Planning & Procurement Manager

Tee Hai Chem Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company transport provided

5-days work week

Job summary

Tee Hai Chem Pte Ltd in Singapore is seeking a seasoned Planning & Procurement leader to own the S&OP process, align demand with supply, and optimize inventory and working capital. You will drive governance, monitor KPIs, and coordinate with suppliers and cross-functional teams to ensure reliable supply and cost efficiency.

The role requires 7–10 years in operations or supply chain leadership with strong planning, procurement, and change-management skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field.
• 7–10+ years of progressive ops/scm leadership with S&OP ownership.
• Experience in planning and procurement leadership, preferably in chemicals/ingredients.
• Strong planning, logistics, warehousing knowledge and process improvement.
• Proven leadership, strategic thinking and stakeholder influence.
• Analytical mindset with data modeling and performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Build, own and drive a disciplined S&OP process with cross-functional alignment.
• Validate demand forecasts and lead exception management for trade-offs.
• Optimize inventory and working capital while maintaining service levels.
• Lead S&OP governance and KPI tracking for planning performance.
• Update Material Master data and coordinate with SAP ITBP on system issues.
• Build supplier relationships, negotiate contracts and monitor performance.
• Identify cost reductions, value creation and process optimizations.
• Assess risks in planning and procurement, including disruptions and compliance.
• Drive continuous improvement and cross-functional execution.

Skills

S&OP leadership

Demand forecasting

Inventory optimization

Stakeholder management

Procurement leadership

Contract negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Process improvement

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Supply chain management

Chemicals/ingredients industry experience

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

Planning Responsibility:

• Build, own and drive a disciplined Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process, ensuring alignment across demand, supply, inventory, and storage capacity planning. Review and update current process for Operations, Commercial and relevant functional teams to validate and execute the agreed supply plans.

• Validate demand forecasts with sales trends and forecast accuracy performance to justify inventory investment. Lead exceptions management process to identify fulfilment risks, and constraints, and enable timely, fact-based trade-off decisions with key stakeholders to finalize sales plan. Review supply plans to optimize cost to serve, working capital (inventory and cash) and service level (OTIF).

• Optimize inventory with agreed service levels. Improve working capital efficiency through mitigating aging inventory with sales clearance effort or disposal to maintain inventory health. Drive actions to identify, reduce, and eliminate excess and obsolete.

• Lead S&OP governance and review meetings with strong process discipline, accountability, and compliance;Establish, monitor key operational performance indicators (KPIs), i.e., inventory health, service levels, forecast accuracy, and supply reliability.Accountable to achieve target inventory turn, inventory days, inventory coverage, ageing inventory, stock write-offs, forecast accuracy and bias, and other planning metrics as needed.

• Ensure regular updates to planning parameters in the Material master (MM) database; Oversee the MM process of respective planners to obtain all material data for timely and accurate material master data creation/update (lead-time, safety stock, material code, etc.); Coordinate with SAP ITBP team to resolve planning system issues.

Procurement Responsibility

• Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, negotiate contracts, and ensure compliance with agreements and performance metrics.

• Identify opportunities for cost reduction, value creation, and process optimization within the procurement function.

• Assess and mitigate planning and procurement risks, including supply chain disruptions, price volatility, and regulatory compliance.

Key Competencies:

• Lead and mentor a team of planning and procurement professionals, foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including commercial, finance, and operations for execution to business success.

• Establishing KPIs and metrics for effective execution and performance management towards operational excellence, continuous improvement

• Ensure compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and company policies, promote ethical conduct and integrity in planning and procurement activities.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives. Identify, prioritize, and lead continuous improvement initiatives across forecasting accuracy, replenishment scheduling, inventory optimization, and supplier supply planning.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain management, or a related field with a minimum of 7-10 years of progressive experience in operations, engineering, or supply chain leadership, including direct ownership of S&OP.

• Strong in planning processes and understands key Supply Chain elements including Planning, Logistics, Warehousing and drive process improvements.

• Proven work experience in planning and procurement leadership roles, preferable within a multinational corporation, ideally within chemicals/ingredients industry managing complex buying-and-selling business processes and models.

• Deep understanding of Procurement & Planning best practices, market dynamics, and supply chain management principles.

• Excellent leadership and team management abilities, with strategic mindset to translate business objectives into actions.

• Analytical mindset, with proficiency in data analysis, financial modeling, and performance metrics.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to influence key stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

• Proven ability to influence, coach, and align stakeholders across multiple organizational levels, functions, and geographies.

• Results-oriented, with a track record of driving measurable business improvements and scalable process solutions.

• Demonstrated project and program management expertise, including cross-functional coordination, communication, execution, governance, and post-implementation review.

• Strong change leadership skills with the ability to drive adoption of new processes, systems, and behaviors.

• Strong negotiation skills, with a track record of achieving cost savings and value creation.

Other information

• 5-days work week (Monday to Friday)

• Working Hours: 8.00am to 5.00pm

• Company transport provided at designated pick-up point (Jurong West, Boon Lay, Lakeside, Jurong East, Serangoon, Bukit Panjang, Choa Chu Kang, Woodlands MRT)