure to logistics, marketing and/or technology categories is advantageous

• Familiar with AI tools Advanced Excel: Pivot tables, lookups, Power Query Experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or Python is an advantage Experience in process improvement or transformation, whether process redesign, digitalisation, Lean or Six Sigma is advantageous

• Working knowledge of P2P or S2P platforms such as Concur, SAP, Ariba, Coupa or Ivalua is an advantage

About CHARLES & KEITH Group

CHARLES & KEITH Group is headquartered in Singapore and has more than 700 stores and 4000 employees worldwide. Founded by siblings, Charles and Keith Wong, the Group manages the development of two premium fashion brands - CHARLES & KEITH and PEDRO. Through its modern and edge-cutting designs across footwear, bags and accessories categories, the Group aims to empower people to express themselves freely through fashion. Driven by a culture of creativity and innovation, the Group strives to continually elevate the image of their brands, pushing the boundaries between traditional retail and the digital world by exploring new activities and unique experiences to bring to its ever-evolving community.