Assistant / Procurement Manager (Data Center)

Princeton Digital Group (Singapore) SG1 Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Princeton Digital Group is seeking an Assistant Procurement Manager for its Singapore HQ. The role involves managing procurement activities, ensuring compliance, and supporting various regions. Ideal candidates will have a background in engineering and extensive procurement experience, especially in the data center industry.

Qualifications

• 5 years+ experience in procurement functions.
• Data Center industry experience required.
• Experience with RFP/Tender procedures.

Responsibilities

• Manage procurement activities and ensure compliance with policies.
• Conduct vendor evaluations and maintain vendor relationships.
• Prepare reports and manage procurement dashboards.

Skills

Procurement Management

Vendor Relationship Management

ERP Systems

Data Analysis

Compliance Knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Oracle

SAP

Job description

Who We Are

Princeton Digital Group (PDG) is a leading developer and operator of Internet infrastructure. Headquartered in Singapore with presence and operations in China, Singapore, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Japan, its portfolio of data centers powers the expansion of hyperscalers and enterprises in the fastest-growing digital economies across Asia. With 21 data centers in 15 cities across 6 countries and counting, we help hyperscalers and enterprises unleash their growth potential. Our strategic model and a portfolio of exceptional capacity and pipeline equates to unlimited opportunities in Asia’s high-growth markets.

PDG is backed by blue-chip investors - Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity firm with a successful history of creating world-class technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) and real estate platforms, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), Canada's largest single profession pension plan with $204.7 billion in net assets and Mubadala Investment Company, a sovereign investor that manages a diverse global portfolio for the Government of Abu Dhabi.

Build your career with PDG, where we offer an unparalleled platform with exciting career growth opportunities across countries and functions. PDG upholds the highest level of governance and is committed to provide a safe and healthy work environment for all our employees. At PDG, diversity and inclusion are valued, and every individual's opinion matters. We promote an open and collaborative culture and encourage everyone to take ownership in building a great company together.

For more information, visitwww.princetondg.comor follow us onLinkedIn.

Role Summary

Based in our Singapore HQ, The Assistant Procurement Manager is tasked with managing procurement-related activities. Responsibilities include ensuring all policies and processes are periodically updated and adhered to across all countries, maintaining checks and balances, creating, and updating procurement dashboards and Management Information Systems (MIS) to ensure data integrity.

Additionally, the role involves validating approvals from various regions and presenting them to management along with recommendations, driving special projects, and overseeing vendor onboarding processes. Providing procurement support to regions on an as-needed basis is also part of the role. Furthermore, the role entails acting as a procurement buyer for new countries and sharing bandwidth as necessary to complete projects in a timely and cost-efficient manner.

Job Responsibilities:

Core Activities:

• Identify the need for processes, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and draft them, ensuring all policies and processes are periodically updated and adhered to across all countries, maintaining checks and balances.

• Manage approvals in the ERP system.

• Float Request for Proposals (RFPs), obtain quotations, conduct price comparisons, and identify target cost areas for negotiation through analysis of bids.

• Create and update procurement dashboards and Management Information Systems (MIS) for spend analysis, savings reports, and various procurement trends to ensure data integrity.

• Act as an internal auditor on procurement processes and correct any identified areas of improvement.

• Prepare Approval/Recommendation notes.

• Conduct vendor evaluation and manage end-to-end vendor relationships.

• Engage with cross-functional business leaders (internal and external) on procurement matters and provide necessary support.

• Ensure all procurement targets for the project(s) are met at various milestones, covering supplier support, cost, on-time delivery of materials, quality, qualification, processes, and equipment.

• Keep track of Cost Savings Projects.

• Serve as the point of contact from procurement for Purchase Order related queries and be responsible for resolving these queries for the allotted region or project.

Internal Processes and Compliance:

• Follow, communicate, and manage detailed Procurement project procedure and communicate the same to the Engineering/Project teams to ensure compliance with the same during project phase.

• Check basic content of Agreements from commercial perspective.

• Review existing contracts/agreements and lead compliance w.r.t. usage compliance.

• MIS Reporting, Tracking and Support Activities:

• Arrange meetings with technical teams and/or vendors, draft & keep track of Minutes of meetings.

• Initiate Supplier registration and track the same.

• Perform, Create & Maintain Various Reports and MIS, especially the Procurement tracker.

• Track Open Purchase orders and initiate closing of PO as regular intervals in co-ordination with user teams.

• Track the budget with Procurement Head.

Qualities You Should Have

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field of studies

• At least 5 years of experience within the procurement function

• Data Center industry working experience

• Prior experience in Project Procurement / preferably MEP project experience.

• Must have experience for carrying out RFP/Tender procedure, Agreement Closure and Working in ERP (Oracle/SAP)

• Extensive knowledge in MIS, Dashboard, procurement compliance requirement

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