Assistant Procurement Manager

charleskeith; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

charleskeith seeks a senior procurement professional to lead indirect procurement across markets, with a focus on fashion, logistics, marketing and tech categories.

You will own end-to-end source-to-pay processes, drive cost savings, establish supplier performance metrics and partner with Legal, Finance and regional teams in Singapore and the broader Asia-Pacific region. A minimum 8 years in indirect procurement and strong analytics are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years in indirect procurement, with end-to-end ownership of categories and sourcing events.
• 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 and advanced Excel; Power BI/Tableau/SQL/Python are a plus.
• Experience with P2P or S2P platforms such as Concur, SAP, Ariba, Coupa or Ivalua is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Category management and sourcing across logistics, marketing, and technology.
• Lead and run competitive sourcing events end-to-end: briefing, RFI, RFP and RFQ, scoring, award.
• Negotiate total cost of ownership and supplier contracts; manage demand and consolidation opportunities.
• Design and improve upstream source-to-pay processes and digitalise the procurement toolkit.
• Build procurement dashboards and monthly CFO/Management Committee reporting.
• Stakeholder management across Marketing, Logistics, IT, Store Operations, Projects, Legal and Finance.

Skills

Indirect procurement

8+ yrs exp

AI tools

Stakeholder management

Multi-market experience

Education

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

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Python

Concur

SAP

Ariba

Coupa

Ivalua

Job description

We're on the lookout for individuals who are passionate about fashion, think outside the box, and have an eye for innovation.

Unleash your potential with us, and join us as we create joy and excitement in our global community to empower people to express themselves freely through fashion.

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