Supply Chain & Proximity Manager - Third Party Managed Vessels

Maersk Singapore Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Maersk in Singapore is seeking an experienced procurement professional to own end-to-end demand-to-delivery processes for vessel-managed portfolios. You will ensure category-strategy compliance, manage RFQs, optimise budgets, and drive improvement initiatives across global teams.

The role requires strong stakeholder management, English communication, and the ability to navigate an international matrix organization within the maritime logistics sector.

Qualifications

• More than 4 years of experience in procurement, supply chain or sourcing.
• Proven track record in planning and supply chain management within an international matrix organization.
• Experience in the maritime industry will be considered an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end demand-to-delivery process for allocated portfolio of third-party vessel-managed vessels.
• Ensure compliance with procurement category strategies while addressing vessel-owner and operational requirements.
• Manage RFQs with non-contracted suppliers to secure competitive offers and reliable delivery outcomes.
• Optimise vessel-budget utilisation and follow the Procure-to-Pay process, resolving invoice discrepancies and supporting timely vendor payments.
• Coordinate timely preparation and release of dry-dock orders with the technical organisation.
• Drive and monitor daily operational performance, using data to identify service, cost and process-improvement opportunities.
• Partner with master-data and system teams to improve data quality, tool adoption, process compliance and reporting output.
• Build effective relationships with vessels, superintendents, technical teams and suppliers, responding quickly to urgent or complex requirements.
• Lead assigned category and supply-chain excellence initiatives, and represent the team in key strategic forums.
• Challenge existing ways of working by proposing sourcing alternatives, supplier options and pricing feedback that improve coverage, cost and delivery reliability.

Skills

Procurement experience

Supply chain experience

Maritime industry experience

Job description

Key responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end demand-to-delivery process for an allocated portfolio of third-party vessel-managed vessels.
• Ensure compliance with procurement category strategies while addressing vessel-owner and operational requirements.
• Manage RFQs with non-contracted suppliers to secure competitive offers and reliable delivery outcomes.
• Optimise vessel-budget utilisation and follow the Procure-to-Pay process, resolving invoice discrepancies and supporting timely vendor payments.
• Coordinate timely preparation and release of dry-dock orders with the technical organisation.
• Drive and monitor daily operational performance, using data to identify service, cost and process-improvement opportunities.
• Partner with master-data and system teams to improve data quality, tool adoption, process compliance and reporting output.
• Build effective relationships with vessels, superintendents, technical teams and suppliers, responding quickly to urgent or complex requirements.
• Lead assigned category and supply-chain excellence initiatives, and represent the team in key strategic forums.
• Challenge existing ways of working by proposing sourcing alternatives, supplier options and pricing feedback that improve coverage, cost and delivery reliability.

What We're Looking For

• More than 4 years of experience in procurement, supply chain or sourcing.
• Proven track record in planning and supply chain management within an international matrix organization.
• Experience in the maritime industry will be considered an advantage.
• Self-driven team player with strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, able to build rapport at all levels.
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritize under ambitious timelines.
• Comfortable handling risks, uncertainties, and changing priorities.
• Excellent communicator in English, both written and verbal.
• Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking.
• Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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Maersk is a global leader in integrated logistics and has been an industry pioneer for over a century. Through innovation and transformation, we are redefining the boundaries of possibility and continuously setting new standards for efficiency, sustainability, and excellence.

We offer At Maersk, we believe in the power of diversity, collaboration, and continuous learning. We work hard to ensure that the people in our organisation reflect and understand the customers we exist to serve. With over 100,000 employees across 130 countries, we work together to shape the future of global trade and logistics.

A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated container logistics company working to connect and simplify its customer's supply chains. As the global leader in shipping services, the company operates in 130 countries and employs roughly 100,000 people. With simple end-to-end offering of products and digital services, seamless customer engagement and a superior end-to-end delivery network, Maersk enables its customers to trade and grow by transporting goods anywhere - all over the world.