Procurement Manager

Filtrona; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the specialty filtration sector seeks a Procurement Manager to oversee significant procurement categories and drive strategic decisions. This role requires deep market knowledge, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to build significant supplier relationships while managing multi-million dollar budgets.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of procurement or supplier working experience.
• Minimum 8 years of strategic sourcing or category management experience.
• Ability to converse fluently in Mandarin.

Responsibilities

• Manage a spend of US$100M to US$200M.
• Negotiate contract terms and pricing.
• Lead Procurement Continuous Improvement Projects.

Skills

Supplier relationship management

Strategic sourcing

Category management

Negotiation skills

Market intelligence

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience

Job description

ABOUT FILTRONA

Filtrona is the only global, independent market leader in the design, testing and manufacturing of specialist filter solutions and related scientific services. With a head office in Singapore, Filtrona has 8 manufacturing facilities across Europe, America, and Asia, together with 2 innovation centres, an accredited laboratory and a centre of excellence focused on sustainability. The company has over 2000 employees serving customers across 120 countries.

Our purpose is to support partners to transform and benefit from business growth; we succeed when they succeed. Our mission is to be a responsible, customer-focused innovation leader creating excellence in sustainable solutions for today and tomorrow.

For more information, please visit www.filtrona.com

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

This is a key role within the Global Procurement team, reporting to the Global Procurement Director. The Procurement Manager is responsible for overall management of relevant procurement categories assigned to them (direct or indirect). The role will also support any strategic business initiatives to maximize revenue and profit.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage a spend of US$100M to UD$200M
• Maintain and strengthen supplier relationships
• Develop and implement specific category planning and management
• Develop and maintain category-specific knowledge, market intelligence that capture best practices
• Leverage market insights and trends to drive strategic decisions/sourcing initiatives in line with business goals and objectives
• Keep up to date with trends and innovations, regulations and new technology that can impact on the business
• Leverage category expertise to support new sales and businesses
• Establish, grow, and leverage network of suppliers
• Work collaboratively with suppliers and internal stakeholders to identify continuous improvement plans
• Assess suitable alternative vendors to de-risk existing supplier base
• Forecast price trends and their impact on future activities, by studying relevant indices.
• Compare and evaluate offers from suppliers and be key contact point in category negotiations
• Negotiate contract terms of agreement and pricing
• Collate reports on purchases within each category, including cost analyses
• Lead Procurement Continuous Improvement Projects

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
• Minimum 15 years of procurement or category-related / supplier working experience
• Minimum 8 years of strategic sourcing or category management experience for Indirect spend
• Experience with strategy development, budgeting and financial management
• Good understanding of the supplier landscape and interpretation of market trends
• Ability to develop and frequently refresh category market intelligence
• Strong desire to drive the category forwards to deliver incremental value for the business
• Strong category knowledge on paper/chemicals/capsules preferred
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and build good working relationships with stakeholders
• Ability to converse fluently in Mandarin to liaise with our Chinese internal stakeholders