Senior Global Procurement Director

CATERPILLAR ASIA PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global manufacturing company in Singapore is seeking an experienced professional to manage supply network strategies and supplier relationships. Responsibilities include identifying performance gaps, leading negotiations, and developing strategic business plans. The ideal candidate should possess strong leadership and communication skills along with experience in category management. Collaborate with diverse teams to foster organizational success while enjoying a comprehensive benefits package including paid leave and medical coverage.

Benefits

Paid annual leave

Flexible leave

Medical and insurance benefits

Qualifications

• Strong negotiation skills and ability to collaborate across teams.
• Proficient in planning and strategy development.
• Effective communication with diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of supply network strategy for specific categories.
• Identify and address performance gaps within the supply base.
• Manage supplier relationships and champion category management.

Skills

Negotiation Skills

Effective Communication

Strategic Planning

Supplier Management

Category Management

Leadership

Job description

What You Will Do

• Leading the development and implementation of the supply network strategy for their specific categories.
• Identifying performance gaps within the supply base and develop improvement plans for the identified gaps.
• Establishing global category priorities based on benefits and opportunities, and ensures conformance and compliance with all major certifying agencies both internal and external to the enterprise.
• Owning the supplier relationship management for their specific categories at an executive leadership level.

What You Will Have

Planning: Tactical, Strategic

• Knowledge of effective planning techniques and ability to contribute to operational (short term), tactical (1-2 years) and strategic (3-5 years) planning in support of the overall business plan.
• Reviews and consults on the final strategic plan in collaboration with the business units.
• Monitors industry for innovations in planning processes.
• Directs the development, maintenance, and communication of own function's strategic plan.
• Contributes to the overall strategic business goals and plans of the organization.
• Creates and implements a strategy for supporting current and future business needs.
• Develops long-term strategies to deliver services that keep pace with technology trends.

Effective Communications

• Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
• Works to create a climate that values and rewards good oral and written communication.
• Communicates effectively with diverse audiences, using appropriate media and language.
• Monitors developments in communications tools for potential use by organization.
• Coaches others on methods of improving their own communications.

Negotiating

• Knowledge of successful negotiation concepts and techniques; ability to negotiate successfully across the organization and with external vendors and clients in a constructive and collaborative manner.
• Leads complex, high-impact or volatile negotiations involving high business risks.
• Advocates a win-win approach to negotiating.
• Explains appropriateness of using adversarial negotiating versus joint problem-solving techniques.
• Overcomes resistance to the negotiation process.
• Teaches others the subtleties of negotiating strategic or high-impact agreements.
• Negotiates complex matters involving multiple parties.

Organizational Leadership

• Knowledge of leadership concepts and ability to use strategies and skills to enlist others in setting, embracing and achieving objectives.
• Leverages diverse leadership styles: autocratic for speed, democratic for co-operation, etc.
• Coaches others in leadership concepts and techniques, such as contingency & transactional.
• Monitors industry for leadership programs; implements programs within organization.
• Uses modeling & role‑playing to improve the ability of leaders to manage own behaviors.
• Champions behaviors that inspire cohesiveness and move the organization to reach a vision.
• Evaluates leader performance based on efficacy, advancement and emergence.

Business Intelligence

• Knowledge of business intelligence; ability to utilize business processes and technologies for gathering, storing, analyzing, and providing access to data that helps the organization make better business decisions.
• Champions the adoption and application of BI to new situations and environments.
• Establishes the standards, policies and strategies for the organization based on BI indicators.
• Leads discussions based on results of poor intelligence; cites cases about ineffective use of BI.
• Creates processes to verify the accuracy and relevance of BI tool‑generated information.
• Plays BI‑generated information at executive, board and shareholder meetings.
• Defines key BI performance indicators that assess the present state of business.

Category Management

• Knowledge of category management within an organization's goods and services sector; ability to use this knowledge to analyze and improve the end‑to‑end procurement process and maximize business profitability.
• Analyzes recent trends and developments related to category management and procurement and discusses future implications.
• Establishes best practices in category management and develops related training programs.
• Formulates a procurement strategy that utilizes the benefits of category management to streamline the procurement process and maximize business profitability.
• Identifies and defines KPIs to track and evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the procurement process.
• Oversees the category management processes for all categories and provides technical guidance during implementation.
• Promotes the use of emerging tools and technologies for implementing the category management process.

Supplier Management - Manufacturing

• Knowledge of processes and methods to effectively manage business relationships and transactions with suppliers of raw materials or product components; ability to apply related knowledge, experience and skills into real practice.
• Establishes best practices for monitoring supplier efficacy, reliability, and performance.
• Leads the evaluation of product plans/directions for impact on supply chain requirements.
• Mentors others in the resolution of complex supplier issues; consults on the trends of supplier management.
• Leads in the development of evaluating, selecting and certifying processes for suppliers.
• Oversees large supplier networks at the enterprise or global level.
• Develops supplier strategies; monitors the marketplace for competitive suppliers.

Strategic Sourcing

• Knowledge of strategic sourcing methods, technologies and processes; ability to analyze, improve and re‑evaluate organizational procurement process continuously.
• Deploys and directs strategic sourcing in multiple and diverse environments and applications.
• Plays a leadership role in establishing strategic sourcing standards, policies, strategy and best practices.
• Leads discussions on industry and marketplace trends and directions regarding strategic sourcing, citing relevant case studies.
• Mentors others on all major strategic sourcing functions, issues and considerations.
• Develops a theoretical background and understanding of strategic sourcing and provides a historical and future perspective.
• Influences organization‑wide or high‑impact decisions and initiatives directly regarding strategic sourcing.

Additional Information

• This position requires working onsite five days a week.

How We Support You (Employee Benefits)

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits along with the potential of a variable bonus. Additional benefits include paid annual leave, flexi leave, medical and insurance.(prorated based upon hire date).

Final Details

Caterpillar is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however, as a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of Singapore which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off‑highwaydiesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel‑electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced‑carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.