Assistant Manager, Procurement Excellence

Singapore, Central, Singapore
- Department
- Group Procurement
- Job posted on
- Jul 08, 2025
- Employment type
- Permanent

**About Sembcorp**
- Sembcorp is a leading energy and urban solutions provider headquartered in Singapore. Led by its purpose to drive energy transition, Sembcorp delivers sustainable energy solutions and urban developments by leveraging its sector expertise and global track record.

**Key Roles and Responsibilities**

**(A)**PROCUREMENT ANALYTICS**
- Procurement Performance
- Develop and maintain dashboard and visualizations to track key procurement metrics and performance indicators.
- Analyze and report procurement data sets, including spend, supplier performance, and identify trends, anomalies, and improvement opportunities.
- Conduct assurance to ensure data reported is accurate.
- Ensure data quality, consistency and integrity across systems and reports.
- Identify and resolve data quality issues related to procurement master data.
- Establish monthly, quarterly or annual reporting to the Senior Leadership Committee, Board Risk Committee, and other Committees, where applicable.
- System Enhancement & User Training
- Work jointly with respective functions, users and vendor for e-procurement system improvements and enhancement.
- Building/ enhance training material and translate to e-learning as appropriate with Learning and Development function.
- Responsible for delivering all procurement-related training.

**(B)**PROCUREMENT GOVERNANCE**
- Procurement Assurance Checks
- Conduct assurance activities to ensure compliance with Group Procurement Policy, standards and regulatory requirements through conducting review and audits.
- Verify compliance with procurement policies, procedures, thresholds, and approving authorities through assessing procurement documentation for completeness, accuracy, and adherence to internal policies and standards.
- Liaise with legal, finance, internal audit, and other relevant functions on issues of compliance and governance.
- Risk Management
- Identify, assess, and report on procurement-related risks and non-compliance uncovered during assurance checks.
- Recommend remedial / improvement actions and track implementation where appropriate.
- Assurance Reporting
- Maintain assurance records, tracking findings, actions, and trends over time for audit readiness and reporting.
- Prepare detailed reports of assurance findings, including risk ratings, areas of concern, and recommendations.
- Support periodic internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation.

**(C)**STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT**
- Collaborate with stakeholders to track compliance and procurement KPI.
- Liaise with procurement teams, contract owners, finance, legal, internal audit and other relevant functions to clarify findings or gather further evidence.
- Provide feedback and advisory support to procurement teams on improving compliance and documentation quality.
- (**D)**PROCUREMENT COMMUNITY BUILDING**
- Support Head of Group Procurement to organize procurement related council meetings and category reviews.

**Qualifications, Skills & Experience**
- Degree/Diploma holder with a minimum of 5 years of experience in data analysis, preferably in procurement or supply chain.
- Knowledge of relevant IT systems including SAP, e-procurement system
- Strong analytical, problem-solving skills
- Strong team player with strong communication skills in a concise and timely manner.
- Ability to work cohesively with all levels of internal and external stakeholders.
- Passion for continuous improvement and driving changes.
- Proficient in Excel and at least one BI tool (e.g PowerBI).
- Familiarity with procurement systems (e.g., E-Procurement systems such as GEP or equivalent, and SAP Material Management).
- Excellent presentation skills

**Our Culture at Sembcorp**
- At Sembcorp, our culture is shaped by a strong set of shared behaviours that guide the way we work and uphold our commitment to driving the energy transition.

We foster an institution-first mindset, where the success of Sembcorp takes precedence over individual interests. Collaboration is at the heart of what we do, as we work seamlessly across markets, businesses, and functions to achieve our goals together. Accountability is a core principle, ensuring that we take ownership of our commitments and deliver on them with integrity and excellence. These values define who we are and create a workplace where our people can thrive while making a meaningful impact on driving energy transition.

Join us in making a real impact