F&B Sourcing & Costing Lead

Select Group Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Select Group Pte Ltd is seeking a senior purchasing professional to lead day-to-day sourcing, supplier management and costing for the group’s F&B and catering operations. You will secure quality at the best total cost and provide accurate purchasing data for decision-making, reporting to the Assistant Director Purchase.

You will handle RFQs, negotiate terms, manage supplier performance, and support cost-control initiatives across central kitchen and outlets.

Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, Logistics, F&B or related field.
• At least 5 years of purchasing experience including 2 years in F&B, catering, central kitchen or food manufacturing.
• Experience sourcing fresh and frozen food, especially seafood, rice and dry goods.

Responsibilities

• Source food and non-food items to agreed specifications, cost and lead times.
• Run RFQs and tenders, prepare quotation comparisons and recommend suppliers with clear cost and quality rationale.
• Negotiate prices, payment terms, minimum order quantities and delivery schedules; secure annual or seasonal contracts where appropriate.
• Develop alternative and backup suppliers to reduce single-source risk and respond quickly to market shortages.
• Ensure purchase requisitions and purchase orders are processed promptly, in line with SOPs and approval limits.
• Onboard and evaluate suppliers on price, quality, food safety compliance, delivery performance and service.
• Conduct periodic supplier reviews and site visits; follow up on non-conformances, returns and credit notes.
• Maintain the approved supplier list and supplier documentation (licences, certificates, Halal status).
• Work with culinary and operations teams on menu costing, recipe costing and pricing of new menu items.
• Analyse spend, price variances and supplier performance to support cost control and forecasting.

Skills

Supplier management

Negotiation

Data analysis

Excel

Communication

English proficiency

Education

Supply Chain diploma/degree

Business Administration diploma/degree

Logistics diploma/degree

F&B related field diploma/degree

Tools

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel (Pivot, VLOOKUP)

Job description

Select Group Pte Ltd is seeking a senior purchasing professional to lead day-to-day sourcing, supplier management and costing for the group’s F&B and catering operations. You will secure quality at the best total cost and provide accurate purchasing data for decision-making, reporting to the Assistant Director Purchase.

You will handle RFQs, negotiate terms, manage supplier performance, and support cost-control initiatives across central kitchen and outlets.