Procurement Manager - Data Center (High Voltage)

Turner & Townsend; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services firm seeking a Procurement Manager to oversee end-to-end procurement for defined categories and projects. The role requires deep procurement expertise, stakeholder influence, and a focus on cost optimization and risk management.

You will lead strategy, drive supplier performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align procurement with business objectives and governance standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Project management or a related field.
• Proven experience in procurement or supply chain management, preferably with data center experience.
• Track record of managing complex procurement initiatives and stakeholder environments.
• Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Advanced problem-solving and analytical capabilities.
• Negotiation and conflict resolution expertise.
• Ability to manage complexity and prioritize effectively.
• Solid understanding of procurement processes and commercial principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end procurement activities for assigned categories, projects, or business units.
• Ensure procurement strategies align with organizational goals and operational requirements.
• Drive cost optimization, supplier performance, and value creation across procurement initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to understand business needs and priorities.
• Influence decision-making through data-driven insights and negotiation skills.
• Resolve conflicts and guide stakeholders toward optimal procurement outcomes.
• Address complex, multi-variable procurement challenges affecting multiple stakeholders.
• Conduct root cause analysis to identify underlying issues and implement sustainable solutions.
• Prioritize competing demands while balancing cost, quality, risk, and timelines.
• Develop and manage supplier relationships to ensure performance, compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Lead negotiations and contract management to secure favorable terms and mitigate risks.
• Monitor supplier performance and drive corrective actions when necessary.
• Understand how procurement activities interlink with broader business processes.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensure governance, compliance, and adherence to procurement policies and standards.
• Provide informal leadership, guidance, and mentorship to team members or small workgroups.
• Coordinate cross-functional efforts to deliver procurement objectives efficiently.
• Support capability building within the procurement function.
• Accountable for the full outcomes of a procurement function, category, or project segment.
• Makes decisions that impact cost, supplier performance, and operational efficiency.
• Exercises judgment in complex situations with multiple variables and stakeholder considerations.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decisions

Negotiation

Cost optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management

Job description

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
Please visit our website:www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

The Procurement Manager is responsible for overseeing procurement activities within a defined function or project segment. This role requires deep expertise in procurement processes, strong analytical capabilities, and the ability to influence stakeholders to achieve optimal sourcing outcomes. The incumbent ensures alignment between procurement activities and broader organizational objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Procurement Strategy & Execution

• Lead end-to-end procurement activities for assigned categories, projects, or business units.
• Ensure procurement strategies align with organizational goals and operational requirements.
• Drive cost optimization, supplier performance, and value creation across procurement initiatives.

Stakeholder Management & Influence

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to understand business needs and priorities.
• Influence decision-making through data-driven insights and negotiation skills.
• Resolve conflicts and guide stakeholders toward optimal procurement outcomes.

Problem Solving & Analysis

• Address complex, multi-variable procurement challenges affecting multiple stakeholders.
• Conduct root cause analysis to identify underlying issues and implement sustainable solutions.
• Prioritize competing demands while balancing cost, quality, risk, and timelines.

Supplier & Contract Management

• Develop and manage supplier relationships to ensure performance, compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Lead negotiations and contract management to secure favorable terms and mitigate risks.
• Monitor supplier performance and drive corrective actions when necessary.

Process Integration & Improvement

• Understand how procurement activities interlink with broader business processes.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensure governance, compliance, and adherence to procurement policies and standards.

Team Coordination & Guidance

• Provide informal leadership, guidance, and mentorship to team members or small workgroups.
• Coordinate cross-functional efforts to deliver procurement objectives efficiently.
• Support capability building within the procurement function.

Decision-Making & Accountability

• Accountable for the full outcomes of a procurement function, category, or project segment.
• Makes decisions that impact cost, supplier performance, and operational efficiency.
• Exercises judgment in complex situations with multiple variables and stakeholder considerations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Project management or a related field
• Proven experience in procurement or supply chain management, preferably with data center experience
• Track record of managing complex procurement initiatives and stakeholder environments
• Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills
• Advanced problem-solving and analytical capabilities
• Negotiation and conflict resolution expertise
• Ability to manage complexity and prioritize effectively
• Solid understanding of procurement processes and commercial principles

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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