Procurement Manager

nippon paint (singapore) company private limited; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

nippon paint (singapore) company private limited is seeking an experienced procurement leader to oversee sourcing strategies, supplier management, and governance across the organization.

Key focus areas include category sourcing, supplier negotiations, risk management, and sustainability initiatives to ensure supply continuity, cost optimization, and compliance.

This role requires strong collaboration with internal teams and external partners to drive value and resilience in the supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to align sourcing strategies, demand planning, pricing, and supply requirements with business objectives.
• Provide market intelligence and commodity insights to support business planning, decision‑making, innovation, and new product development initiatives.
• Develop and execute category strategies to optimize cost, quality, value, and supply performance.
• Lead supplier selection, negotiations, contract management, and supplier performance reviews while ensuring compliance with procurement policies and governance standards.
• Develop and maintain supplier partnerships to enhance supply continuity, collaboration, and communication.
• Ensure supply continuity through effective forecasting, supplier collaboration, inventory management, and contingency planning.
• Identify and mitigate supply chain, market, quality, and operational risks to support business continuity.
• Carry out suppliers’ evaluation to ensure supplier compliance with company requirement in price, quality service and safety.
• Drive procurement process excellence through effective governance, controls, systems.
• Utilize data and analytics to monitor performance, identify improvement opportunities, and support informed decision‑making.
• Identify and champion cost reduction projects, including periodic updates for management.
• Monitor market trends and negotiate favorable material pricing to support cost objectives.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

(i) Stakeholder Management & Business Partnership

• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to align sourcing strategies, demand planning, pricing, and supply requirements with business objectives.

• Provide market intelligence and commodity insights to support business planning, decision‑making, innovation, and new product development initiatives.

(ii) Category Sourcing, Supplier & Contract Management

• Develop and execute category strategies to optimize cost, quality, value, and supply performance.

• Lead supplier selection, negotiations, contract management, and supplier performance reviews while ensuring compliance with procurement policies and governance standards.

• Develop and maintain supplier partnerships to enhance supply continuity, collaboration, and communication.

(iii) Supply Assurance & Risk Management

• Ensure supply continuity through effective forecasting, supplier collaboration, inventory management, and contingency planning.

• Identify and mitigate supply chain, market, quality, and operational risks to support business continuity.

• Carry out suppliers’ evaluation to ensure supplier compliance with company requirement in price, quality service and safety.

(iv) Procurement Excellence & Governance

• Drive procurement process excellence through effective governance, controls, systems.

• Utilize data and analytics to monitor performance, identify improvement opportunities, and support informed decision‑making.

• Identify and champion cost reduction projects, including periodic updates for management.

• Monitor market trends and negotiate favorable material pricing to support cost objectives.

(v) Sustainability & ESG

• Promote responsible sourcing practices and supplier engagement to support sustainability and ESG objectives.

• Drive environmental, social, and ethical sourcing initiatives across the supplier base in collaboration with key stakeholders.