Senior Manager Procurement Negotiation Excellence

infineon technologies asia pacific pte ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific Pte Ltd is seeking an experienced procurement negotiator to lead large-scale negotiations and design game-theory based strategies. The role involves preparing awards, running negotiation weeks, and training teams to enhance negotiation effectiveness.

The candidate should combine strong analytical, project management and communication skills with a service-oriented mindset and fluent English, enabling monetarized cost comparisons across suppliers.

Qualifications

• A degree in economics, mathematics, engineering, business administration, or similar field.
• At least 5 years of working experience in procurement and/or consulting with a focus on procurement.
• Extensive negotiation experience in large-scale projects covering negotiations with a diverse range of boundary conditions.
• Knowledge of game theory and extensive experience in conducting game theory-based negotiations.
• Experience in conducting large-scale negotiation events, "negotiation weeks," is an advantage.
• Experience in conducting (negotiation) trainings.
• Very good analytical skills, project management skills, and communication skills.
• A solution-oriented and service-oriented mindset.
• Fluent English language skills.

Responsibilities

• Consult Procurement's negotiators to prepare large-scale project awards and annual price negotiations employing innovative methodologies such as game theory.
• Drive large-scale negotiation events (negotiation weeks).
• Develop frameworks and materials for negotiation preparation.
• Create and conduct negotiation trainings.
• Enable Procurement to monetize total-cost-of-ownership through monetarized comparisons of suppliers.
• Prepare negotiation results for reporting.

Skills

Negotiation

Game theory

Procurement

Project management

Analytical skills

Communication

Training delivery

English fluency

Large-scale negotiations

Strategic thinking

Cross-company experience

Education

Degree in economics, mathematics, engineering, business administration, or similar field

Job description

Your Role

Key responsibilities in your new role

• Consult Procurement's negotiators to prepare large-scale project awards and annual price negotiations employing innovative methodologies such as game theory
• Drive large-scale negotiation events("negotiation weeks")
• Develop frameworks and materials for negotiation preparation
• Create and conduct negotiation trainings
• Enable Procurement to further roll out monetarized comparisons of suppliers ("monetarized total-cost-of-ownership")
• Prepare negotiation results for reporting

Your Profile

Qualifications and skills to help you succeed

• A degree in economics, mathematics, engineering, business administration, or similar field
• At least 5 years of working experience in procurement and/or consulting with a focus on procurement
• Extensive negotiation experience in large-scale projects covering negotiations with a diverse range of boundary conditions.
• Negotiation experience gained across several companies/positions is an advantage
• Knowledge of game theory and extensive experience in conducting game theory-based negotiations
• Experience in conducting large-scale negotiation events, "negotiation weeks," is an advantage
• Experience in conducting (negotiation) trainings
• Very good analytical skills, project management skills, and communication skills
• A solution-oriented and service-oriented mindset
• Fluent English language skills