Expression of Interests: Senior Procurement Manager - APAC

cbre asia pacific; Singapore; On-site; SGD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Data Center Solutions is seeking an experienced procurement professional in Singapore to lead divisional strategies for value, quality, and risk management across data centre projects and ICT categories.

You will educate, influence, and advise stakeholders while delivering cost reductions, supplier development, and CBRE’s procurement capability at scale. This role involves travel and collaboration with a regional platform team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or Business Administration.
• 5+ years of sourcing/procurement/supply chain experience in APAC.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Experience in data centres or critical environments.
• Operational experience in managing diverse organisations.
• Strong commercial acumen with track record of savings.
• Willingness to travel occasionally.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement divisional procurement strategies aligned with financial objectives.
• Deliver targeted savings and performance improvements across the supply chain.
• Ensure adherence to CBRE procurement policies and procedures.
• Optimize resources to meet business objectives and drive performance.
• Build relationships with key customers to demonstrate CBRE value and win new business.
• Develop networks with stakeholders to promote procurement as a key contributor.
• Identify new markets and suppliers to support CBRE growth.
• Implement learning to embed good procurement practices division-wide.
• Establish contracts with preferred suppliers delivering best value.
• Maintain high-level relationships with supplier organisations.
• Ensure supply chain safety, sustainability, and risk management.

Skills

Excellent communication

English fluency

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Travel willingness

Collaborative

Procurement fundamentals

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain or Business Administration

Job description

Join a global organization where your contributions matter from day one.

• Hiring Now! To support Hyperscale Data Center Environment
• Location: Singapore

About Us - CBRE Data Center Solutions

• CBRE Data Center Solutions (DCS) is a global leader in delivering integrated real estate, facilities, and technology solutions across the entire data centre lifecycle.
• We bring together deep expertise across all DCS service lines—combining capital markets insight, technical excellence, and operational know-how to unlock value for data centre owners, occupiers, and investors around the world. Our teams operate at the forefront of one of the fastest‑growing sectors globally: hyperscale data centres.

Why Join CBRE DCS?

• Be at the centre of high‑growth operations
• Support a flagship static site and key client location within the rapidly expanding Hyperscale Data Center sector.
• We’re Performance that gets recognised
• Our performance‑driven culture ensures your contributions are valued, measured, and rewarded.
• Career growth without limits‑Build in‑demand skills, gain exposure to critical infrastructure, and take your career to the next level—the sky’s the limit.
• Autonomy backed by expert support-Own end‑to‑end service delivery on site while being fully supported and mentored by an experienced regional platform team.

About The Role

This role is an independent contributor. Deliver against the Procurement strategy to ensure the business needs are met of value for money, quality delivery and risk management. To support the business by educating, influencing and advising key stakeholders on procurement best practise concurrent with effective supplier management and development of CBRE suppliers, resulting in exceptional standard of performance and contribution towards long‑term growth and profitability. Focus will be on Data Centre Project and ICT categories.

What You'll Do

• Develop and implement divisional procurement strategies and plans that result in meeting company and divisional financial objectives and growth and retention strategies.
• Deliver targeted savings and performance improvement benefits and is fully accountable for the cost reduction and performance of the total supply chain solution in the division.
• Responsible for divisional adherence to the overall CBRE Procurement strategies, policies and procedures.
• Ensure the resources are in place and optimise performance of resource to deliver the business objectives.
• Build relationships with key customers to actively promote CBRE’s procurement capability and to demonstrate the wider value add of the CBRE business to drive increased new business and customer retention.
• Develop and maintain a strong network of supportive stakeholders that continuously promote procurement as a valued contributor to the success of the division and the company.
• Identify and establish the supply chain in new markets and territories to support CBRE’s growth objectives.
• Develop and implement learning and development interventions to embed good procurement practice throughout the division so that every buying decision made in the business is a good decision.
• Develop contractual arrangements with preferred suppliers that are recognised for delivering best value and high‑quality service delivery to CBRE and its customers.
• Develop and maintain relationships at the highest levels within preferred supplier organisations.
• Ensures that the supply chain is safe, sustainable and appropriately accredited and establish the appropriate mechanisms for continual risk management and performance improvement of the supply chain.
• Develop and implement PEP (Partner Excellence Program) strategies and plans with key suppliers that establish CBRE as a customer of choice in the marketplace and delivers value over and above what would normally be achieved.
• Develop and implement category strategies for elected categories leveraging the wider CBRE market position that ensure the client requirements and CBRE business needs are met.
• Develop and implement communication mechanisms within the division to ensure that all stakeholders are informed and engaged in the delivery of procurement strategies
• Participate in new business bid process, providing procurement expertise to the bid teams to enable CBRE to tender competitively.
• Input to divisional planning activities with horizons of typically 1 to 4 years.
• Take a leading role in developing and implementing CBRE procurement strategies working with Procurement teams in other divisions to develop and share best practice and technical expertise.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or Business Administration from an accredited university.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in sourcing/procurement/supply chain in APAC and across diverse Capex categories.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written in English.
• Experience in data centres, critical environments, engineering, building facilities, infrastructure service provider or similar technology company.
• Operational experience of managing and working within diverse and complex organisation.
• Customer focused, with excellent influencing and communication skills.
• The ability to work with and influence a broad range and level of stakeholders and supplier staff.
• Collaborative approach, with the ability to maximise short term whilst building upon long‑term productive relationships.
• Thrive on working within a fast‑paced organisation.
• Strong commercial acumen and a proven track record of identifying and delivering substantial savings.
• Proficient analytical skills and a measured approach to decision making.
• This role may involve some travel.

About CBRE Group, Inc.

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm and a premier provider of critical infrastructure services. The company has more than 155,000 employees serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves clients through four business segments: Advisory (leasing, sales, debt origination, mortgage servicing, valuations); Building Operations & Experience (facilities management, property management, flex space & experience, critical infrastructure); Project Management (program management, project management, cost consulting); Real Estate Investments (investment management, development). Please visit our website at www.cbre.com.

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