Buyer/Planner

Safran; Singapore; On-site; SGD 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Safran Singapore is seeking a Procurement Specialist to ensure on-time availability of parts sourced from BUs and suppliers, maintaining quality and cost objectives. You will define procurement parameters in MRP item master and supply contracts.

You will monitor supplier performance, manage PORs, negotiate lead times, and coordinate with BUs across Europe, US, Asia. The role requires 3–5 years in procurement and strong ERP/MRP2 knowledge.

Qualifications

• Diploma / Bachelor degree in Supply Chain Management.
• 3 to 5 years’ experience in procurement, material planning or buying in manufacturing or MRO.
• Experience with ERP systems and supplier portals.
• Knowledge of MRP2 principles and business economics.
• Familiarity with customs and transport rules and supplier contracts.
• Able to work in a team and possess strong interpersonal skills.
• Well organized with excellent follow-up.

Responsibilities

• Define procurement parameters in MRP item master and contracts.
• Analyze and measure inventory completeness.
• Process and issue production needs/demand to suppliers.
• Ensure all PORs are processed.
• Manage external procurement to support supplier performance.
• Confirm deliveries for upcoming week and adjust plans.
• Negotiate lead times/quantities within contractual frameworks.
• Monitor supplier capacity and forecast needs.
• Track supplier performance and coordinate with central teams.
• Handle exceptions from MRP and suggest solutions for shortages.
• Weekly PO list reviews with BUs.
• Perform financial reconciliations of PNs.
• Participate in QRQC and new capability provisioning for spares.
• Ensure quarantine dispositions are acted promptly.
• Rectify PO/Invoice & Inventory variances.

Skills

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Organized

Attention to detail

Education

Diploma/Bachelor in SCM

Tools

ERP systems

MRP2 principles

Supplier portal

Job description

Reporting directly to Assistant Manager, Purchasing, your role will be to ensure that products sourced from the Business Units (BUs) and external suppliers are made available to internal customers in the required quantities, on time, and in line with quality rules and economic objectives.

As part of the Supply Chain organization and with the aim of ensuring the continuity of repair production:

Defining the procurement parameters in the MRP item master sections and in Supply Chain contracts consistent with the inventory objectives and industrial strategy (in accordance with the defined budgets)

Analyzing and measuring inventory completeness levels

Analyzing, processing, confirming, and issuing the production needs/demand to the supplier

Ensuring that all Purchase Order Requests (POR) are processed

Processing and managing external procurement (excluding non-production purchases) to ensure the operational performance of the supplier panel in terms of quality and lead-times.

Confirming deliveries for the coming week

Analyzing deliveries that are not or will not be honoured, requesting a new date from the BUs in Europe, US and Asia or external suppliers (Revised Date), and updating them

Negotiating lead times/quantities with suppliers within the contractual framework set by purchasing

Monitoring the progress of manufacturing at the supplier’s plants, managing Orders aknowledgements, monitoring flow till receipt, following up the handling of administrative disputes/discrepancies, and following up with suppliers

Monitoring suppliers capacity and providing forecast to suppliers.

Monitoring and analysing suppliers performance in coordination with the HOD Supply Chain and, if supplier targets are not met, implementing the internal and external action plans in coordination with the central Supply Chain teams. Efficiency criterion: reliability of transmitted data

Handling exception messages (release an order, advancing, postponing, cancelling an order, end date overrun, late release, etc.) from the material requirement plan

Suggesting solutions in the event of shortage parts (exchanges between Shops to find solutions)

Setting up weekly purchase order lists reviews with the Coordinator & BUs

Performing financial reconciliations of PNs

Participating in the Supply Chain / Procurement department’s Quick Response Quality Control (QRQC)

Participate in new capability set-up on initial provisioning for spares

Ensure Quarantine dispositions are acted promptly

Rectify PO/ Invoice & Inventory variances

Any other duties

Ensuring compliance with standards and improving them:

• Applying safety and operating standards (quality, lead times, 5S, maintenance)
• Updating standards by proposing improvements
• Participating in improvement projects

Requirements

• Diploma / Bachelor degree in Supply Chain Management
• 3 to 5 years’ experience or successful initial experience as a procurementSpecialist, material planner or buyerin manufacturing or MRO environment is a good asset for the position. This could also open the role to relevant candidates from precision engineering, electronics, semiconductor or other regulated manufacturing environments with transferable experience.
• Ability to use business systems and management tools: ERP, Supplier portal, etc.
• Good knowledge and understanding of MRP2principles
• Basic knowledge of business economics
• Knowledge of the basic rules of customs and transport
• Knowledge of suppliers contractual framework
• Ability to work as a team
• Possess good interpersonal and instructional skills
• Well organized and excellent follow-up strategy