Procurement Manager

JAC Recruitment Consultant; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Molycop in Singapore seeks an experienced procurement professional to drive internal customer management, supplier development, and contract compliance. You will translate business needs into clear specifications, coordinate cross-functional inputs, and respond to feedback with tailored solutions.

The role focuses on sourcing, supplier performance, and commercial management, including RFQ processes, evaluating proposals, and ensuring SLAs.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5-10 years experience in Procurement and/or Purchasing / Supply Chain
• High level of computer proficiency with MS Office suite
• Team player with extensive experience in working in a commercial team environment
• Ability to communicate business requirements effectively when in stressful situations
• Outstanding attention to detail
• Ability to speak English and Mandarin fluently

Responsibilities

• Internal Customer Management: assist in developing specifications, coordinate needs, respond to feedback with tailored actions
• Supplier Management: improve supply base and understand suppliers' risks to minimize disruption
• Performance Management: capture savings and report benefits, develop supplier KPIs, monitor performance
• Sourcing Management: prepare RFQ documents, evaluate responses, select proposals, engage new suppliers
• Contract Management: ensure SLAs & KPIs compliance, ensure supplier adherence to contracts
• Commercial Management: comply with LC processes and related policies
• Procurement Activities: negotiate orders, ensure continuity of supply, obtain quotes, verify services and reconcile invoices

Skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder mgmt

MS Office

English & Mandarin

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

1. Internal Customer Management

   • Assist business stakeholders in developing the specifications for a desired product or service to meet the needs of the end users

   • Assist in understanding business needs, coordinating and gathering specifications for a desired product or service

   • Respond timely to customers’ feedback and complaints with tailored solutions and corrective actions

2. Supplier Management

   • Achieve continuous improvement in the existing supply base as well as developing new supplier capabilities

   • Gain an in-depth understanding of each supplier including operational risks associated with a supplier, to minimize the supply disruption risk

3. Performance Management

   • Responsible for capture of savings realised and reporting into benefits capture system

   • Developing supplier KPIs to support the overarching Procurement function’s strategy, goals and targets

   • Monitor suppliers’ performance in line with KPIs, contractual obligation and service level agreements

4. Sourcing Management

   • Prepare the RFQ documents based on internal customer requirements using available templates, receipt of supplier proposals, opening submissions and closing of RFQ boxes

   • Evaluate the RFQ responses against a set of pre-defined criteria, including management of cross-functional stakeholder groups

   • Select the most appropriate RFQ response and prepare the business case for sign off

   • Engage new suppliers to understand market offerings and to identify potential new suppliers for Molycop

5. Contract Management

   • Ensure Molycop complies with contract SLAs & KPIs obligations

   • Ensure supplier complies with purchase contract

6. Commercial Management

   • Ensure Molycop complies with commercial solutions when executing the Letters of Credit process meeting internal and provider (Bank) policies, procedures, and processes

7. Procurement Activities

   • Responsible for negotiations and supplier interactions of orders for goods or services through the strategies and procurement methods to meet business needs. Responsible for managing continuity of supply through negotiation and dispute resolution

   • Responsible for obtaining quotes and providing ad hoc sourcing support as required

   • Responsible for verifications of services claimed including reconciliation of receipts as required to Molycop orders

   • Responsible for the reconciliation of invoices against purchase orders and any variances to facilitate payment and compliance agreed to terms and conditions

Key Requirements:

• Procurement/Supply Chain Qualifications

  • Minimum of 5-10 years experience in Procurement and/or Purchasing / Supply Chain role, preferably with experience in the steel industry

  • High level of computer proficiency with MS Office suite

  • Team player with extensive experience in working in a commercial team environment

  • Ability to communicate business requirements effectively when in stressful situations

  • Outstanding attention to detail

  • Ability to speak English and Mandarin fluently