Senior Manager, Procurement Excellence (Semiconductor)

Michael Page International; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global exposure to senior leadership

Leadership development programs

Competitive compensation package

Job summary

Michael Page International is partnering with a global advanced technology manufacturing group to appoint a senior leader for procurement excellence. The role drives governance, category strategies, and supplier relationships to maximise value across regions and functions.

The successful candidate will guide policy, analytics, and digital procurement initiatives while engaging with Finance, Engineering, Operations, and Quality leadership to shape enterprise-wide procurement strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Minimally 8 years of experience within Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, or Procurement Excellence functions.
• Minimally 3 years of experience in leadership roles, leading procurement transformation or governance.
• Strong knowledge of strategic sourcing, supplier management, contract management, and procurement best practices.
• Professional procurement qualifications such as CIPS, CPSM, or equivalent are advantageous.
• Experience developing procurement policies, frameworks, methodologies, and management reporting.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior business leaders.
• Proven commercial and analytical skills, including cost modelling, savings validation, and value tracking.
• Experience working with procurement technology platforms, spend analytics, and digital procurement solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain procurement governance frameworks, policies, standards, and compliance mechanisms.
• Drive category management best practices, sourcing methodologies, negotiation excellence, and capability development programmes.
• Design and enhance supplier relationship management frameworks, supplier performance monitoring, and development initiatives.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across Finance, Engineering, Operations, and Quality to maximise procurement value delivery.
• Lead procurement cost improvement programmes, value tracking, and total cost optimisation initiatives.
• Strengthen contract governance, supplier risk management, compliance monitoring, and audit readiness.
• Drive digital procurement transformation through analytics, automation, procurement systems, and data-driven decision making.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Cost modelling

Strategic sourcing

Negotiation

Analytics

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering / Supply Chain / Business / Finance

Tools

Procurement platforms

Spend analytics

Digital procurement tools

Job description

• Lead procurement excellence programmes across a global organisation.
• Drive governance, digital transformation, and sustainable value creation.

About Our Client

Our client is a leading global organisation within the advanced technology manufacturing sector, supporting some of the world's most recognised brands across high-growth industries including computing, communications, automotive, industrial and consumer electronics.
With a substantial international footprint spanning Asia, Europe and the Americas, the company operates highly sophisticated manufacturing and supply chain networks focused on innovation, operational excellence, and customer partnership.

Job Description

• Develop and maintain procurement governance frameworks, policies, standards, and compliance mechanisms.
• Drive category management best practices, sourcing methodologies, negotiation excellence, and capability development programmes.
• Design and enhance supplier relationship management frameworks, supplier performance monitoring, and development initiatives.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across Finance, Engineering, Operations, and Quality to maximise procurement value delivery.
• Lead procurement cost improvement programmes, value tracking, and total cost optimisation initiatives.
• Strengthen contract governance, supplier risk management, compliance monitoring, and audit readiness.
• Drive digital procurement transformation through analytics, automation, procurement systems, and data-driven decision making.

The Successful Applicant

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Minimally 8 years of experience within Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, or Procurement Excellence functions.
• Minimally 3 years of experience in leadership roles, with demonstrated experience leading procurement transformation, governance, or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of strategic sourcing, supplier management, contract management, and procurement best practices.
• Professional procurement qualifications such as CIPS, CPSM, or equivalent are advantageous.
• Experience developing procurement policies, frameworks, methodologies, and management reporting.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior business leaders.
• Proven commercial and analytical skills, including cost modelling, savings validation, and value tracking.
• Experience working with procurement technology platforms, spend analytics, and digital procurement solutions.

What's on Offer

• Opportunity to shape and influence procurement strategy at an enterprise-wide level.
• High visibility role with direct exposure to executive leadership and key business stakeholders.
• Regional and global project ownership across procurement transformation initiatives.
• Exposure to advanced procurement technologies, analytics, and digital innovation programmes.
• Leadership development and professional growth opportunities within a global organisation.
• Collaborative and high-performance culture focused on continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Opportunity to build long-term procurement capabilities that directly support business growth and competitive advantage.
• Competitive compensation package with performance-based rewards.