Manager, Procurement Business Partner

7 hours ago

SingPost Centre Level, Singapore Singapore Post Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year

Job Description

The Procurement Business Partner serves as the strategic interface between the Procurement function and internal stakeholders across the business. The role is responsible for understanding the operational and commercial needs of business units, providing expert procurement guidance, and driving value through effective sourcing strategies, supplier management, and process governance.

Acting as a trusted advisor, the Procurement Business Partner ensures alignment between business objectives and procurement initiatives, identifies opportunities for cost savings, and promotes compliance with procurement policies and frameworks. The role also plays a critical part in stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement of procurement practices across the organization.

The individual will join the team mainly as an individual contributor as a Procurement Business Partner. Roles will include, but not limited to, the following:

Strategic Sourcing

  • Lead the end-to-end procurement process for designated stakeholders as the subject matter expert, which includes engaging Users to understand their business requirements and strategic objectives, executing sourcing events via the Ariba system, managing supplier interactions, and contract finalization.
  • Apply strategic sourcing techniques and negotiation tactics to evaluate supplier proposals effectively and maximise value for pricing and commercial terms.
  • Conduct market analysis, benchmark pricing, and identify opportunities for cost reduction and process improvement.
  • Review and manage contracts, ensuring clarity in deliverables, milestones, and service levels.

P2P Process Management

  • Assist supervisor on the P2P lifecycle, ensuring seamless integration between procurement, finance, and operational teams.
  • Evaluate purchase requisitions (PRs) against procurement policies, approval processes, and internal controls, with responsibility for reporting irregularities and recommending enhancements to ensure compliance.
  • Drive continuous improvements in P2P process flow.

Stakeholder Collaboration

  • Foster strong, trusted relationships with internal stakeholders by maintaining consistent communication, offering procurement policy advice, and ensuring adherence to governance and compliance frameworks.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders, ensuring alignment between procurement strategies and business goals.
  • Undertake ad-hoc procurement projects and strategic initiatives as and when required. This includes contributing to cross-functional efforts, addressing urgent or non-routine procurement needs, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives to enhance procurement efficiency and value delivery.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Supply Chain Management or 10 years of relevant procurement experience in lieu of degree.
  • At least 5 to 10 years working experience in a large enterprise. Experience in procurement of Technology or Real Estate purchases would be useful.
  • Experience with the SAP Ariba and / or Oracle ERP is ideal.
  • Experience with Procurement transformation or policy review would be an added advantage.

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