Indirect Procurement Manager, APAC

Edrington; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Edrington is seeking a procurement professional in Singapore to build strong connections with key business partners and manage needs and expectations to drive satisfaction while ensuring compliance with procurement standards and alignment with strategies. The role engages internal stakeholders to understand local context and develop a pipeline of high-potential cost-saving projects for APAC.

The candidate will lead the APAC POSM Hub development, explore a centralized model for cost, speed, and

Job description

• Building strong connections with key business partners. Managing the needs and expectations of the business to drive satisfaction while ensuring compliance to procurement standards and alignment with procurement strategies.
• Engages and collaborates with internal stakeholders to understand local business context and to build the pipeline of projects that have significant saving potential.
• Acting as the lead for APAC POSM Hub development, exploring a centralized model for cost, speed & brand consistency to streamline POSM execution across APAC.
• Developing the strategy and implementation plan for agencies category (Marketing ATL/BTL) of spend in APAC market that will effectively meet the needs of the business and deliver the maximum value, ensuring category management is aligned with global & regional & local strategies and business needs.
• Manage negotiations with suppliers to ensure the best value and terms are achieved for the business whilst maintaining good, professional working relationships with our partners.
• Partner and support business leaders to develop strategic and operational sourcing strategies, ensuring collaborative and innovation driven relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
• Support supplier evaluations and vendor pool assessments to ensure our suppliers can be held accountable for delivery and our vendor pool remains competitive, of high quality and compliant.
• Stay abreast of regional & local trends to assist the stakeholders in their existing needs and provide innovative ideas for efficient marketing spends.
• Develop procurement project plans to define objectives, resources, timeline, specification, supplier selection criteria in Marketing areas.
• Executes end to end procurement involvement of marketing spending of appropriate size and scope.
• Managing the interactions with the organizations that supply the services to the company including relationship building, data review and analysis, performance management, development, improvement, and innovation.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of the relevant industrial and global/regional procurement best practices.