Assistant Procurement Manager

CHARLES & KEITH GROUP; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Charles & Keith Group in Singapore seeks an Assistant Procurement Manager to lead category management across Logistics & Supply Chain, Marketing and Technology. You will drive sourcing strategies, negotiate total cost of ownership, and collaborate with Legal to formalize contracts.

You will also design and optimize upstream source-to-pay processes, digitalize procurement tools, and build spend analytics and dashboards for CFO and Management Committee, working with regional teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in indirect procurement with end-to-end ownership of categories and sourcing events.
• FMCG/retail fashion or multi-market experience is a plus.
• Professional certifications such as CIPS, CPSM, Lean Six Sigma.

Responsibilities

• Lead category management and sourcing for Logistics & Supply Chain, Marketing and Technology.
• Run end-to-end sourcing events with RFI, RFP, RFQ, and scorecards.
• Drive upstream source-to-pay process design and policy compliance.
• Own spend data, dashboards and monthly CFO reporting; collaborate with FP&A.
• Partner with Marketing, Logistics IT, Store Operations, Legal and Finance across Singapore and region.

Skills

Category management

Sourcing events

Negotiations

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Digital tools

Education

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

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Python

Concur

SAP

Ariba

Coupa

Ivalua

Job description

The Assistant Procurement Manager will play a key role in building and scaling the Group Procurement function, with a focus on category management and procurement transformation. The role will own selected indirect spend categories—including Logistics & Supply Chain, Marketing, and Technology—driving sourcing strategies, negotiations, supplier performance, contract management and measurable savings. Working with various stakeholders in Singapore and across the region, the job incumbent will strengthen the procurement operating model by improving source-to-pay processes, spend analytics, reporting, policy compliance and digital tools.

Responsibilities

Category Management and Sourcing

• Main categories include Logistics & Supply Chain, Marketing and Technology
• Build fact-based category strategies covering spend baseline, supplier landscape, cost drivers and market dynamics
• Run end to end competitive sourcing events: 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

Process Improvement and Source-to-Pay

• Design and continuously improve the upstream source-to-pay process
• Digitalize 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, acting as a first point of contact for the business on how to buy

Data, Analytics and Reporting

• Own the Group spend baseline by extracting, cleansing, categorizing 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

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
• Minimum 8 years in indirect procurement, with hands-on ownership on categories and sourcing events from end-to-end
• Background in FMCG, Consumer goods, retail, fashion, or fast-moving, multi-market environment a plus
• Possesses professional certification such as CIPS, CPSM, or Lean and Six Sigma
• Experience managing procurement categories in logistics, marketing and/or technology
• Knowledge in Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or Python
• Experience in process improvement or transformation an advantage
• Working knowledge in P2P or S2P platforms such as Concur, SAP, Ariba, Coupa or Ivalua