Purchasing Business Finance Partner

Schneider Electric; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking a Purchasing Business Finance Partner to join the EA Procurement leadership team. You will develop strategy, set targets, and animate performance reviews, challenging supplier productivity and delivery through metrics.

You will collaborate with GSC Regions, BU’s, Operations and Corporate Functions to promote financial awareness across non-finance teams. Your role drives productivity, cost management, and financial governance across the procurement network, enabling

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience as a Finance Business Partner.
• Proven experience deploying digital automation for prescriptive and predictive analytics.

Responsibilities

• Animate Annual Procurement Operational Planning to support productivity and base cost targets.
• Challenge targets with Global Markets, BU Procurement, and GSC Regions.
• Animate quarterly rolling forecast for productivity and base cost to identify gaps.
• Lead SIM meetings to identify, fund and track actions to close gaps to target.
• Own productivity pipeline tracking tools (e.g., iSave, Prism) for GSC International EA.
• Own the raw material inflation impact process and tool (RMI) for GSC International EA.
• Leverage the BVD portal to evaluate supplier financial health and drive mitigations.
• Drive cash improvement actions with the regional Cash champion.
• Ensure internal controls with GSC International EA procurement finance teams.
• Manage transversal projects for Global Procurement Finance.

Skills

Finance Partner

Digital Automation

Analytical Skills

Stakeholder Management

English Proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in finance, Accounting, Engineering, IT or equivalent

Job description

In Schneider Electric, everything we do is geared towards advancing progress and sustainability for all—our colleagues, customers, partners, and the communities and societies weserve.

Whether it's through our products, software, and services that propel the digital transformation of energy management and automation, or through our corporate citizenship and volunteer activities, we make a meaningful impact by empowering people and organizations to become more resilient, electric, and digital.

Which is where you come in. Working at Schneider Electric means working toward a cleaner, better world. You are part of a global team built on inclusion, mastery, purpose, action, curiosity, and teamwork, turning sustainability ambitions into actions.

Join us as a Purchasing Business Finance Partner to make an impact!

Mission (About the Role)

The Purchasing Business Finance Partner will be a key member of EA Procurement leadership team developing strategy, setting targets and animating cadence of performance reviews. He/She will challenge Supplier Productivity, Quality and Delivery performance through leverage of effective performance metrics.

Additionally, he/she will support and interact with key stakeholders in GSC Regions, BU’s, Operations and Corporate Functions and promote financial awareness of non-finance employees.

What will you do?

• Animate Annual Procurement Operational Planning process (“APOP”) ensuring it supports the direct material productivity and base cost targets for the Y+1.
• Challenge Global Markets, BU Procurement and GSC Region Clusters to set targets consistent with the requirements of the Procurement Region target.
• Animate quarterly rolling forecast process for productivity and base cost to enable identification of gaps to target.
• Drive productivity Short Interval Management (“SIM”) meetings to identify, prioritize, fund and track actions to close gaps to target.
• Take ownership of the productivity pipeline tracking process and tools (iSave, Prism, etc) for GSC International EA, working with buyers and GSC Finance to ensure that productivity calculation rules are deployed effectively and consistently.
• Take ownership of the raw material inflation impact process and tool (“RMI”) for the GSC International EA perimeter ensuring that inflation impacts are appropriately recorded.
• Leverage the BVD portal to evaluate financial health of suppliers in the GSC International EA perimeter and work as part of the team which drives mitigation actions in cases of identified risk.
• Take ownership of the cash improvement actions together with the Cash champion of the Region.
• Work with GSC International EA procurement, Category managers and global network of controllers to ensure all relevant Key Internal Controls are implemented and are operating effectively.
• Manage transversal projects for Global Procurement Finance as required.

What qualifications will make you successful?

• At least 10 years of experience as a Finance Business Partner.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance, Accounting, Engineering, IT or equivalent.
• Digital Native, with proven experience in deploying digital automation to deliver prescriptive and predictive analytics for business performance insights.
• Strong analytical skills & ability to organize, summarize & articulate complex data for decision making.
• Proficient in English, oral and written.
• Passion for continuous improvement & change management.
• Ability to build credibility and animate networks outside functional area.

Rewards designed for you

Our Total Rewards is our way of saying: We see you and we value you. It’s more than just pay and benefits—it’s a meaningful investment in you. It is designed to help you perform, grow, feel safe, and elevate your potential. The package helps you care for yourself and your family, plan your future, grow your skills and career, collaborate in an inclusive workplace, and contribute to your community. At Schneider Electric, we’re here for what matters most to you. Discover more at our Career Page.

* Country-specific programs and initiatives may be available.

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

€40 billion global revenue
+9% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

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