Senior Procurement Engineer

sulzer; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sulzer is seeking a Senior Procurement Engineer to lead strategic sourcing and procurement for engineered equipment, fabricated packages, and services across Process Solutions projects. You will own procurement strategy, supplier management, and cost optimization, ensuring compliance with policies, quality, ESG, and project specs.

You will guide project teams, develop procurement plans, manage supplier qualification, negotiate terms, and drive delivery on time and within budget for critical

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies aligned with project objectives.
• Lead procurement planning for projects and bidding jobs.
• Drive cost competitiveness through benchmarking and market intel.
• Identify value engineering opportunities with Engineering and Projects.
• Lead supplier qualification, audits, and performance reviews.
• Negotiate pricing, terms, and contracts; manage supplier relations.
• Ensure on-time delivery and compliance with specs and ESG.
• Provide guidance to procurement engineers and align with KPIs.

Job description

Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.

About the role

Job Summary

The Senior Procurement Engineer is responsible for leading strategic sourcing and procurement activities for engineered equipment, fabricated packages, subcontracted services, and project buyouts supporting Process Solutions projects and operations.The role owns procurement strategy development, supplier management, commercial negotiations, supplier risk mitigation, project procurement execution, and cost optimization initiatives while ensuring compliance with company policies, quality requirements, ESG standards, and project specifications.With increasing business demands, this role serves as the procurement focal point for complex and high-value procurement packages, providing leadership, guidance, and expertise to project stakeholders and procurement team members.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Leadership

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies aligned with project and business objectives.
• Lead procurement planning activities for assigned projects and strategic sourcing initiatives for bidding jobs.
• Drive cost competitiveness through supplier benchmarking, market intelligence, and best-cost qualified sourcing.
• Develop best-cost-country sourcing strategies while collaborating with stakeholders in maintaining quality, technical compliance and delivery requirements with Procurement Rights in mind (Right product, right quality, right suppliers, deliver at the right time to the right location)
• Identify and implement value engineering opportunities together withEngineering and Project teams.
• Drive procurement productivity, cost reduction, and working capital improvement initiatives.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to Procurement Engineer(s)
• Strong alignment to Procurement KPIs

Project Procurement Management

• Lead procurement activities from requisition to final delivery for critical project packages.
• Develop project procurement plans and procurement schedules.
• Participate in project kick-off meetings and provide procurement execution strategies.
• Manage procurement of engineered equipment, fabricated packages, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, pumps, skids, electrical and instrumentation systems, valves, piping, structural components, and subcontracted services.
• Ensure procurement activities comply with project specifications, client requirements, budgets, and project milestones.
• Identify project procurement risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Support project teams in resolving commercial and supply-chain challenges.

Supplier Qualification & Supplier Management

• Lead supplier identification, qualification, and selection processes.
• Assess supplier manufacturing capabilities, quality systems, certifications, technical competence, and financial stability.
• Support and participate in supplier audits together with Quality and Engineering teams.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships to improve cost, quality, innovation, and delivery performance.
• Conduct supplier performance reviews using established KPIs.
• Develop supplier improvement programs and corrective action plans where required.
• Support Approved Vendor List development and supplier rationalization initiatives.

Commercial Evaluation & support in Technical Evaluations

• Lead & approves commercial bid evaluations and support technical bid evaluations in collaboration with Engineering and Project teams.
• For Critical Packages: Analyze supplier proposals based on commercial competitiveness, technical compliance, manufacturing capability, and execution risk.
• For Critical Packages: Review supplier exceptions, deviations, clarifications, and qualifications
• Ensure technical and commercial recommendations are properly documented and approved.
• Support Sales in Costing evaluations for major packages/projects

Commercial Negotiation & Contract Management

• Lead negotiations covering pricing, delivery schedules, payment terms, warranties, liquidated damages, contractual terms, and risk allocation.
• Negotiate framework agreements and long-term supply agreements where applicable.
• Support claim management, variation orders, dispute resolution, and contract administration activities.
• Ensure contracts adequately protect Sulzer's commercial and operational interests.
• Drive continuous commercial improvement through supplier negotiations and market analysis .

Expediting, Inspection & Logistics

• Monitor manufacturing progress for assigned packages that Project Managers cannot handle and disseminate to Procurement Engineer where possible
• Support Quality for coordination of inspection activities, witness points, FATs, and supplier quality requirements.
• Work with suppliers, logistics providers, expeditors, and project teams to ensure on-time delivery.
• Identify and resolve supply chain disruptions that may impact projec