Senior Buyer: Strategic Sourcing & Inventory Optimization

Recruit Express Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruit Express Pte Ltd is seeking a purchasing professional to manage end-to-end procurement activities at our Changi site. The role covers quotations, purchase orders, requisitions, inventory replenishment, supplier performance, and maintaining PO health aligned with approval policies.

You will collaborate with production, finance, engineering and quality teams, support localization and direct sourcing projects, and help mitigate supply risks through data-driven analysis and cross-functional

Qualifications

• Experience in purchasing and procurement processes.
• Familiarity with purchase orders, requisitions and supplier management.
• Ability to analyze purchasing data and generate reports.
• Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams (production, finance, engineering, QA).
• Attention to inventory levels, stockouts and replenishment strategies.

Responsibilities

• Manage quotation, prepare and process purchase orders and requisitions for materials, supplies, and equipment.
• Monitor and manage inventory levels to ensure timely replenishment and avoid stockouts.
• Maintain accurate records of purchases, pricing and supplier performance.
• Maintain purchase order health, including aging, past due, and open POs, to ensure compliance with approval policies.
• Materials include Direct and Regulated Indirect with supplier for both local and oversea vendors.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with suppliers to ensure continuous supply and negotiate favorable terms.
• Handle projects to support localization, direct sourcing, and BCP initiatives, to mitigate supply risk.
• Analyze purchasing data and generate reports to support decision-making and identify opportunities for improvement with digitalization tools.
• Implement PO Collaboration, Supplier Pull, VMI, MRP and/or historical usage to balance demand and supply against forecast, AOP and ROP targets.
• Apply good knowledge and determine the optimal inventory level to meet service, forecast, and AOP requirements while managing working capital/spend.
• Balance trade-offs between inventory, service level and cost.
• Drive actions to mitigate excess, slow movement and critical material shortages.
• Coordinate any urgent incoming shipments to warehouse, receiving and inspection.
• Track and expedite orders to ensure timely delivery and resolve any shipping, delivery, receiving or PO issues.
• Ensure that purchased products meet the company's quality standards and specifications; collaborate with quality control for supplier performance and product quality.

Job description

Recruit Express Pte Ltd is seeking a purchasing professional to manage end-to-end procurement activities at our Changi site. The role covers quotations, purchase orders, requisitions, inventory replenishment, supplier performance, and maintaining PO health aligned with approval policies.

You will collaborate with production, finance, engineering and quality teams, support localization and direct sourcing projects, and help mitigate supply risks through data-driven analysis and cross-functional