Strategic Purchasing Manager, Manufacturing

vishay siliconix singapore pte. ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Vishay Siliconix Singapore Pte. Ltd. is seeking a Manager, Purchasing to lead and drive procurement excellence for production materials at its Singapore site.

The role focuses on building supplier relationships, planning inventories, and ensuring timely delivery to meet production schedules. The candidate will manage local procurement operations, negotiate contracts, and contribute to budgets while driving continuous process improvements across the plant.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of direct procurement experience.
• 8+ years regional role in OSAT/assembly/test/be manufacturing preferred.
• Experience with contract management.
• Strong project management, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining working relations with suppliers.
• Monitoring stock and inventories of local warehouses, and planning quantities of parts and materials needed, with respect to production and delivery plans.
• Negotiating contracts and specific conditions for delivery of parts, materials or services. Ensuring timely procurement and order management to ensure parts and materials are appropriately delivered
• Ensuring supplier performance reporting, announcing and clarifying claims, if necessary
• Leads mid-volume local procurement unit to buy assigned full scope of parts, materials and services for the plant(s) or site(s) assigned
• Contributes to the superior plans and related budgets.
• Manage and continuously improve assigned procurement processes, to ensure work is as efficient as possible.
• Leads local negotiations on deliveries, within given limits; act as escalation point of contact for local claim management.
• Manages locally relevant supplier contracts within the value chain.

Skills

Procurement

Supplier negotiation

Project management

Stakeholder management

Contract management

Communication skills

Independent working

Education

Engineering degree

Business degree

Supply chain degree

Tools

SAP MM

Job description

Vishay Siliconix Singapore Pte. Ltd. is seeking a Manager, Purchasing to lead and drive procurement excellence for production materials at its Singapore site.

The role focuses on building supplier relationships, planning inventories, and ensuring timely delivery to meet production schedules. The candidate will manage local procurement operations, negotiate contracts, and contribute to budgets while driving continuous process improvements across the plant.